Tag: Theatre

A British Columbia -based actor/singer/director/choreographer whose career spans over four decades. He is probably best known around the world for his appearances on children’s television. However, Mr. Hyslop has also had a fruitful career in theatre, particularly on the musical stage. He has appeared across the nation in lead roles in works as varied as…
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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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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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