Studio 58
The Bright Young Things delves into grieving youth loss and pursuing happiness
November 2, 2023By: Tam Nguyen The Bright Young Things is a play about a group of eight young artists and aristocrats trying to readjust to society after World War I and Spanish Flu pandemic in the 1920s. It deals with the everlasting afflictions of young adults, like the pursuit of happiness and quest for purpose, alongside a satirical commentary on the vanity of the wealthy class. As part of over 85 artists and performers at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, the play was written by Folding Camera Theatre, who also made up the cast. The company emerged from graduates of Langara’s Studio 58…
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You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma
February 20, 2015Speaking in drawls and singing their hearts out, the cast of Studio 58’s Oklahoma did this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic justice. In Oklahoma Territory (just before it became a state in 1906), Laurey (Alexandra Wever) plays hard to get with…
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Studio 58 opens their 49th season with Kosmic Mambo
October 13, 2014Continuing the long tradition of physical theatre at Studio 58 (joining works like Nocturne, Scenes from a Courtroom, and The Company), Kosmic Mambo is an adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, set during the…
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