Category: Inductees

Actor, director, producer Bill Buckingham initially followed in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer. As was the custom in the 1930’s, lawyers and businessmen also participated in amateur theatre, and Bill began a theatrical career at the York Theatre with the Vancouver Little Theatre Association, where he was very successful. One thing led to another,…
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Website Michael Buble has certainly achieved worldwide success. The reception for his two 143/Reprise bestsellers, 2003’s self-titled debut and 2005’s multi-platinum follow-up It’s Time, and Call Me Irresponsible all attest to the fan’s love of Buble’s interpretations of popular standards. Buble, whose spirit, humour and charisma once led the New York Times to call him “an entertainer who is completely…
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Shirley Broderick came to Canada from England in 1948, after training with the Italia Conti Theatre School and the Phyllis Badell Ballet School in London. In a 1957 UBC production of “The Tempest”, Shirley played Ariel to Robert Clothier’s Trinculo. They were married three months later. In the following years she worked in radio, television…
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After graduating from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in Honours English, in 1953, he then completed teachers training two years later. John taught at Lord Byng High School for three years. then went on to Yale University School of Drama to get a Doctorate in Fine Arts. In 1961 he came back to UBC…
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Aida Broadbent was the primary choreographer for Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS). She made her dancing debut on the stage of the Capitol Theatre at 14. She soon moved to Hollywood, where from 1940 she choreographed a number of films including No, No, Nanette (1940), Sis Hopkins (1941) with Bob Crosby and Susan Heyward, and…
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