The Arts Club Theatre Company’s 56th Season opened with A Thousand Splendid Suns at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre. Written by Ursula Rani Sarma is based on the acclaimed book by Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns is a richly crafted drama, spanning the years from the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan to the rise of…
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Say I Do to Mamma Mia at Arts Club
From the opening notes of the overture to the final sing-along curtain call, Mamma Mia now play at The Arts Club Theatre Company Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, will have you dancing in your seat. The feel-good jukebox musical inspired by the hit music of Abba is composed by Abba’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and…
Bakersfield Mist at The Arts Club Theatre
The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Bakersfield Mist, now playing at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, reminds the audience just how subjective the art world really is, and who decides what makes a masterpiece. Award-winning playwright Stephen Sachs based Bakersfield Mist on a true event. Detailed in the documentary “Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock” tells the…
Dream a Dream of Les Misérables at Arts Club
The classic Broadway hit musical, Les Misérables, is filled with everything one could hope for in a musical. Drama, passion, history, humour and timeless songs are all part of the show and the Arts Club Theatre’s production. The compact staging and auditorium make for an intimate experience and allows the passion of the music to hit home….
“One Man, Two Guvnors” – Lots of Laughs
Now playing at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, One Man, Two Guvnors is an uproarious funny comedy starring Andrew McNee as the ‘one man’, Francis Henshall. Set in 1963 Brighton, England the play is performed in a classic British farce/vaudeville style. Between scenes the cast take turns performing musical numbers alongside The Craze, the on-stage…
Hairspray – The Big Fat Musical
Telling a story of race relations in 1960’s Baltimore as played out through the story of a ‘pleasantly plump’ girl’s struggle for acceptance in high school and as a dancer on the American Bandstand-esque, “Corny Collins Show”. Jennie Neumann shines as teen, Tracy Turnblad as we follow her quest for fame, love, acceptance and equality. …
August: Osage County
August: Osage County – Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage – February 8, 2011 One hot summer meltdown (literally & figuratively) in the life of the Weston Family is portrayed in this Tony award winning play by Tracy Letts. The story plays out over the course of a swelteringly hot summer in the American South as a…