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Three questions for Millerd By Janis Warren The TRi-CiTy News
The genius behind the Arts Club Theatre will speak in Coquitlam tomorrow (Thursday) as part of Place des Arts’ Salon Speaker Series. Last Friday, The TriCity News caught up with Bill Millerd about his upcoming talk, titled Creating Canadian Theatre: Celebrating Stories About Here. Tri-City News: What is your presentation about? Bill Millerd: Probably about the history of the Arts Club because we are approaching our 50th anniversary. I have a little video and I will give insights into some of the shows we have done with well-known personalities like Michael Buble, Michael J. Fox and Eric McCormack who have appeared on our stage. I think also I’ll also explain our touring program because we go to the Evergreen [Cultural Centre, in Coquitlam] on a regular basis. And then my own impressions of live theatre and why it’s valuable. TCN: What’s the state of theatre these days?
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Bill Millerd of the Arts Club Theatre will talk about his Vancouver company on Thursday at Place des Arts. Millerd: You could have asked me this question two months ago and I might have said, ‘It’s challenging.’ Right now, we’ve got two shows that are selling out so it’s so dependent on the plays themselves. If people want to see the current Ride the Cyclone and Boeing-Boeing, they will go. If they don’t want
to see something, they won’t go. The economy doesn’t have a huge amount to do with that. Where I think the economy might affect us or has affected us is more with some of our longrunning shows where we expect to reach out beyond the regular theatre-going audience. And we did notice that last
summer but there was also a lot of competition and Vancouver is a very pleasant place and people spend a lot of time outdoors. TCN: What is your biggest challenge? Millerd: Just balancing the budget. It’s a big operation — approaching $12 million — and a lot of things can go wrong. The Playhouse [closing], that certainly was a shock. One would have to wonder what went wrong there. I think we’re fortunate in that we control our own venues. We own the Stanley, which is our main subscription house, and long-term leases on our theatres on Granville Island so in a sense we can control our destiny. Even though we’re a non-profit society, we are a business as well. • Hear Bill Millerd speak in person at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets at $5 are available through 604664-1636, www.placedesarts.ca or at the door. jwarren@tricitynews.com
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Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre hosts a six-week exhibit of School District pieces; however, Emerging Talent is solely for Grade 12 art students and is juried by retired art teachers from SD43. For the PMAC shows, youth will work with the gallery co-ordinator as well as exhibiting artists to fashion a series. The aim is to give stu-
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Two of the artworks created by Grade 5 students at Aspenwood elementary that will be on show in the new Children’s Art Gallery that opens on Saturday at PMAC.
dents a chance to learn from professional artists, to express themselves artistically and to see their pieces displayed in a public setting. And each exhibit will have an opening reception, Brown said. • The Children’s Art Gallery officially opens on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. The Aspenwood student show runs until April 21 at the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. Johns St.).
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Russian masters Place des Arts’ faculty concert series will continue on Saturday with violinist and teacher Karina Slupski performing the works of three Russian Romantic masters. Slupski will be accompanied by Port Moody pianist Anna Levy, who also instructs at Place des Arts, and cellist Benjamin Goheen for Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A-Minor, Glière’s Opus 39 and Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise. The Feb. 23 recital starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at $15/$13 can be bought by calling 604-664-1636, online at www. placedesarts.ca or at the door (1120 B r u n e t t e Ave . , Coquitlam).
actor call
A Coquitlam theatrical society is calling for male actors for its spring show. Stage 43 will be producing Woman in Mind by Alan Ackbourne and directed by Dale Kelly from April 25 to May 4 at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre. It will also be the group’s entry into the Theatre BC Fraser Valley Zone Festival on May 21 at the Surrey Little Theatre. To apply for an audition, email stage43theatre@yahoo.com for an appointment. jwarren@tricitynews.com
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