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As an actor, director and teacher, Antony Holland was a mainstay of the Vancouver theatrical scene after he arrived in the late 1950s from his native England, where he had been Vice-Principal of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 1965 he founded Studio 58 at Langara College and for 20 years was instrumental in shaping…
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(John) Gordon Hilker – B COM (British Columbia) 1934.  Impresario, producer, born in Vancouver in 1913, died in 1991. His mother was a music teacher and he studied piano for some 12 years. In 1936 he brought Martha Graham and her dancers to Vancouver, in 1937 he initiated the Greater Artists Series, and in the…
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Jim Hibbard’s professional career has spanned more than fifty years. He has worked in film, television, stage and nightclubs in disciplines such as dancing, singing, acting, choreographing, directing, writing, producing and post production foley work. Jim’s film work includes Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, Gypsy with Natalie Wood, Thoroughly Modern Millie with Julie Andrews, Bye Bye Birdie with Ann-Margret, six…
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Jane has worked in professional theatre in Canada and England as a director, stage manager, actor and teacher for nearly 40 years. She was Artistic Director at Holiday Theatre, Vancouver; Assistant Director at the Midlands Arts Theatre Company in Birmingham, England and an Associate Director with Vancouver’s New Play Centre. In 1991 she received the…
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Canadian-born lyric coloratura Nancy Hermiston established herself as one of Europe’s most versatile and exciting vocal artists. She has stared with opera companies in Nurnberg, Innsbruck, Dusseldorf, Mainz Ulm and the Wexford Festival in Ireland, as well as numerous North American companies. Her New York debut took place at Carnegie Hall. Parallel to her singing…
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