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Playboard
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December 2014 – January 2015 • F R E E
Arts Club Theatre Company presents
photo: Hannes Photography
GOTTA SING!
GOTTA DANCE!
GOTTA APPLY!
What do the following performers
have in common?
• Kassia Malmquist and Graham
Verchere, who are currently starring in
Mary Poppins at the Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage
• Julian Lokash who is currently starring
in James and the Giant Peach at
Waterfront Theatre
• Ashleigh Ball, lead singer and flautist in
the Vancouver-based indie-band Hey
Ocean
• David Hurwitz, star of the international
tour of The War Horse
• Natalie Hall, movie and television
actress, and Simone Osbourne, lyric and
operatic soprano
They all participated in Gotta Sing!
Gotta Dance!, the popular musical
theatre summer program now heading
into its 21st fabulous year at the Jewish
Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.
Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! has attracted
hundreds of enthusiastic and talented
participants age nine to 19, who love
to sing, dance, act and perform, from
throughout British Columbia and as far
away as Whitehorse, Edmonton, Regina,
Yorkton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, California, New
York, Colorado, Virginia, Texas, Austria
and Israel.
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Program director Perry Ehrlich (who
received the Canadian Bar Association’s
Community Service Award and Ovation
Award acknowledging his tireless
dedication to working with children and
musical theatre) each year assembles
an impressive faculty of professional
instructors
(directors,
musicians,
choreographers, and actors, each working
in his or her respective field).
The faculty last year included musical
directors Wendy Bross Stuart and Lonnie Delisle; director Chris McGregor;
choreographers Isabelle Maheux, Laura
Krewski, Jason Franco, Troy McLaughlin,
Anna Kuman and Andrew Cohen; acting
coach Advah Soudack; and Steven Beaver
(set construction and costume coordinator).
Peter Birnie formerly of The Vancouver
Sun, wrote: “Perry Ehrlich is the proud
father to two grown daughters, but
“uncle” to hundreds of children. Heck,
they must number in the thousands, with
many of them now grown to adulthood,
as the Richmond lawyer’s love of musical
theatre led him to found the Gotta Sing!
Gotta Dance! summer training program.
This year’s script, as is always the case,
is a crazy-quilt of old songs, new songs,
bad puns, cheesy bridges and good – no
make that great – opportunities for the
nine to 19 cast to show off some newly
acquired skills. I try to attend every year
and always come away just as thrilled as
the parents and families with the level of
talent on display. It is about the joy that
comes with singing your lungs out and
dancing your hooves out.”
David Connolly, who participated in
the faculty for two years and is now
choreographing the musical First Wives
Club heading for Broadway, commented
in an article written by Sara Harowitz
in the Huffington Post: “I’m in awe of
Perry and his commitment and his
intention. His intention isn’t to produce
stars, although that is a byproduct. His
intention is to give those kids life skills
that they bring with them wherever they
go, in whatever they pursue.”
THE FINISHING SCHOOL will again
be offered for serious musical theatre
students attending the program. THE
FINISHING SCHOOL will feature
instruction in audition technique,
preparation of monologues and songs,
dance workshops, and encounters with
professionals in the theatre community.
The Program is offered in two sessions
– Session I from July 7 to 30, 2015 and
Session II from August 4 to 27, 2015. Cost
per Session is $750 ($650 for Members of
the JCC), and the deadline for application
is April 1, 2015. You can save $50 by
applying prior to December 31, 2014.
For more information about the program, contact the Jewish Community
Centre at 604.257.5111 or ehrlich@kzellaw.com or check out www.jccgv.com or
Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! Theatre Summer Program on Facebook.
Playboard
Dec. 2014 - Jan. 2015 • Vol. 49 No. 7 & 8
Publisher and Editor
Alan Slater
Assistant Editor
Alison Cunningham
Contents
COVER STORY
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Arts Club Theatre Company – Mary Poppins – The Broadway
Musical
Layout and Design
Excel Design
The cast of Arts Club Theatre Company’s Mary Poppins –
The Broadway Musical
Circulation and Subscriptions
Jeanine Slater
Contributors
Perry Ehrlich, Elizabeth Elwood,
Brent Fidler, Sabrina Furminger,
Elaine McHarg, Chelsea Isenor,
Nick Seliwoniuk, Megan Simpson,
Scott Ashton Swan, Kim Violato
Photos
David Cooper, Tiko Kerr,
Hannes Photography,
Mark Halliday, Craig Premack,
Guy Prives, Alexa Roggeveen,
Tomasz Rossa
Playboard is published monthly with
combined issues in December/January
and July/August.
Photo: David Cooper
Features
2
Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! Gotta Apply!
4
15th Annual Chutzpah! Festival
6
The Vagabond Players – Go Back for Murder
Send all correspondence to:
Archway Publishers
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7
Align Entertainment – The Addams Family
Tel: 604.370.1191 / Fax: 604.370.1192
Email: theatre@shawbiz.ca
Website: www.playboardmag.com
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Theater Crossing – Sherlock Holmes – The Case of the
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Jersey Lily
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Gateway Theatre – Valley Song
17
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Infra-Red Hearing System are
available and free of charge from
the coat check counter at Vancouver
Civic Theatres, Metro Theatre,
Richmond Gateway Theatre, Stanley
Theatre, Michael J. Fox Theatre
and Centennial Theatre.
United Players of Vancouver – Private Lives
Company – The Goodnight Bird
18
11th Annual OVATION! Awards
Entertainment Guide
10
Entertainment Calendar
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 3
photo: Guy Prives
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Maria Kong - BACKSTAGE
photo: Tomasz Rossa
15th Annual
Chutzpah! Festival
Full lineup announcedd
and all tickets now on salee
BODYTRAFFIC
A
we-inspiring dance, insightful
theatre, first-rate comedy and engaging
music highlight the Chutzpah! Festival’s
15th Anniversary from February 19
to March 15, 2015. Over almost one
month, the city will overflow with a
wide range of performances, spread over
six Vancouver venues, the Norman and
Annette Rothstein Theatre, Red Room
Ultra Bar, Electric Owl, Scotiabank
Dance Centre, Wosk Auditorium at the
JCC and The Imperial.
Richard Siegal; ‘Namgis
T’sasala Cultural Group from Alert Bay
bring their traditional Kwakwaka’wakw
dances; Idan Sharabi and Dancers
(Israel) are back by popular demand
with a much anticipated full-length
work, and opening the evening is
Vancouver’s Vanessa Goodman with a
world premiere; and BC choreographer,
writer, painter Serge Bennethan’s
world premiere Monsieur Arbutun,
co-presented with The Dance Centre.
Chutzpah!’s programming kicks off at
the Red Room Ultra Bar with Israel’s
Maria Kong in their North American
premiere of BACKSTAGE, a multiple
art experience that combines dance,
a live rock band, theatre, video and
interactive media technology. Dance
continues throughout the festival with
Vancouver’s own multi-faceted, awardwinning choreographer/dancer Shay
Kuebler in his world premiere of GLORY;
2015/2016 international resident dance
company BODYTRAFFIC returns
to the festival with four Canadian
premieres by renowned choreographers
Kyle Abraham, Victor Quijada, Joshua
L. Peugh and Chutzpah! favourite
Internationally-celebrated music gets
underway with the exceptional, truly
unique Ethiopian-fused reggae band
Zvuloon Dub System (Israel), with
Brooklyn’s up-and-coming psych-rock
fused R&B band Twin Wave; the eclectic
Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird with
their unique mix of punk cabaret, and
radical Yiddish song (Germany); a world
premiere by Paul Alexander with the
Borealis String Quartet, Eric Wilson
and Boris Sichon (BC); returning after
their exhilarating sold-out performance
at the 2010 Festival, the incomparable
Les Yeux Noirs (France), co-presented
with Caravan World Rhythms; the
distinctive Diwan Saz, a multicultural
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Jewish, Muslim, Bedouin, Arab group
of world musicians performing ancient
music from Central Asia, Turkey, Persia,
and the Holy Land; and Chutzpah!
PLUS’ music concert featuring singersongwriter sensation, Ester Rada (Israel)
blending Ethiopian-Jazz, Urban-funk,
Neo-Soul and R&B.
Chutzpah!’s comedy and theatre lineup
is always at its best. Comedian, actor,
writer Wendy Hammers performs RIPE
(USA); You’re Funny, But You Don’t
Look Jewish featuring three hilarious
South Asian, Italian and Vietnamese
American-Jewish comedians (USA);
Kafka and Son – adapted from Franz
Kafka’s Letter to His Father, performed
by the remarkable Alon Nashman
(ON); physical theatre in the round,
MARATHON, a soul-searching metaphor on the Israeli lifestyle (Israel);
and a multi-show run of emerging
Canadian playwright Tamara Micner’s
What You’re Missing directed by John
Cooper (BC).
For more information and tickets
visit www.chutzpahfestival.com or call
604.257.5145.
Arts Club Theatre Company
presents
J
ust in time for the holidays, the Disney musical
Mary Poppins returns to the Arts Club’s Stanley
Industrial Alliance Stage on December 5. The
classic tale of everyone’s favourite magical nanny
is now an irresistible Broadway sensation, interweaving
highlights from the 1964 Walt Disney film with the
original stories by P.L. Travers.
Sara-Jeanne Hosie reprises the role of Mary, and instills
magic in the hearts of those young and old as she flies
over the rooftops of London. With lessons to be learned
and fun to be had, Hosie shares the spirit of this iconic
character and provides the perfect, uplifting atmosphere
for a holiday show that the whole family can enjoy. And
don’t forget the music! Enjoy all of the original tunes,
including Chim Chim Cher-ee, Spoonful of Sugar, and
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as well as some new ones
written just for the stage!
Mary Poppins runs from December 5, 2014 to January
4, 2015, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets,
from $29, are available from the Arts Club at 604.687.1644
or artsclub.com.
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 5
Photos: Mark Halliday
SARA-JEANNE HOSIE
The
T return of everyone’s
favourite magical,
musical nanny
The Vagabond Players PRESENTS
photo: Craig Premack
Go Back for Murder
On the ground:
RICHARD WIENS,
kneeling: CLAIRE
POLLOCK and
standing: MARY
STOCKWELL
Vagabond Players are delighted
to present Agatha Christie’s dramatic
mystery Go Back for Murder. Based on
the novel Murder in Retrospect, the play
weaves a fascinating tale of a murder that
happened many years ago. Convicted
for poisoning her husband during the
1950s, Caroline Crale dies in gaol, but
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lleaves
e
a letter expressing her innocence.
Fi
Fifteen years later, her daughter, Carla,
rreceives
e
the letter and persuades those
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present
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on the day of her father’s death
tto
o return to the scene of the crime.
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Caught between the suspicions of her
fiaancé and a growing attraction towards
tthe
h lawyer who is helping her in her
qu
quest to prove her mother’s innocence,
Carla finds personal challenges of her
own along the way. Suspects, secrets
and suspense abound in this classic
whodunit from the Queen of Crime.
Directed by Jacqollyne Keath, Go Back
for Murder stars Claire Pollock as Carla
and Brian Hoskins as Justin Fogg, the
lawyer who comes to her aid. Corrine
Out plays Elsa, the glamorous model
who caused the rift between Carla’s
parents so many years ago. The able cast
also includes Alison Main Tourneur as
Miss Williams, Richard Wiens as Jeff
and Rick Paré as Turnbull. Faith Hurd
and Mary Stockwell take the roles of the
young and older Angela Warren.
Go back for Murder runs January 29
to February 21, 2015, Thursday to
Saturday – 8:00 p.m., Sunday matinees
– 2:00 p.m., at The Bernie Legge Theatre, Queens Park, New Westminster,
Tickets: $15, seniors/students: $13, $10
previews on January 29 and 30. Reservations: 604.521.0412 or book online:
reservations@vagabondplayers.ca.
Align Entertainment PRESENTS
The Addams Family
O
n November 2, the cast of The Addams Family gathered for the first time. Amid
cake and Halloween candy, was the first read through of the script, and a room full
of excitement!
The Addams Family has maintained a cult following through generations, from the
first appearance of The Addams Family comics in The New Yorker magazine in 1938,
which would eventually feature over 1,300 Addams Family comics, to 1964, when
the family made their debut on the ABC network. Two wildly successful movies in
the 90’s, led to the TV revival, The New Addams Family in 1998, and eventually, the
creation of the award-winning musical in 2009.
Charles Addams’ initial description of the family was as follows, “Gomez and Pugsley
are enthusiastic. Morticia is even in disposition, muted, witty, and sometimes deadly.
Grandma Frump is foolishly goodnatured. Wednesday is her mother’s
daughter. A closely knit family,
the real head being Morticia—
although each of the others is a
definite character — except for
Grandma, who is easily led.
Many of the troubles they
have as a family are due to
Grandma’s fumbling, weak
character. The house
is a wreck, of course,
but this is a houseproud family just
the same and every
trap door is in good
repair. Money is no
problem.”
A family this eccentric requires careful
casting. The enchanting matriarch will
be played by the illustrious Laura Cowan
Beattie (Gingy/ Sugar Plum Fairy –
Shrek the Musical, Amy – Ink). Her
suave husband Gomez will be played by
Brennan Cuff (Will Parker – Oklahoma!,
Richie Valens - Buddy! The Buddy Holly
Story). Matthew Federowicz (Tevya –
Fiddler on the Roof, Elle’s Dad/Dewy/
Winthrop – Legally Blonde) will play
the deranged Uncle Fester. The stony
Wednesday will be played by Laura
Geluch (Delta Nu/Court Stenographer
– Legally Blonde). Making his musical
debut is Avery Johnson as Pugsley.
The Addams Family is on stage at the
Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby from
February 6 to 21. Tickets are on sale now
through www.alignentertainment.com.
Use Promo Code “Moritcia” for $5 off
adult tickets, valid until December
31.
Left: LAURA COWAN BEATTIE
as Morticia and BRENNAN CUFF
as Gomez
Below: LAURA GELUCH as
Wednesday
Amongst the dark
and macabre humor,
lies a quirky family.
Something that perhaps
everyone can relate
to in his or her own
right.
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 7
Theater Crossing PRESENTS
Sherlock Holmes –
The Case of the
Jersey Lily
Featuring the trusty Dr. Watson and
ostentatious playwright Oscar Wilde, this
taut thriller stands out as an entertaining
mash-up of fact and fiction. The
production is a B.C. premiere. Make your
Christmas cheer Holmes for the holidays!
Threatened with blackmail over
Sherlock Holmes – The Case of the Jersey
Lily plays at the Jericho Arts Centre,
December 27 to January 10 (Tuesdays
to Sundays 8:00 p.m., matinees on
Sundays 2:00 p.m.) Preview is Saturday,
December 27. Special New Year’s Eve
show and jazz, December 31. Tickets/
Information 604.767.9793.
Nicola Cavendish
private correspondence with the Prince
of Wales, stage darling Lillie Langtry
turns to Sherlock Holmes. With the
reputation of the monarchy at stake,
Holmes engages in a battle of wits with
his most dangerous nemesis.
Directed by William B. Davis, of X
Files fame. Set design by Leo Awardwinner John R. Taylor and costumes
by Rafealla Rabinovich. Cast includes
Corina Akeson (two time Jessie
Nominee), Mackenzie Gray (two time
Leo Award-winner), Mia Ingimundson
(two time Jessie Award-winner), Brent
Fidler (Jessie and Gemini nominee, Best
Actor Leo Award-winner), Tim Bissett
(Gemini nominee), Bill Croft and Zahf
Paroo.
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Jan 29, 30, 31, Feb 3-7, 10-14 8 PM
Matinée Feb 1, 2PM
A JOINT PRODUCTION WITH
THE CENTAUR THEATRE COMPANY OF MONTREAL
by Colleen Murphy
A dark comedy about
old love and new courage.
Directed by Roy Surette
and starring Nicola Cavendish.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Box Office 604-981-6335
kaymeekcentre.com
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10
th
ANNIVERSARY
United Players of Vancouver PRESENTS
Private Lives
Love, lust and the chemical nature of romance are front and centre in Private Lives, Noel Coward’s
timeless comedy about a pair of eternally hopeful – or are they hopeless? – lovers.
Young Sybil and worldly Elyot have just begun their honeymoon in a posh French hotel. Sybil refuses
to speak of little else but Elyot’s honeymoon with his first wife, Amanda, whom
he hasn’t seen in five years. Elyot claims Amanda – vivacious, beautiful,
and temperamental to a fault – couldn’t be further from his mind. As
fate would have it, spirited Amanda and her new husband, Victor,
are having a very similar honeymoon conversation in the suite
next door.
photo: Alexa Roggeveen
While their respective current spouses busy themselves
elsewhere in the hotel, Amanda and Elyot meet once more
under the moonlight – and the brief encounter re-ignites
the tortured passion that once burned brightly between
them. Thus, they slip away from their new spouses to a
Parisian flat and pledge to love each other again, but this
time without the pettiness, jealousy and bickering that
capsized them the first time around. But do they have what
it takes to make a lasting go of it?
Breathlessly engaging and full of the rapid-fire quips and wit
that catapulted Coward to icon status, Private Lives takes audiences
into the dizzying passion and borderline insanity of true-blue romance.
TED COLE and
CAITLIN CLUGSTON
United Players’ production of Private Lives stars Ted Cole as Elyot Chase, Caitlin
Clugston as Amanda Prynne, Rebecca Husain as Sibyl Chase, Paul Griggs as Victor Prynne and
Cheyenne Mabberley as Louise.
The production team includes Kevin Bennett (director), Andree Karas (artistic director), Lara Tansey
(producer), Graham Ockley (technical director/lighting designer), Zac Scott (assistant director/
sound designer), Matthew Bissett (set designer), Stephanie Elgersma (costume designer) and Sarah
Mabberley (stage manager).
Private Lives runs January 23 to February 15, 2015, at the Jericho Arts Centre (1675 Discovery, near
Jericho Beach, Vancouver), with a preview performance on January 22. Performances are Thursday
through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. There will be 2:00 p.m. matinee performances on February 1 and 15 (no
evening performances on those dates). A talkback will take place on January 29. Tickets are $16 – $20
and are available online at www.unitedplayers.com or by calling 604.224.8007, extension 2.
Follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/United_Players) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/UnitedPlayers/2604944706).
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 9
ENTERTAINMENT
VANCOUVER – DOWNTOWN
Christ Church Cathedral
Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir – Making
Spirits Bright – A Good Noise Gospel
Christmas
December 12 & 13, 7:30 p.m.
The Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage
Mary Poppins
December 5 to January 4
One Man, Two Guvnors
January 22 to February 22
Granville Island Stage
Avenue Q
Until January 3
The Mountaintop
February 12 to March 14
Revue Stage
Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
– SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
Bah! Humbug! 2014 – Jim Byrnes, Margot Kane
& Tom Pickett
December 11 – 13 & 16 – 20
DanceHouse – Louise Lecavalier – So Blue
January 20 & 21
Dark Matter
January 28 – 30
Cineastas
February 5 – 7
PAL Studio Theatre
The Santaland Diaries
December 9 – 13
Roundhouse Community Arts Centre
Phantasmagoria – Circus of Dreams
January 29 – 31
Sea Sick
February 3 & 4
A Twisted Christmas Carol
Until December 27
Bullet Catch
January 15 to February 7
Scotiabank Dance Centre
The Dance Centre – Global Dance Connections
Series: It’s Going to Get Worse and Worse and
Worse, My Friend
January 22 – 24
The Dance Centre – Global Dance Connections
Series: Le Cargo
January 29 – 31
The Dance Centre – Global Dance Connections
Series: Time Machine
February 4 – 7
The Jewish Community Centre
of Greater Vancouver
proudly presents
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – A Traditional
Christmas
December 11 – 14
T
21S
US YEAR!
ULO
FAB
Studio T
7 Important Things
January 29 & 30
The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
Goh Ballet – The Nutcracker
December 18 – 22
Vancouver Art Gallery
FUSE
January 30
Vancouver Public Library
Human Library
January 23 to February 8
MUSICAL THEATRE
SUMMER PROGRAM
SESSION 1
JULY 7 TO 30, 2015
SESSION 2
AUGUST 4 TO 27, 2015
Contact 604.257.5111
www.jccgv.com
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VANCOUVER – WEST SIDE
Pacific Theatre – Main Stage
It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play
December 5 – 30
Performance Works
Broadway Chorus – Climb Every Other
Mountain
December 10 – 13
The Christeene Machine
January 22 & 23
1999/The Hole in the Coffin/Christine Fellows
January 24
Sonic Elder
January 29
Hour of the Wolf
January 30
Char Bagh
January 31
Sun Belt: Cabalcor & Kiss the Rabbit February 1
Eating the Game
February 5
Ryerson United Church
Vancouver Chamber Choir – A Dylan Thomas
Christmas – A Child’s Christmas in Wales
December 19
Marcus Mosely Chorale Christmas Concert
December 20, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Chamber Choir – A Charlie Brown
Christmas – Finding the True Meaning
December 21, 3:00 p.m.
Vancouver Chamber Choir – Canadian
Quintessence – The Conductors’ Concert
January 24
Studio 1398 – Festival House
Fighting Chance Productions – Little Women
December 4 – 21
Studio 16
Ruby Slippers Theatre – Apres Moi
January 27 to February 1
The Improv Centre on Granville Island
Vancouver TheatreSports League
Year in Review
December 26 – 31,
Fridays – Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.,
9:15 p.m. & 11:15 p.m.
Christmas Queen
Until December 21,
Thursdays – Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
TheatreSports
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 p.m.
TheatreSports
Starting January 2,
Wednesdays – Saturdays,
7:30 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 p.m.
Improv Test Kitchen
Wednesdays, 9:15 p.m.
Ultimate Improv Championship
Thursdays, 9:15 p.m.
Late Night Laughs Fridays & Saturdays, 11:15 p.m.
Rookie Night
Sundays, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Academy of Music –
Koerner Recital Hall
Music in the Morning – John O’Conor (Piano)
December 10 – 12, 10:30 a.m.
The 11th Annual OVATION! Awards
January 18, 7:00 p.m.
Music in the Morning – The Gryphon Trio
January 21 – 23, 10:30 a.m.
Waterfront Theatre
Carousel Theatre – James and the Giant Peach
December 6 to January 4
Instant Theatre – Canadian Improv Games
January 12 – 18 & 26 to February 1
Push Festival – The Adventures of Alvin
Sputnik
January 21 – 23
Mindy Parfitt – This Stays in the Room
February 3 – 8
VANCOUVER – EAST SIDE
Firehall Arts Centre
Things Near and Far
Until December 6
Chelsea Hotel
December 13 to January 3
Alley Theatre – Kayak
January 7 – 17
Postsecret The Show
January 20 to February 7
Little Mountain Gallery
Twenty Something Theatre & Hardline
Productions – Wide Awake Hearts
Until December 20
The Cultch
Historic Theatre
Richard Jordan Productions – Dylan Thomas:
Return Journey
December 9 – 21
Blackbird Theatre – All That Fall
December 29 to January 24
Nightswimming – The Fish Eyes Trilogy
January 27 – 31
Motherload Collective – Motherload
February 3 – 21
The Cultch
York Theatre
The Cultch & Theatre Replacement –
Cinderella: An East Van Panto
Until December 28
Touchstone Theatre – The Road Forward
February 5 – 7
The Fox Cabaret
Iva Bittova
February 2 & 3
The Russian Hall
Steppenwolf
February 4 – 6
VANCOUVER – SOUTH
Metro Theatre
Aladdin (Pantomime) December 12 to January 3
Faulty Towers
January 10 – 31
Studio 58
Oklahoma!
February 5 to March 1
VANCOUVER – POINT GREY
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons
December 19 & 20
Early Music Vancouver – J.S. Bach’s Christmas
Oratorio
December 21, 3:00 p.m.
Vancouver Recital Society – Emanuel Ax
(Piano)
January 18, 3:00 p.m.
UBC Theatre & Opera – The Marriage of Figaro
February 5 – 8
Jericho Arts Centre
Fire Escape Co-Op – The Glass Menagerie
December 5 – 21
Theatre Crossing – Sherlock Holmes – The Case
of the Jersey Lily December 26 to January 10
United Players of Vancouver – Private Lives
January 23 to February 15
UBC Old Auditorium
UBC Opera Ensemble – Opera Tea on the Stage
January 11, 2:00 p.m.
UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble – Folk Songs
February 4
UBC School of Music – Roy Barnett
Recital Hall
Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts
January 14, 21 & 28
Electroacoustic Music
December 9
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Vancouver
Civic Theatres
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet – Nutcracker (Ballet BC)
December 12 – 14, 7:30 p.m.
• Shen Yun
January 16 – 18, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
• Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
January 24
• Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery
January 29
• Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (Broadway Across Canada)
February 3 – 8
Orpheum Theatre
• Masterworks Gold: Ryu Goto [Violin] (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
December 6 & 8
• Christmas with the Bach Choir
December 7, 2:00 p.m.
• Handel’s Messiah – The Christmas Masterpiece (Vancouver
Chamber Choir)
December 12
• Mother Mother
December 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert (Attila Glatz Concert
Productios)
January 1, 2:30 p.m.
• Tea & Trumpets: The World of Shakespeare (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
January 8, 2:00 p.m.
• VSO Pops: Levi Kreis [Piano] – In the Mood for a Melody
(Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
January 9 & 10
• Musically Speaking: Kirill Gerstein [Piano] – The Magic of
Adaddin! (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
January 24
• Masterworks Diamond: Katherine Chi [Piano] – The Romantic
Symphony (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
January 31 & February 2
• Symphony Sundays: Katherine Chi [Piano] – The Romantic
Symphony (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
February 1, 2:00 p.m.
• Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe (Unique Lives) February 3, 7:30 p.m.
• Tea & Trumpets: World Traveller (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
February 5
Orpheum Annex
• Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ (Early Music
Vancouver)
January 24
• Bacchanalia (Erato Ensemble)
January 31
Vancouver Playhouse
• Sumeet Tappoo
December 5
• Katari Taiko’s 35th Anniversary Concert December 6, 7:30 p.m.
• Takács Quartet with Erika Eckert [Viola] (Friends of Chamber
Music)
December 9
• Mixed Nuts (Arts Umbrella Dance)
December 12 & 13, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
• All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Chor Leoni Men’s
Choir)
December 19 – 21
• Lachlan Patterson
December 27
• Pacifica String Quartet with Menahem Pressler [Piano]
(Friends of Chamber Music)
January 13
• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Friends of Chamber
Music
January 20
• Théâtre la Seizième – Séquence 8
January 22 – 24
• Alexandre Tharaud [Piano] (Vancouver Chopin Society)
January 30, 7:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 11
Entertainment Calendar (continued from page 11)
UBC Sonic & UBC Laptop Orchestra – Sounds
and Sensors
December 12
Son of Night of the Piano Concertos January 16
UBC Chamber Choir, UBC Women’s Choir &
UBC Men’s Choir Concert
January 21, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble I
January 29, 12:00 p.m.
Cory Hamm (Piano) and Erhu Project
January 30
West Point Grey United Church
Vetta Chamber Music Concert
January 22, 2:00 p.m. & 23, 8:00 p.m.
ABBOTSFORD
Abbotsford Arts Centre
Gallery 7 Theatre – Shadowlands
January 23 – 31
BURNABY
Michael J. Fox Theatre
Royal City Youth Ballet – The Nutcracker
December 4 & 5
City Soul Choir – Take Me To the River –
Classic Motown and More!
December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Burnaby South Music Department – Winter
Concerts
December 10 & 11, 7:00 p.m.
BC Girls Choir & The Band of the 15th Field
Regiment – Hearth and Fire
December 13, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Youth Symphony Concert
December 14, 2:30 p.m.
Van Django Bells – A Christmas Variety Show
December 18, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – A Traditional
Christmas December 21, 4:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Burnaby School District Concert Bands
January 14, 7:00 p.m.
Van City Project Choreography Revue
January 24, 7:00 p.m.
Align Entertainmet – The Addams Family
February 6 – 21
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts –
James Cowan Theatre
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
February 2 & 3
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts –
Studio Theatre
Sharron & George’s Super Fun Christmas SingA-Long
December 11 & 12
Befana’s Star – A Traditional Italian Christmas
Story
December 13 & 14
Suitcase in Point Theatre Company – The Keith
Richards One Woman Show
February 4 – 7
CHILLIWACK
Chilliwack Cultural Centre – HUB
International Theatre
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – A Rock ‘n’ Roll
Christmas
December 8, 7:30 p.m.
F.G.Leary Fine Arts Elementary School – Fine
Arts Christmas Concert
December 10, 12:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
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Chilliwack United Church – Ken Lavigne
December 11, 7:30 p.m.
Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra –
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite
December 13, 7:30 p.m.
A Circus in Wonderland
December 14, 2:00 p.m.
Winter Harp
December 16, 7:30 p.m.
Schellshock Entertainment & TCB Rock & Roll
Legends – Bringing it Back
December 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sing a long with the Sound of Music
December 19, 7:30 p.m.
Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra – A
Celebration of Christmas
December 20, 7:30 p.m.
Chilliwack School of Performing Arts – The
Addams Family
January 14 – 25
The Comic Strippers with Chip Ette
January 31, 7:30 p.m.
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
February 4
UFV Performance Theatre
University of the Fraser Valley – A Christmas
Carol
December 10 – 21
COQUITLAM
Evergreen Cultural Centre – Main Theatre
B3 Kings Christmas Show
December 12
PSWE: An Old World Christmas December 13
The Virtual Stage – Broken Sex Doll
December 16 – 20
QuiRING in the New Year
December 31
Stage 43 – Steel Magnolias
January 15 – 24
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
January 27 – 31
Musical Mornings: Sarah Hagen (Piano)
Februrary 4, 10:00 a.m.
Denis Chang Gypsy Jazz Quartet
February 5
DELTA
South Delta Baptist Church
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – A Traditional
Christmas
December 17, 7:30 p.m.
MAPLE RIDGE
The ACT Maple Ridge Arts Centre &
Theatre – Main Theatre
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – A Rock ‘n’ Roll
Christmas
December 6
B3 Kings
December 13
SPECC-tacular Productions – Snow Queen
(Pantomime)
December 19 & 20
Winter Harp
December 21, 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Royal Canadian Theatre Company – Sleeping
Beauty
January 2 & 3
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
January 10
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
January 31
NEW WESTMINSTER
Bernie Legge Theatre
Vagabond Players – Christmas Belles
Until December 20
Vagabond Players – Go Back for Murder
January 29 to February 21
NORTH SHORE
BlueShore Financial Centre for the
Performing Arts
Winter Harp
December 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
January 9
Cap Global Roots Series: Martha Redbone
January 17
Cap Jazz Series: A Tribute to Brazil with “A”
Band and NiteCap
January 30
Centennial Theatre
The Alpine Club of Canada – Banff Mountain
Film Festival
December 5, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir – Candelight
Carols
December 12, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – A Traditional
Christmas December 19, 4:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Lions Gate Sinfonia – Gloria! A Christmas
Celebration
December 20, 7:30 p.m.
Royal City Youth Ballet – The Nutcracker
December 21, 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Deep Cove Shaw Theatre
Deep Cove Stage Society – Rumpelstiltskin
(Pantomime)
December 17 to January 3
First Impressions Theatre – The Paperboys in
Concert
January 30
First Impressions Theatre – Babe Gurr and
Band in Concert
January 31
Highlands United Church
Marcus Mosely Chorale Christmas Concert
December 21, 2:00 p.m.
Kay Meek Centre – Studio Theatre
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – A Rock ‘n’ Roll
Christmas
December 9, 7:30 p.m.
B3 Kings
December 10 & 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – A Traditional
Christmas December 20, 4:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
January 12 & 13
Cap Global Roots Series: Marc Cohn January 25
The Goodnight Bird January 29 to February 14
Presentation House Theatre
PHTheatre Annual Holiday Spectacular! – Your
Favourite Music and Songs December 11 – 21
Cap Jazz: Don McGlashan
January 16
Presentation House Theatre for Young
Audiences – The Boy with Enchanted Hands
Jan. 27 to Feb. 6, 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Theatre at Hendry Hall
North Vancouver Community Players –
Cinderella (Pantomime)
Until December 14
PORT COQUITLAM
Terry Fox Theatre
Coquitlam Youth Orchestra Concert
December 6, 7:00 p.m.
Avant Dance Company Concert
December 7, 1:00 p.m.
Terry Fox Secondary School’s Band and Choir
Christmas Concert
December 11, 7:00 p.m.
SPECC-tacular Productions – The Snow Queen
(Pantomime)
December 13 & 14
Terry Fox Secondary School – Rock the Fox
January 13 – 15, 7:00 p.m.
Port Coquitlam Coffee Concert
January 18, 2:00 p.m. & 29, 7:00 p.m.
Tri-City Dance Centre Concert
January 24, 2:00 p.m.
The danceLAB Studios Performing Arts Society
Concert
January 25, 1:00 p.m.
Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts Concert
January 31, 7:00 p.m.
RICHMOND
Fraserview MB Church
Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir – Making
Spirits Bright – A Good Noise Gospel
Christmas
December 14, 3:00 p.m.
Gateway Theatre – Main Stage
Crazy For You
Until December 31
Valley Song
February 5 – 21
Gilmore Park United Church
Richmond Orchestra & Chorus – World Sings
Christmas
December 13 & 14
River Rock Show Theatre
Popovich – Comedy Pet Theater
The Irish Tenors
December 14
December 19
SURREY
Bell Performing Arts Centre
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – A Rock ‘n’ Roll
Christmas
December 7, 7:00 p.m.
Alistair – The Suspenders – Merry Christmas –
The Suspenders
December 13, 7:00 p.m.
Sahara Productions – A Night to Remember
January 10
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Kirill
Gerstein (Piano)
January 26
Centre Stage at City Hall
Infinitus
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Belfry Theatre
Venus in Fur
Until December 14
The Best Brothers/How to Disappear
Completely
January 27 to March 1
Chemainus Theatre
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas
Carol
Until December 22
McPherson Playhouse (Victoria)
Victoria Operatic Society – A Christmas Story
December 5 – 14
Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas – Buddy & The Killer in
Concert
December 15, 7:30 p.m.
Rocklands Entertainment – An Intimate
Afternoon with Frank Mills
December 20, 2:00 p.m.
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
Dance Victoria – Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s
Nutcracker
December 5 – 7
Ken Lavigne – Home for Christmas
December 8, 7:30 p.m.
Live Nation – Mother Mother
December 9 – 11, 7:30 p.m.
Victoria Symphony – The Pops Series: A
Sentimental Christmas Carol
December 12 –14
Victoria Symphony – The Irish Tenors
December 20
Ballet Victoria – The Gift
December 27 – 29, 2:00 p.m.
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Surrey Arts Centre – Main Stage
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
December 9
Royal City Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker
December 12 – 14
A Christmas Carol: A Dramatic Reading
December 17
Ellie King’s Sleeping Beauty (Pantomime)
December 19 – 28
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour – The
Odd Couple
January 14 – 24
Norman Foote in Concert
January 31
Surrey Arts Centre – Studio Theatre
Classical Coffee Concert – Sarah Hagen (Piano)
January 15
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Coast Capital Playhouse
White Rock Players’ Club – Babes in the Wood
(Pantomime)
Until December 27, 7:30 p.m.
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Valley Song
A song of hope in a time of change
JOVANNI SY
I
n post-apartheid South Africa, in
a valley where properties are still owned
exclusively by white people, 76-yearold Abraam ‘Buks’ Jonkers continues
to till the land he will never own. But
while Buks loyally maintains the prized
property of his past, his golden-voiced
granddaughter, Veronica, can’t wait to
star on Johannesburg stages. When a
potential new property owner arrives,
both Buks and Veronica must decide if
they will hold tight to the past or take a
chance on the future.
Directed by Gateway Theatre’s artistic
director Jovanni Sy, he explains why he
chose to direct this show. “I saw Athol
Fugard perform in this play 20 years
ago in Toronto. It was one of the most
memorable theatrical experiences of my
life.” He adds, “Fugard is one of my
playwriting heroes – an author with an
extraordinary gift for storytelling and a
ferocious passion for social justice. His
writing helped to change the course of
DAVID ADAMS and
SEREANA MALANI
his country. I can’t wait to share this play
with audiences in February.”
Written by the prolific South African
playwright Fugard, Valley Song is a
theatrical poem told by two actors that
brings timeless truths to life through
the beautiful South African landscape.
Best known for his writing, Fugard is
also an esteemed actor and director.
In the 1995 production of Valley Song,
Fugard played the roles of the Author
and the grandfather Buks. “I had ended
up sick and tired of the madness and
desperate scramble of my life in the
make-believe world of the theatre.” He
writes, “I wanted to return to essentials,
to the ‘real’ world, and here was my
chance to do it.”
David Adams, a theatrical veteran
and familiar face to Gateway Theatre
audiences, was last seen at Gateway in
2012 playing the part of Tevye in Fiddler
on the Roof. Adams is thrilled to return
to play the role Fugard originally created
and brought to life on stage, “I’m so
excited and privileged to be doing Valley
Song this upcoming season – a rare
chance to tackle a beautifully crafted
play that profoundly speaks to my own
personal background and ancestry.”
Starring alongside Adams, and a firsttime performer at Gateway Theatre,
Sereana Malani plays the role of the
Buks’s granddaughter Veronica. Local
audiences would have last seen Malani in
the last two seasons at Bard on the Beach.
Be sure not to miss these two extremely
talented actors in Valley Song, which
promises to be an unforgettable night at
the theatre.
Director: Sy; set designer: Drew Facey;
costume designer: Barbara Clayden;
lighting designer: John Webber; sound
designer: Cathy Nosaty; with stage
manager: Lori Parker; and assistant
stage manager: Yvonne Yip.
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 15
photo: David Cooper
Valley Song plays on the Gateway
Theatre
MainStage,
February 5 to 21, 2015. Box Office:
604.270.1812. For more information www.gatewaytheare.com.
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All is Calm:
The Christmas Truce of 1914
written and directed by Peter Rothstein
musical arrangements by Erick Lichte
and Timothy C. Takach
Fully stage a cappella musical tells this
miraculous true story in the words and songs
of the men who lived it.
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Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts and
Centaur Theatre Company PRESENT
The Goodnight Bird
Out of the blue… Into the night... A comedy
about love and courage
The
Kay Meek Centre for the
Performing Arts of West Vancouver and
Centaur Theatre Company of Montreal
are excited to present The Goodnight
Bird by acclaimed Canadian playwright
Colleen Murphy. The co-production
opens at Kay Meek Centre January 29
and will run for three weeks before
leaving for Montreal.
NICOLA
CAVENDISH
The plot recounts the story of Lilly and Morgan Beaumont, in their mid-60s and
comfortable in their routine until Parker, a homeless man, lands on the balcony
of their new condo. After scaring the older couple half to death, he pours himself
into the holes of their relationship and brings to light things they didn’t know were
missing, sparking a questioning of their comfortable lives.
This thought-provoking comedic drama by Governor General Award-winning,
Quebec-born Murphy ingeniously achieves a satisfying balance of wry humour and
melancholy. The Goodnight Bird was first presented in 2011 at London’s Finborough
Theatre while Murphy was playwright-in-residence.
This North American premiere reunites acclaimed and much-loved Vancouver
actor Nicola Cavendish and director Roy Surette on the heels of their successful
collaboration on 4000 Miles at the Arts Club in September 2014. The cast
was assembled from across Canada and will also feature some of the nation’s
finest established actors, including Christopher Hunt (Calgary) and Graham
Cuthbertson (Montreal).
For Cavendish, this is only the second major project she has undertaken since
a self-imposed hiatus from acting in 2012 to focus on personal priorities. Her
choice of productions is by no means random. The role of Vera in 4000 Miles
and Lilly in The Goodnight Bird are strong women who face the questions and
challenges of aging, relationships and loss.
Vancouver native Surette (artistic director, Centaur Theatre Company)
is well known to West Coast audiences as the former artistic director of
the Belfry Theatre and Touchstone Theatre. Since moving to Centaur
in 2007 he has returned to Vancouver on a regular basis to direct and
collaborate on local, regional and national projects.
The Goodnight Bird plays at the Kay Meek Centre January 29 to 31 and
February 3 to 7, 2015. Tickets: Box Office: 604.981.6335 or kaymeekcentre.com.
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 • PLAYBOARD 17
photo: Tiko Kerr
This production is supported by a top notch team of designers, including
the popular Vancouver designer Pam Johnson; lighting design: Luc Prairie;
sound design: Nico Rhodes; and stage manager: Rick Rinder.
11th Annual OVATION! Awards
Celebrating the musicals of 2014
Performances from the 2013 Ovation Awards
If you’re a fan of music theatre, you don’t want to miss the
special guest presenters and special guest numbers.
musical theatre glitterati at the 11th Annual OVATION Awards.
This community celebration features over 50 performers
presenting numbers from the hit musicals presented in the
Lower Mainland in 2014, while also presenting awards to
people and companies that present these musicals.
The first OVATION Awards Show was presented at the
Backstage Lounge in 2004, but the celebration quickly outgrew
the venue and is now presented at the Vancouver Academy of
Music to accommodate the sold-out audiences each year.
As well as the thrilling performances, the ultimate goal of
the evening is to celebrate the hundreds of people who
dedicate hours of their time working on-and off-stage with the
numerous companies that present musicals. Musical theatre is
alive and well in here in the Lower Mainland, with 65 shows
performed in 2014, including full productions, revues and
“pantos.”
The show makes every effort to include numbers from all the
hit shows of the year, including Grease, Shrek The Musical, Jesus
Christ Superstar, Cabaret, Annie, Spring Awakening, Legally
Blonde, Spamalot, Reefer Madness, Cannibal The Musical, Floyd
Collins, Carrie The Musical, Crazy for You, Red Rock Diner,
Evil Dead, Rent and The Marvelous Wonderettes. In addition
to musical numbers, get ready for many surprises, including
18 PLAYBOARD • DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015
Over 20 awards in a number of categories are presented,
including the Outstanding Longtime Contribution Award
given to a member of the community who has contributed
more than 10 years to the development, promotion, and continuation of musical theatre in the lower mainland. Past recipients of this award include: Johnny Duncan, Perry Ehrlich, Ed
Harrington, Jeff Hyslop, Bruce Kellett, Bill Millerd, Nancy and
Roger Nelson, Lloyd Nicholson, Shel Peircy, Cecilia and Roger
Smith and Pat Waldron.
The 11th Annual OVATION! Awards will take place on Sunday,
January 18, 2015, at the Vancouver Academy of Music, 1270
Chestnut St, Vancouver. Reception 6:00 p.m., show and awards
7:00 p.m. Further information applausemusicals.com and
tickets: brownpapertickets.com.
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