Tag: Theatre

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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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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Along with acting ability, Doug Hellier was gifted with good looks and personality. He became Vancouver’s leading male model by the age of 20 and stayed involved with fashion over the years, including producing the first fashion show at the QET.  Doug began his professional acting career with Everyman Theatre, and went on to the…
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Doris Buckingham began her stage career by reading lines with her actor husband Bill Buckingham. During one of these sessions, she was overheard by Sidney Risk, a mentor for many young actors and actresses. Apparently he saw something in Doris, and suggested that she pursue an acting career. Encouraged by Bill, she did so, and…
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Rae Brown is probably best remembered for her portrayal of down-to-earth, warm-hearted Molly, the owner of Molly’s Reach Cafe in the long-running Beachcombers series which was shot on location in Gibsons, B.C.  Rae was a very private person and kept to herself a great deal, but she is lovingly remembered by cast and crew as constantly bringing…
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