Spectral Theatre’s Late Night Double Feature – July

The crew from Spectral Theatre give us a heads up on the latest

Late Night Double Feature – July Edition

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The fourth (uh huh…fourth!) month of Spectral Theatre’s marathon of madness begins! That’s right, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (or have written us off as spam) you should know by now that all throughout the summer Spectral Theatre’s “Late-Night Double Feature” will present two weird, one-act plays for one frighteningly low-price!!! Spooky scripts lovingly crafted by the freaky, filth mongers of Spectral Theatre and performed by some of Vancouver’s most gruesomely gifted up-and-comers. It’s entirely likely there’s no place on Earth you’ll get this level of entertainment for ten measly bucks! And the best part is the show begins at 10:00 PM; so you’ll have time to go home, get cleaned up, have dinner and make it to the venue in time to get your pre-show buzz on!

Enter the weird and weary world of lonely little Claudia if you dare!  A world of juicy spiders, damp, dark closets, raggedy patch-work dolls and the chilling promise of death most foul…

“Pyewacket’” written by Justin Clow and Desmond Hussey and directed by Desmond Hussey and Naomi Lazarus. Featuring Fija Callaghan, Crystal Sevigny, Seth Little and Lesli Brownlee.

Followed by…

A depressed and disillusioned clown is plunged into the dark side of the circus, where in order to fight the evil around him, he must become what he hates the most…

“How I Became a Killer Clown” written and directed by Blake Drezet. Featuring Blake Drezet, JC Roy, Michael Cope and Tara Webster.

Week 1 – July 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Week 2 – July 9th, 10th and 11th
Week 3 – July 16th, 17th and 18th
Week 4 – July 23rd, 24th and 25th

Spectral Theatre Studio, 350 Powell Street.

Tickets $10.  Doors at 9:30 PM Show at 10:00 PM.

Check out “Threesome Thursdays“! Two of you pay and if you bring a third, they get in for free! What happens after is none of our business ; )

Call 604-569-2013 or e-mail info@spectraltheatre.com

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE! WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS IN ADVANCE.

Festival of Mythical Plays and Winning One-Acts

Artistic Director Jay Hamburger tells us about Theatre in the Raw’s

Festival of Mythical Plays and Winning One-Acts

Nuclear Fall-In by Ed Ballou – an original winning One-Act Play – A nuclear family is living/working too close to a leaky nuclear plant. (no pun intended)  Mutation of living creatures is on the rise.  This play has a number of way out surprises and something “loaded” to say.

Jack Benny & The Angels by writer and actor Jason Logan – an original One-Act Myth Radio Play – Jack is back but as an angel with an important job to do!  Visiting Earth, he encounters a whole slew of wacky characters. Is humanity worth saving is the question?

Telling Of The Bees by Jesse Matthew Cooper – an original One-Act Myth Play – Can bees help a troubled soul to tell the truth?  A concerned father, an expectant wife, a farm to be sold, all rest in the hands of someone with a secret that the bees want told.

Directed by Jay Hamburger, artistic director of Theatre In the Raw Society, a grassroots award-winning professional company which has a long history of commitment and work within the East Side of Vancouver and to social justice issues – Giving Exposure to Voices Seldom Heard since 1994.

VANCOUVER:  June 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2009 (Thurs – Sun)
VENUE:  Little Mountain Studios, 195 East 26th Avenue (just a half block west off of Main Street)
Curtain:  7:30 Doors Open: 7:00 pm:

TICKETS:  $12 General Adult and $10 Students/Seniors – Advanced Tickets available online at www.theatreintheraw.ca/tickets.html or at Urban Empire (cash only), 1108 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC – also available @ the Door or call 604-708-5448 for Reservations.

VANCOUVER FREE Event:  Sun, July 5, 2009
VENUE:  Cedar Cottage Community Garden – Under the Sky Train at the big red “A” at Victoria Drive & Hull Street, Vancouver.  Outdoor afternoon event
Curtain 4 pm  – PLAYS PRESENTED:  Nuclear Fall-In and Telling of the Bees
TICKETS:  Free Outdoor Event – Just Come and see some grrreat Grassroots Theatre…

Goggles

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg tells us about her upcoming piece

Goggles - an excerpt/work-in progress

Created and Performed by: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Director: Sophie Yendole

Composer: Marc Stewart

In this excerpt of Goggles, Tara Cheyenne Performance’s newest comic creep-fest, a mystery unfolds. Obsession, bone chilling fear and black comedy translate into disturbingly compelling physicality and the sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious voice of Goggles.

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg acts, dances, and inhabits this character and brings him to life and death before your unsuspecting eyes!

At The Dancing on the EDGE Festival, July 14th @8pm and July 15th @ 9pm.

Goggles will premiere at the Cultch November 17-21, 2009

Click here for Dancing on the Edge ticket information

http://taracheyenne.com/

Stripes: The Mystery Circus

Creator/Performer Sarah Hayward tells us why we should see

Stripes: The Mystery Circus

Written and Performed by: Sarah Hayward

In collaboration with: Marguerite Witvoet and Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Presented by: Mystery Circus Media

A radically unique one woman show celebrating the comic circus of life.

“With a booming voice and a rocking bod, Sarah Hayward is a master of the small stage. Her solo theatrical cabaret about a woman auditioning to be seven different circus acts enchants the audience with its spunk and skill. ” – E.G.A. (EG ANDERSON).
An energetic, exciting, piece of theatre, Stripes: The Mystery Circus stars Sarah Hayward, as seen on TV in Smallville, The L Word and Robson Arms, and in the Films Hellraiser and Miracle.
Stripes toured the Fringe Festival circuit with great success, with performances in Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.

At the Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive

One week limited engagement: July 14 to 18, 2009, 8 pm

Tickets available from Tickets Tonight: 604.684.2787

email: info@ticketstonight.ca

Silk Threads

Writer/Performer Andrea Loewen tells us why we should see

Written and Performed by: Andrea Loewen

Presented by: Pacific Theatre and Stone’s Throw Productions

This girl has BIG dreams: she’s going to be a ballerina/actress/writer/ballet teacher/model/photographer/counselor/interior designer. She’s got a lot to accomplish, and she’s not going to let her all-too-practical, physics-teaching Grandpa get in the way. Silk Threads, written and performed by Pacific Theatre apprentice Andrea Loewen (You Still Can’t) tells her story of figuring out what she really needs to get out of life.

In a family made up of doctors, nurses, and teachers, Andrea’s made a vow to star in a blockbuster film, be on the cover of a magazine, and have written a book by the year 2000—in the summer of 1998. No one seems to understand why she can’t just pick one career (preferably one that provides medical coverage), least of all her Grandpa, a family man who taught thousands for 36 years on 3 continents. Sure, Grandpa’s stories were fun to listen to as a kid, but what can an old Mennonite man who escaped war and left it all behind to come to Canada just in time for the Great Depression really teach someone today? Join Andrea on her list-making, goal-declaring journey through success, disappointment, and a lifetime of dinners with Grandpa.

June 18-20 at 8pm
Pacific Theatre, 1420 West 12th Ave (at Hemlock St), Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $11 in advance, PWYC at door –to reserve call 604.731.5518, or buy online at pacifictheatre.org

Palace of the End

Co-Director Katrina Dunn tells us why we don’t want to miss

Palace of the End

Written by: Judith Thompson

Directed by: Katrina Dunn, David Bloom and Mindy Parfitt

Starring: Alexa Devine, Russell Roberts and Laara Sadiq

Presented by: Touchstone Theatre, Felix Culpa and Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Theatre

Taking its ominous title from the former royal palace that housed Saddam Hussein’s torture chamber, Thompson’s docudrama uses a triad of monologues to tell three real-life tales of Iraq before and after the U.S.-led invasion: that of Lynndie England (Alexa Devine), the young American soldier prosecuted for abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib; David Kelly (Russell Roberts), the British weapons inspector who committed suicide during the build-up to the invasion; and the spirit of Iraqi dissident Nehrjas Al Saffarh (Laara Sadiq) recalling her nightmarish experience with the Ba’athist Regime.

Palace of the End is an artistic response to an ongoing event: the occupation of Iraq. Playwright Judith Thompson’s characters speak to us in a voice both tragic and profoundly human. The piece makes no partisan political statements; neither does it prescribe solutions. While dealing with three very specific characters from recent history it transcends the war while raising a number of questions on a very polarizing subject. The producers anticipate strong reactions to the play, and have engaged several political authors and activists to participate in a series of Guest Lectures and Panel Discussions to increase audience awareness of, and involvement in, the issues raised by the play. From Touchstone Theatre Artistic Director Katrina Dunn: “A new work by Judith Thompson is always an event, and Palace of the End has proved to be hugely successful, provocative and influential in its short existence. I hope you will find in it, as I did, that potency of language and fearless ability to probe the darkness for light that has made Judith an international star.”

Opens Friday May 22 at the PAL Theatre (581 Cardero Street) and runs until June 6.

Performances are Tuesday through Saturday nights at 8pm, with matinees on Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 4pm.

Tickets are $26/$20/$16 and are available through Tickets Tonight at 604.684.2787 or www.ticketstonight.ca.

Student discounts are available.

There will be a FREE preview on Thursday May 21 and a 2-for-1 matinee on Saturday May 23.

Eleemosynary

Performers Joanna Gaskell, Elaina Austin and Karen Golden tell us why we should see

Eleemosynary

Written by: Lee Blessing

Directed by: Stephen Torrence

Starring: Joanna Gaskell, Elaina Austin and Karen Golden

Presented by: Get Real Theatre

At the Theatre BC Greater Vancouver Zone Festival held April 26 to May 2 at Metro Theatre in Vancouver , Delta’s newest theatre group Get Real Theatre came away with the coveted Best Production Award for their play “Eleemosynary” by Lee Blessing.  Adjudicator Jeff Hyslop (yes, “The Phantom”) selected the group to represent the Greater Vancouver Zone at the Provincial Mainstage Festival to be held at the ACT Theatre in Maple Ridge in July.  The group will perform there July 8. Karen Golden received the Best Female Actor award for her portrayal of Dorothea.

Get Real was also chosen Best Production in the People’s Choice Awards, where audience members who saw all six plays during the week voted for their favourite production. Director Stephen Torrence is especially thrilled with this honour, as it shows that the play was able to reach an entire audience of theatre goers. “Eleemosynary” is a touchingly funny and poignant play about the relationships of three generations of women, and features Karen Golden, Joanna Gaskell and Elaina Austin .

There will be two further performances of  “Eleemosynary” to help prepare the cast and crew for the next phase of competition and to allow audiences to experience this wonderful production.   Please make plans to attend if you have not yet had the opportunity, or come out to see the show again and cheer on Delta’s newest award-winning theatre company.

Shows are at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172 56 Street on  June 26 and 27 at 8 pm.

Tickets are  $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors.

Book in advance by calling the Tsawwassen Arts Centre at 604-943-9787 and get TWO TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE !!

antigone undone

Performers Tanya Marquardt, Lesley Ewen and Billy Marchenski tell us about

antigone undone

Directed by: Steven Hill

Devised by and Starring: Lesley Ewen, Billy Marchenski and Tanya Marquardt

Dramaturgy by:Michele Valiquette and Heidi Taylor

Choreography by: Tanya Podlozniuk

Presented by: Leaky Heaven Circus (link)

”Antigone is a tragedy,” says Steven Hill, Artistic Director of Leaky Heaven, and director of antigone undone. “A life on the edge of the abyss. But in our story, the tragedy is the backdrop to the bumbling minutae of everyday existence. How do we go on as the world crumbles; what is the relation between the monumental and the mundane?”

Following in the footsteps of their past productions, Leaky continues its exploration into grotesque realism and playing with images. Their innovative and theatrically ingenious shows have made them the darling of the critics and audiences alike, and garnered them numerous Jessie awards. antigone undone follows the tradition of shows like last year’s dark, witty and brilliant A Bone In Her Teeth.

antigone undone previews May 13 and 14, and opens May 15 at 8 pm. It will run nightly (except Mondays), through until May 14.

Tickets are $18/20, except for Tuesday, May 19, which is pay-what-you-can, and the previews, which are half price.

Tickets are available through Tickets Tonight: 604.684.2787 or www.ticketstonight.ca.

Advance reservations are strongly recommended, as the space is small, and audience size is limited.

All performances take place at the Leaky Heaven Studio, which is accessed through a staircase at the back of the Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave.

Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Legendary publicist Ellie O’day tells us all about the

Click on the banner above for the main site and full show details

Jam-packed with music, theatre, dance, storytelling, puppetry, circus arts and much more, the Vancouver International Children’s Festival embodies the buoyant spirit and endless curiosity of children all over the world. A world-renowned festival of performing arts for young audiences, the Vancouver International Children’s Festival has been educating, entertaining and inspiring young audiences since 1978.

Show tickets are $16.00 (plus service charges).

ALL show tickets include site admission.
Variety Show tickets: Youth $18, Adults $20

Click here to buy tickets through Ticketmaster

Advance tickets are also available through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone 604.280.3311 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.

Fat Pig

Performers Lawrence Haegert and Kathryn Kirkpatrick tell us why we need to see

Fat Pig

Written by: Neil LaBute

Directed by: Michael Scholar Jr.

Starring: Kathryn Kirkpatrick,  Aaron Craven, Jennifer Mawhinney and Lawrence Haegert

Presented by: Mitch & Murray Equity Co Op

Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, finally he comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. Neil LaBute’s sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but boldly questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves. This is a smart, telling drama with comic elements.

Performance Works- 1218 Cartwright St. Granville Island- May 20 to May 30, 2009

Preview: May 20th @ 8PM all tickets half price

Opening night: May 21

Special 2 For 1: Tuesday, May 26th

Matinees: Saturday May 23rd and 30th at 2:00pm
Tuesday-Saturday: 8:00pm

Prices:
Tuesday-Thursday & Matinee: $21.50 (s/c included)
Friday-Saturday: $25.50 (s/c included)

Order by phone: 604-684-2787
Additional $2.50 per ticket for phone orders
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm