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Jan Cherniavsky was born in Uman, Ukraine, on June 25th 1892. He became a Canadian in1922. He was the second of three brothers including Leo, violinist and Mischel, cellist, who performed together as the Cherniavsky Trio from childhood (1901) until 1934, Though all three brothers became Canadian citizens in 1922, only Jan actually lived in Canada, but not permanently until…
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Garry Chalk arrived in Vancouver from Southampton, England at the age of six. After engaging in a variety of careers including the army, the stock market and Social Services, Garry saw a production of “Of Mice and Men” and he found his calling. Initially performing in theatres across Canada, he worked his way into television…
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An actor born in 1952 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire County England, Nicola was raised in rural British Columbia. She has worked across the country.  Among her credits are performances in the world premiere of Sharon Pollock’s The Komagata Maru Incident at the Shaw Festival (also in the Festival’s The Millionairess, Pygmalion, Cyrano de Bergerac, Present Laughter…
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Magnificent Ontario-based actor/singer, born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, in 1951, who is now best known for creating the role of Molina in the musical version of Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman (for which he won a Tony Award). Mr. Carver has also acted at the Stratford Festival (Foxfire, Threepenny Opera and, more recently –…
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Jack Card had an amazing show business career. He began in the 1950s as a featured singer and dancer at Vancouver’s Cave Supper Club and within two years was staging and choreographing his own company. Jack’s dancers played The Cave and Isy’s Cabaret for 18 years, during which time Jack developed units of singers and…
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