Articles tagged with: Vancouver
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The indomitable Christopher Gaze talks with Joseph Planta about the 17th season of Bard on the Beach, the plays they’re putting on (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, and Troilus and Cressida), and other things Shakespeare.
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Spirit of the West’s John Mann, opening tonight as the Emcee in Cabaret, talked with Joseph Planta about his starring role in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s latest. Mann discussed the Kander and Ebb musical, performing on the stage, his tour-de-force performance in last year’s Miss Saigon, and the legendary role that won Joel Grey a Tony and an Oscar.
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Political strategist Jonathan Ross, of TDH Strategies, talked with Joseph Planta about the current Liberal leadership race.
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Kim Bolan, the Vancouver Sun reporter who has spent 20 years covering and who sometimes found herself part of the Air India bombing story, talked with Joseph Planta about her new book, Loss of Faith: How the Air-India Bombers Got Away with Murder (McClelland and Stewart, 2005).
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In a wide ranging chat, Jerry Wasserman, theatre critic for The Province, actor, professor of English and Theatre at the University of British Columbia, and editor of Vancouverplays.com, talked with Joseph Planta about his website, being a theatre critic, and the vibrancy of the arts scene in Vancouver.
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Noted historian and bestselling author Jean Barman talked with Joseph Planta about her latest book Stanley Park’s Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point (Harbour, 2005), a fascinating book about inhabitants of the park who were displaced in order to create the constructed ideal of an urban oasis.
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Jonathan Ross of TDH Strategies, a communciations and public policy firm, talked with Joseph Planta about all matter of politics–from Christy Clark’s political future after losing the NPA mayoralty nomination, to the future of Larry Campbell as a senator, to the federal scene about a Martin cabinet shuffle, Pierre Pettigrew, and Stephen Harper’s grasp of the leadership of the Conservative Party.
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One Day/One Life is the latest production from the folks at The Broadway Chorus. They’re director Ashley Lambert-Maberly talked to Joseph Planta about what to expect when the show runs from Wednesday, June 29th to Saturday, July 2nd at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island; as well as the state of Broadway musicals in New York and beyond. For tickets and information visit http://www.onceupon.org, or call 778.322.7182.
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Independent journalist John Twigg from BCPOLITICS.COM joined Joseph Planta again to look at politics in British Columbia and federally as we head into the summer season. Topics discussed include: the future of electoral reform, Gordon Campbell’s cabinet, the NDP caucus, the appointment of Jessica McDonald as head of the provincial civil service, and Stephen Harper and his leadership of the Conservative Party.
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Co-creator, producer, and head writer of the new CTV series Robson Arms, Susin Nielsen talked with Joseph Planta, about the locally set and shot series with a remarkable cast of Canadian talent, including such stars as John Cassini, William B. Davis, Shirley Douglas, Alisen Down, Fred Ewanuick, Perry Finnbogason, Megan Follows, Colin Foo, Margot Kidder, Mark McKinney, Kevin McNulty, Jane McGregor, Tobias Mehler, Gabrielle Miller, David Richmond-Peck, Zak Santiago, and more.
