Matt & Ben depicts its Hollywood golden boys – before J-Lo, before Gwyneth, before ‘Project Greenlight,’ before Oscar&before anyone actually gave a damn. When the screenplay for Good Will Hunting drops mysteriously from the heavens, the boys realize they’re being tested by a Higher Power.
Antony Holland, founder of Studio 58 and winner of three Jessie awards, takes commnad of the title role in Tuesdays with Morrie. Adapted from the book of the same name, the play tells a true story about the ailing Professor Swartz who reunites with his former student, Mitch Albom, played by Joel Grinke, for a few serious and humourous lessons on living and dying.
Prices: Adult Weekday and Matinees $27.50 Adult Weekend $30.00
Senior/Student Weekday and Matinees $25.50 Senior/Student Weekend $27.50
Wosk Cabaret Tahiti Lounge The world premiere of a new work by internationally renown Vancouver based playwright Tom Cone, author of Herringbone, True Mummy, Cubistique and the libretto for Vancouver Opera’s The Architect, Donald and Lenore is a wild and seductive play about survival. Set in the Tahitian lounge, three floors below an airport hotel parking lot, a ruthless diva and a nervous convict create paradise in a bomb shelter, passionately performing their existential cabaret until no one is left. Is their salvation a new audience, or is it time to leave? – Now the play begins! “the dazzling trickery of its surface…the poignant tenderness and full humanity of its unexpected depths.” — Boston Globe review of Tom Cone’s play Herringbone www.felixculpa.bc.ca
Presented with Felix Culpa
Prices: $24 Adults (+ tax & service charge = $28.70) $20 Seniors (+ tax & service charge = $24.00) $16 Students (+ tax & service charge = $19.80)
Norman Rothstein Theatre With its contagious joie de vivre and its vibrant music, this band of six musicians has created an original and dazzling repertoire that reflects the colourful influences of Montreal’s cultural mosaic – Previously known as Manouche – the band recently celebrated its ninth year with the release of its third album, Épisode Trois. With its diversified cultural background, the group defies simple categorization and lets its music travel without borders and preserves the free spirit and exuberance of its first loves – gypsy music, gypsy swing and klezmer, while adding ska, latin and folk rythms. www.sagapool.com
Prices: $24 Adults (+ tax & service charge = $28.70) $20 Seniors (+ tax & service charge = $24.00) $16 Students (+ tax & service charge = $19.80)