1675 Discovery Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 4K5
Friends of Jericho Arts Centre
Board of Directors
Chairman: Adam Henderson
778 883 2241
in the park by the beach
1675 Discovery Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 4K5
Friends of Jericho Arts Centre
Board of Directors
Chairman: Adam Henderson
778 883 2241
Preview: Thursday, September 10th
Opening: Friday, September 11th
Talkback: Thursday, September 17th
Matinees: Sundays at 2:00 pm
When Rory’s father dies, she decides to undertake the journey to the North Pole that he always dreamed of taking himself. Drawing on the explorers of the past, Rory undertakes the journey of a lifetime. This one-woman play explores global warming, growing up, and what it means to venture into the snow.
* an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Preview: Thursday, November 12th
Opening: Friday, November 13th
Talkback: Thursday, November 19th
Matinees: Sundays at 2:00 pm
In 1740, Antonio Vivaldi is commissioned to teach a woman to play violin before the King of France … in six weeks’ time. Is such a performance possible? And why would either agree to this? In this lush and resonant play by Canadian Mieko Ouchi, the challenges of teaching and the beauty of music are laid bare.
What the Buddha Never Taught by Martin Adam
When she was twelve, Mary Anning discovered the first ichthyosaur, and she became an important, if forgotten, paleontologist. Known primarily from the children’s tongue-twister that she inspired, Anning’s life challenges us to see the beauty buried in the stones beneath our feet.
Preview: April 29; Opening April 30 (Wed-Sat)
Talkback: May 5
Matinées: Sundays at 2pm, Sat May 22
A wild woman on a blasted heath tells Macbeth that he will be king. Who is she and why did she say that? Morag MacDonald – a midwife and healer – must take responsibility for that ominous prophecy, so when she finds the old scold’s bridle she was once forced to wear, Morag must first set the history straight and then fight to keep Macbeth’s ambition in check.
Henrietta Leavitt worked for the Harvard Observatory as a human computer in the early 1900s, in the course of which she discovered how to measure the distance between stars. Silent Sky explores the sacrifice and passion she brought to our understanding of the universe.
Four pharmaceutical reps work on their pitch for the miracle drug they are asked to sell. This play lays bare the ethics of marketing medications, where style and substance must compete with each other. Things take a darkly comic turn when it turns out the drug could have saved the world.