Tag: Theatre

Bill Richardson was born in Winnipeg in 1955. In 1976, Bill received his B.A. from the University of Winnipeg. He graduated with a Master of Library Sciences at UBC in 1980. He then worked as a children’s librarian for six years, before turning to writing and broadcasting. He has written more than a dozen books including “Bachelor Brother’s Bed &…
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Donnelly Rhodes was the son of Canadian playwright Anne Henry. Rhodes studied at the Manitoba Theatre Centre and was in the first graduating class of the National Theatre School in Montreal. Since making his professional debut on stage as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar Named Desire, he has been a regular on episodic television starting in 1955. His appearances on the…
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From his first professional dance performance at 8 years old and his roles as child star Tommy Vickers at Theatre Under the Stars, Dean Regan was recognized as a major talent. In 1959 he changed his name to Dean Regan and headed for Hollywood then New York, where he apprenticed with such notables as George…
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Ian Pratt is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the UBC Dept. of Theatre and Film. First employed there as a stage technician in 1961, he joined the faculty 10 years later and taught stage lighting, scenery construction and other stage crafts until his retirement in 2004. From 1974 to 2003 he was the Technical Director of the Frederic Wood…
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Barney Potts we was born April 25, 1910 in Harrogate, Eng. He led bands in the 1930s in Vancouver nightspots like the Alma Academy, Happyland, the Cinderella Ballroom, the Quadra Club, Mandarin Gardens, Odyssey Room and The Narrows. He performed in musicals in the 1940s, and spent 12 years with Theatre Under the Stars. Accompanied…
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