Since 1972, Bill has been the Artistic Managing Director of Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company. During his time with the company, Bill has expanded its operations to include year-round programming at three venues-the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Granville Island Stage, and Revue Stage-as well as on tour throughout the province, making the Arts Club the…
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Gail McCance was born on December 18, 1924 in North Vancouver A set designer on Broadway, a production designer for the movies, a veteran of 90 Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) productions and an original founder of the Vancouver Opera Association, the Edgemont Village resident has a lifetime of memories behind him. He was 12 when…
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Normana Macmillan was born on15 September 1921, Vancouver, BC. Macmillan got her start as a stage actor. Thor Arngrim was co-founder of Vancouver’s first year-round professional theatre company, Totem Theatre. One of his hires was Norma Macmillan, who had studied speech at London’s Trinity College. ‘We weren’t attracted to each other in the beginning, but…
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Larry Lillo, theatre director, died in Vancouver, aged 46. He was born September 20, 1946 in Kinuso, a tiny village in Alberta northwest of Edmonton. He attended Royal Roads Military College, Nova Scotia, earned a BA at St. Francis Xavier. He studied at U. of Washington, then in New York City, later received an MA…
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