This week you have the pleasure of meeting Robert Rose, our Telemarketing Manager, who has an affinity for thinking, local theatre designer Pam Johnson, and passwords.
How long have you worked at the Playhouse?
I remember they invented bread just after I started…it was a big deal.
Your job at the Playhouse in five words or less?
Telemarketing [...]
This week’s edition of Playhouse Peeps features our Marketing & Communications Manager, John McHenry. Can you guess the theme here? Clever chap.
How long have you worked at the Playhouse?
(within) The Last Five Years
What did you do at work yesterday?
(I worked) 9 to 5
What did you think you would be when you grew up?
(a) Fiddler [...]
Today we participate in an integral theatre company ritual: the meet and greet for La Cage aux Folles. The meeting includes a design presentation and a read through of the script. Not only does this event include coffee and donuts (!), it means that all of the beautiful people who are involved with the show [...]
Posted in 2011/2012 Season, La Cage aux Folles | Also tagged Cadence Winter Matthews, Celestial Seasons, David Cooper, donuts, Greg Armstrong-Morris, Ian Yuri Gardner, Iona Whipp, Kiki Lawhore, La Cage aux Folles, Les Cagelles, Max Reimer, Peach Cobblah, photos |
Recently the Playhouse’s Marla Norrad sat down for a conversation with Peter Anderson, one of the talented performers in Tosca Cafe.
MN: What can we expect from Tosca Cafe?
PA: I think you can expect a really surprising, rich stew of entertainment. The dance in the show is just extraordinary with both ballet and modern dancers. [...]
Posted in 2011/2012 Season, Tosca Cafe | Also tagged actors, Allen Ginsberg, American Conservatory Theater, Carey Perloff, dancers, Dean Paul Gibson, Frances Ford Coppola, Hunter S. Thompson, interview, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Peter Anderson, Sam Shepard, San Francisco, The Overcoat, theatre, Theatre Calgary, Tosca Cafe, Val Caniparoli, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company |
We had three shiny arrivals at our office this week. Our Season Brochure, School Calendar and Dining Perks card are all gloriously glossy and heavily scented with ink and excitement. In this time of keyboards, monitors and mouse clicks, it is still such a pleasure to hold in our hands a tangible symbol of our [...]
Posted in 2011/2012 Season, Catalyst Theatre's Hunchback, God of Carnage, La Cage aux Folles, Red, Tosca Cafe | Also tagged brochures, cherub, dining PERKS, La Cage aux Folles, marketing, Pride parade, publications, school calendar |
Yesterday we attended the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Nominations Party at the Improv Centre. Below is
the list of nominees for Playhouse shows. We are very proud of all of them.
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Tom McBeath – Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role
Dmitry Chepovetsky – This
Bob Frazer – Death of a Salesman
Outstanding [...]
Posted in 2010/2011 Season, 2011/2012 Season, Artistic Managing Director - Max Reimer, Brief Encounter, Dangerous Corner, Death of a Salesman, The Fantasticks, The Trespassers, This | Also tagged awards, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, Jessies, nominations, outstanding, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Vancouver theatre |
