Arts Club
“Listen to This” is a great way to both enjoy and support the arts during COVID-19
June 7, 2021By: Emma Best, SFU Student The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted more than those visible onstage. Like many other industries, the arts have had to pivot in order to survive. It is through digital performances that theatre companies, such as the Arts Club, have been able to support local creatives working behind the scenes and continue the experience of theatre during these trying times. The Arts Club Theatre Company is currently running a collection of four audio plays in a series titled Listen to This. An audio play is exactly what the title suggests: a play told entirely through sound. Relying…
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The Arts Club brings back their beloved holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life
December 2, 2015Sometimes we forget how good we have it. It can be easy to get depressed if we focus on what we don’t have or what we envy about other people’s lives, but It’s a Wonderful Life shows us that it’s…
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The Arts Club presents an intimate performance of Les Miserables
July 17, 2015Tragic narratives, heart-wrenching songs, and some humour sprinkled in between. These are the plot elements of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables. While the novel has been brought to life on the Broadway stage for many years, and was made…
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Divine inspiration overflows in Godspell
July 3, 2015I was very eager to see this show when I read that it was by the composer of Wicked, one of my favourite musicals, but unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations. Perhaps it’s my lack of religious background,…
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In the Heights is a soulful musical
May 15, 2015Nina Rosario (Kate Blackburn) returns to “el barrio” of Washington Heights after her first year at Stanford University, and her family and neighbours greet her with open arms. The only problem is that she has dropped out after losing her…
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Sister Judy is a powerful story of questioning one’s beliefs
March 19, 2015We all have our own personal belief system that guides us, gives us hope, and helps us navigate our lives. Judy (Jenny Wasko-Paterson), chose a lifestyle of celibacy and devotion to God as a nun, and her faith does not…
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Martin Luther King Jr. reaches the summit in The Mountaintop
February 23, 2015It is April 3, 1968. Inside a homely hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee, renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. paces about anxiously as he struggles to write his next speech. He orders room service in order to escape…
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A farcical Foreigner is touring the Lower Mainland
February 23, 2015What does it take to get some peace and quiet for the weekend? Charlie (John Voth) would prefer if nobody spoke to him for the entire weekend, and his friend Froggy devises a plan to make that happen. Froggy (Ryan…
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One Man, Two Guvnors, countless laughs
February 7, 2015With disguise, deceit, slapstick comedy, and a hilarious plot based on Carlo Goldoni’s 1753 classic, the commedia dell’arte-inspired Servant of Two Masters, Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors is a delightful show full of rousing music and British wit. Directed…
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The Odd Couple is a classic tale of friendship
January 23, 2015Can a slob and a neat freak live together in harmony? Will true friendship prevail, or will living together put an end to their relationship? The iconic duo of mismatched roommates Felix Ungar (Robert Maloney) and Oscar Madison (Mike Wasko)…
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