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On stage in September & October

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Let the new season begin! The 2010/2011 theatre season is upon us, here is the line-up of some of the shows, including those with an LGBTQ! connection, set to play local stages in September and October 2010.

Previously in September and October:

	Sweeney Todd Jericho Arts Centre 13 - 30 October 2010 A chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. Tickets are $20 - $30 available online or by calling 604-224-8007, ext. 2.

	The Unexpected Guest Metro Theatre 1 - 30 October 2010 Murder, an illicit love affair and a blackmailing nurse add up to an unusually exciting production from the Metro Theatre as they present Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest October 1st - 30th. Tickets are $18 - $21 avaialble by calling 604-266-7191 or at the door.

	Thunderstick Firehall Arts Centre 13 - 30 October 2010 Kenneth T. Williams play, Thunderstick, is brought to life by stars Lorne Cardinal from the hit TV show Corner Gas and Royal Canadian Air Farce regular Craig Lauzon. This hit comedy caper, a Persephone Theatre/Theatre Network Production, will play at the Firehall Arts Centre from Oct. 13 - 30. Tickets ange from $17 - $29. To purchase tickets call the Firehall at 604-689-0926 or online.

	9 Parts of Desire Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver 14 - 30 October 2010 In the news every day the catastrophic war on Iraq is superficially being played out. 9 Parts of Desire lifts the veil, giving us an intimate look at nine vastly different Iraqi women who struggle not only with the burden of tradition, but also with the anguish of war and the guilt of survival. A timely meditation on the ancient, the modern and the feminine in a country battered by war. Tickets are $26-30. Call 604-990-3474 or go to www.phtheatre.org.

	The 39 Steps Arts Club Stanley Theatre 21 October - 21 November 2010 A seductive mystery woman, an accusation of murder, a missing finger, and a mad dash to foil foreign spies! Four gifted actors play over 150 zany characters in this Monty Python-flavoured Hitchcock spoof that just might give you vertigo! Tickets are available online or by calling 604.687.1644.

	Us and Them (the inquiry) Various locations 22 October - 28 November 2010 Vancouver’s award‐winning Headlines Theatre presents their latest project, Us and Them (the inquiry)—a fun, moving, and gutsy exploration of how we understand ourselves and how we create divisions between us and ‘others’. Admission is by donation and reservations at 604.871.0508 or at rsvp@headlinestheatre.com are recommended due to the limited space available.

	Grease Queen Elizabeth Theatre 26 - 31 October 2010 After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. Tickets go on sale on Monday, August 23rd at all Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone 604-280-4444 or online ticketmaster.ca

	Dr. Egg and the Man with No Ear The Cultch 26 October - 6 November 2010 Through a distinctive combination of puppetry, stop motion animation, original music and physical performance, this exquisite production playfully explores the moral and ethical dilemmas society faces as new developments are made in science, technology and medicine. Tickets are available online or by calling 604-251-1363.

	'Night Mother PAL Theatre, 581 Cardero Street 29 October - 13 November 2010 The Good Company Equity Co-Op presents this intimate portrait of a mother-and-daughter relationship, set in an intense, edge-of-your-seat drama. Tickets are $15/20, available at BizBooks.net or 604-365-9445. Visit www.thegoodcompanycollective.com for more information.

	Noises Off Capilano University Performing Arts Centre, North Vancouver 20 - 23 October 2010 Ten trips up and down stairs, 7 slamming doors, 17 false entrances, 73 flubbed lines, 46 miscues, 22 double entendres, 2 love triangles, 3 dropped trousers, multiple hidden bottles of booze and a missing plate of sardines make Tony Award winner Noises Off one of the funniest farces of all times. Tickets are $20/$14/$8 available online or by calling 604.990.7810.
	Boys' Life Little Mountain Gallery, 195 East 26th Avenue 13 - 24 October 2010 A comedy about a trio of young urban dwellers trying to figure out what kind of men they want to be and what kind of women they want to love. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this premiere is not to be missed! Tickets are $15.00 and are available at Red Cat Records, or through penguinpooltheatre@gmail.com.
	after the quake The Cultch 13 - 23 October 2010 In 1995, a disastrous earthquake devastated Kobe, Japan and the Tokyo subway was hit by deadly poison gas attacks. after the quake is based on bestselling author Haruki Murakami’s stories about life in the wake of disaster. Tickets are available online or by calling 604-251-1363.
	Brighton Beach Memoirs Gateway Theatre, Richmond 7 - 23 October 2010 It’s 1937 Brooklyn and fourteen year-old Eugene Jerome’s ambitions are to be a writer, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, and to see a naked girl, not necessarily in that order. Sharing a household with three other teenagers, an asthmatic aunt and nagging parents is never easy, but things come to a head during one turbulent week, as the Jerome family faces a series of life changing events that paint a tremendously funny, tremendously moving portrait of family life. Tickets are $35-$43 available by calling 604-270-1812 or online.
	The Fantasticks Vancouver Playhouse 2 - 23 October 2010 Since its opening in May 1960, The Fantasticks has become the longest running production of any kind in the history of American theatre. It is a simple but beautiful story of the quintessential celebration of love in all its gorgeous simplicity and heartbreaking complexity. Tickets are $32 - $59 available online or by calling 604-873-3311.
	Don Quixote Arts Club Granville Island Stage 23 September - 23 October 2010 This immortal quest has captivated readers for over four centuries. Don Quixote’s tale of courage and madness is re-imagined with masks, magic, and mayhem. Physical comedy at its finest; brought to you in collaboration with Axis Theatre Company, creators of the smash hit The Number 14. Tickets are available online or by calling 604.687.1644.
	What A Drag! Studio 58, Langara College 12 - 17 October 2010 Drag monarchs are our world's clowns. They grin their way through genders. They belt their sexuality. They clomp and stomp and strut their way over the bridge between society and tomfoolery. Entry by donation. Call 604.323.5227 for reservations. Visit the production's Facebook page for more information.
	The Park, A Musical Studio 58, Langara College 30 September - 17 October 2010 One of the world's most powerful developers has set his sights on Vancouver's Stanley Park to turn it into the city's newest and most expansive parking lot. Chaos ensues as two courageous Vancouverites, John and Geena attempt to find a way to halt the destruction of their beloved park. This is a story about new beginnings, redemption and love, all set to music. Originally produced as a one-act in last season’s STEW, this reworked and rewritten version of The Park is now a full-length musical! Tickets available online.
	Greece Does Grease Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island 7-10 & 13-16 October 2010 From the co-creators of last year’s smash, SHINE: A Burlesque Musical, comes Greece Does Grease an epic, mainstage burlesque show at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island this October. Greece Does Grease tells the ancient story of the seasons through parodies of the music of Grease and Grease 2. Tickets are $23 (plus service charges) available online or $30 at the door.
	Lobby Hero Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive 29 September - 16 October 2010 Dirty Manhattan Equity Co-op is pleased to present Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero. Tight, intense, and a roller coaster of power-struggles, Lobby Hero is a serious comedy from Kenneth Lonergan, the Award-winning screenwriter who brought us Gangs of New York, Analyze This and You Can Count On Me. Tickets are $20, and are available through Tickets Tonight, at 604-684-2787. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door. Tuesdays are two-for-one.
	The Busy World is Hushed Pacific Theatre 24 September - 16 October 2010 When a widowed Episcopal minister hires an agnostic gay man as her scholarly assistant she may have found the missing link in an estranged relationship with her wayward son. Mixing sexual politics with spiritual contradictions, her motivations are called into question when secrets from the past begin to surface. A powerful exploration of faith and fear, The Busy World is Hushed probes the passions and distortions of religion, relationships, and the human heart. Tickets are available online or by calling 604.731.5518.
	The Madwoman of Chaillot Frederic Wood Theatre, UBC 30 September - 9 October 2010 By Jean Giraudoux, translated by Maurice Valency, Director Stephen Heatley \| Sweet madness ensues when an eccentric circle of Parisians plot to foil corporate plans that will transform “The City of Light” into a rubble-strewn oilfield. At once comedic, whimsical, poetical and prophetic, The Madwoman of Chaillot is the story of the triumph of good over evil – obviously it’s also a fantasy. Tickets are $2 - $22 by calling 604-822-2678 or at the theatre box office.
	Gutenberg! the Musical! Presentation House Theatre 22 September - 9 October 2010 The hit of the 2008 Fringe Festival is back! This award winning musical spoof follows Bud and Doug, two hapless composers who have created the greatest mega-musical of all time, all about the life of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press. Through the course of the show the two portray Gutenberg, his love interest (Helvetica), his nemesis (an evil Monk) and over 20 other characters as they pitch their opus to a band of ruthless Broadway producers. Visit http://www.phtheatre.org for tickets and information.
	Tear the Curtain! Arts Club Stanley Theatre Now through 10 October 2010 Glamour! Intrigue! Suspense! What Lurks Behind? A collaboration with the innovative Electric Company Theatre, this stylish thriller is inspired by the "reel" history of the Stanley Theatre. Experience a multimedia spectacle featuring your favourite Hollywood film noir archetypes: the mob boss, the femme fatale, the hardboiled detective, and his girl Friday. Tickets are available online or by calling 604.687.1644.
	Miracle in Rwanda Arts Club Revue Stage 28 September - 3 October 2010 Leslie Lewis Sword brilliantly transforms herself into a host of characters to tell the incredible story of Rwandan Genocide Survivor Immaculée Ilibagiza, a real-life messenger of hope. Last year, performer and writer Leslie, traveled to Rwanda with Immaculée to develop this unique piece of theater. This incredible and emotional return of Immaculée to Rwanda was the subject of a ‘60 Minutes’ segment, bringing international attention to the story of ‘Miracle in Rwanda’. Tickets are $10 - $35. Visit www.MiracleInRwanda.com for more information.
	Random Laughter Deep Cove Stage Society 15 September - 2 October 2010 Deep Cove Stage Society and First Impressions Theatre join together for Random Laughter - a musical comedy revue with no agenda or sense of direction! Tickets are $14 - $16 available online.
	Vancouver International Fringe Festival Granville Island 23 - 26 September 2010 (Pick of the Fringe) Gorge yourself on all the theatre you can "eat" at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival! With over 600 performances from 83 shows in this year's festival, the Fringe has more theatre samplings than you can shake a fork at. Visit http://www.vancouverfringe.com for tickets and information.
	The Power of Yes Jericho Arts Centre 3 - 26 September 2010 On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. In the wake of the financial crisis, the National Theatre commissioned David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work that sought to find out what had happened, and why. The Power of Yes is the result. Tickets are $14 - $18 available online or by calling (604) 224-8007.
	Brighton Beach Memoirs Metro Theatre Through 25 September 2010 Brighton Beach Memoirs is Simon’s hilarious semi-autobiographical portrait of a Jewish-American family as seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy, Eugene Morris Jerome. In the post-depression, pre-war-era Brooklyn, the most pressing thoughts on the mind of Neil Simon’s protagonist are baseball and girls. Tickets are $17-$20 available by calling 604-266-7191 or at the door.
	Bard on the Beach Vanier Park Through 25 September 2010 The anchor production in the Mainstage tent will be the witty romance Much Ado About Nothing and Antony and Cleopatra. In the intimate Studio Stage, Bard will continue with the second year of "The Kings" History Cycle. In a new adaptation by Errol Durbach, Henry IV, Parts I & II will be blended as Falstaff and will play in repertory with the third history play, the powerful Henry V. Visit http://www.bardonthebeach.org for tickets and information.
	The New York Monologues J Lounge 9 - 12 September 2010 A series of fast paced rants from a Police Officer, Mortician, Soccer Coach, Deli Owner and more, The New York Monologues is a humorous, poignant and unapologetic reflection of how a nation's most talked about tragedy affected the world's most neurotic, cynical and irreverent city. Tickets by donation at the door ($10 suggested). Visit the group's Facebook page for more information.
	A Life in the Theatre Vancouver Playhouse Recital Hall Sept. 2-5, 11, 12 (previews 29 & 30 August) The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-The-Plow takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; the other, Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from age and the wider, inevitable and endless cycle of life, in and out of the theatre. Tickets are $12 each available by calling 604 873 3311 or online.
	Blue Surge Studio 16 Through 5 September 2010 Curt, a small-town cop, meets Sandy, the 18-year old prostitute in a raid on a massage parlour. Curt finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Sandy and begins a relationship with her that puts everything he’s worked for – his career, his friendships, and his engagement to his fiancée – at risk. But Curt sees a future with Sandy, an escape from his difficult past. As the two of them chase their dreams, they must learn a skill that is foreign to them both: they must learn to hope. Tickets are available via Tickets Tonight online or by calling 604-684-2787.
	Little Women: The Musical Revue Stage, Granville Island 3 - 5 September 2010 Presented by Broadway Edge, Little Women is the well-loved semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott, brought to life with a sweeping score, which tells the heartwarming story of Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy growing up in Civil War time. Sept 3 - 8pm, Sept 4 - 2 & 8pm, Sept 5 - 1 & 7pm. Tickets $25 available at www.VancouverTix.com. Visit www.broadwayedgestudio.com for more information.
	The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Job Vancity Theatre 2 September 2010 The newest work by critically acclaimed performer and monologist Mike Daisey. Breaking free of the virtual, Daisey follows the trail all the way to China where millions of workers toil in factories to create iPhones and iPods in a world we pretend does not exist. A darkly hilarious tale of pride, beauty, lust, and industrial design, Daisey illuminates the war to control how we see the world, and the human price we are willing to pay for our technology. Tickets are $40 each available online or by calling 604.685.0260.