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June 27, 2016
The Arts Club Theatre’s Rock of Ages makes a great summer season presentation at the Granville Island Stage. The music is loud and “in your face”, the cast is both » Read More
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March 31, 2016
A teenage boy’s arrest on a SkyTrain platform is the catalyst for the Arts Club Theatre’s newest production, The Valley, a topical story about closing personal divides and the contradictory » Read More
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January 21, 2016
Noted Canadian solo performer Rick Miller presents BOOM, billed as “25 years in 100 minutes”. This intelligent, innovative mixed-media work is part history lesson, part storytelling marathon. Miller enacts just » Read More
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October 11, 2015
When a soulful crooner with fiery vocals collaborates with a dark comedy mastermind, the delightful result is a superb piece of entertainment. The Arts Club Theatre’s The Waiting Room, Morris Panych’s » Read More
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March 17, 2015
Arts Club Theatre’s 52nd season includes programming at a brand-new, purpose built theatre on West 1st Avenue in Olympic Village, the West First Stage (replacing the Revue Stage), as well » Read More
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February 23, 2015
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. His name alone represents ideals of peace and perseverance against oppression. The achievements that canonized him as a legend and the rousing speeches that inspired millions were » Read More
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October 3, 2014
Educating Rita’s themes are well known both through the stage comedy and in the 1983 film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters, explored in numerous recreations. For those not familiar » Read More
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June 26, 2014
Red Rock Diner is a fun, 1950’s slice-of-life musical set in Vancouver, paying homage to one of the country’s finest DJs, Red Robinson. It’s a fun, fitting cap to the » Read More
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April 14, 2014
With the Arts Club Theatre’s golden anniversary celebration still in full swing, Western Canada’s largest not-for-profit theatre company begins to look ahead at the next 50 years with yesterday’s announcement » Read More
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February 20, 2014
Driving Miss Daisy is the tale of an elderly Southern Jewish woman and her chauffeur, spanning a 25-year friendship. The two characters are brought together by Daisy Werthan’s son, Boolie, » Read More
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December 5, 2013
As It’s Snowing on Saltspring opens, the Granville Island Stage reveals a homey cottage setting, presumably on Salt Spring Island. A channel-flipping, super-lazy Bill Bannister (Andrew McNee) is ensconced on » Read More
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October 10, 2013
A live/work brick-walled studio stage set in the present provides the backdrop to the Arts Club Theatre’s production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur. As the play begins, and the » Read More
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September 11, 2013
Vanda, a young actress (Lindsey Angell), wants to land the lead in the new play Venus in Fur. During her sexually charged audition for Thomas (Vincent Gale), the play’s demanding writer-director, » Read More