Scripting Aloud Session
3rd Monday of every month
@ Our Town Cafe
245 E. Broadway
Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!!
3rd Time Lucky Competition
January 7 & 8, 2009 - 7:30pm
@ the Roundhouse Performance Centre
Tickets available at the Roundhouse, by phone at 604.713.1800, or online at www.vact.ca after November 14th.
Team Registration available November 14th
Deadline to Register A Team, December 5th
Registration $35/team Late Registration $50/team
ALL YOU CAN LAUGH
10th Asian Comedy Night
January 9 & 10, 2009 - 7:30pm
@ the Roundhouse Performance Centre
Tickets available at the Roundhouse, by phone at 604.713.1800, or online at www.vact.ca after November 14th.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's
FLOWER DRUM SONG
May 28 - June 14, 2009
@ the Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
Tickets available on line in April 2009
AZN LIFESTYLES TV on CityTV (Channel 13)
Sundays 11:30pm and Wednesdays 12:30pm
Watch VACT's 3 minutes of comedy weekly and catch VACT's commercial for Comedy Night!
Join AZN Lifestyles TV Facebook group and VACT's Facebook group!
FOR MEDIA - Click here
The Odd Couple Trailer
The behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming production of The Odd Couple on YouTube: YouTube - The Odd Couple
Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! SKETCHOFF!#$%!! Featured on CBC
Jayson Go, from CBC, featured VACT's SKETCHOFF!#$%!! in a segment. Check out the video clip here: CBC Video Clip
For Immediate Release
MEDIA RELEASE
"Latest VACT comedy asks:
Can two polar-opposite Asian guys live together?"
Can two polar-opposite Asian guys live together?"
VANCOUVER, BC (June 16, 2008) - This summer, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) is bringing a fresh and unique twist to the classic Neil Simon play, THE ODD COUPLE. In this hilarious version, the cast will be predominantly actors of Asian-heritage - and for the first time for the theatre company, all performances will include Chinese subtitles. Also, the show will run in two locations - in both Richmond and Vancouver. Through July 17 to 27, the play will be at the Richmond Cultural Centre and through August 13 to 21, the production moves to Vancouver's Roundhouse Performance Centre. Tickets are available in advance online at www.vact.ca and at the door.
VACT, now in its ninth season continues its run as Western Canada's only theatre group devoted solely to staging cultural stories focusing on the modern Asian experience in North America. With its new production of Neil Simon's 1965 smash hit, THE ODD COUPLE, VACT is hoping to bring several segments of the community together. "We really have an opportunity here to grow our audience base in a big way," says producer and VACT president Joyce Lam. "This production appeals to our core audience of first generation and "Generation 2.0" young acculturated Asian Canadians, but we think we'll also attract recent immigrant Chinese especially those living in Richmond, plus older Asian Canadians and parents especially those who are familiar with the works of Neil Simon, and then finally every one else who aren't Asian Canadian but are looking for a unique and entertaining cross-cultural experience."
THE ODD COUPLE, first performed in 1965, is about two men - one divorced and one estranged and neither quite sure why their marriages fell apart - move in together to save money for alimony and suddenly discover they're having the same conflicts and fights they had in their marriages. Oscar is a messy, slovenly sportswriter who takes in Felix, a neurotic neat freak news writer. They skip the honeymoon phase of their new arrangement and go straight into the hialrious bickering.
THE ODD COUPLE is directed by actor/director Raugi Yu. Most audiences will recognize him as the hilarious gangster Kam Fong from the CBC Television series, jPod. Oscar is played by actor/journalist Ron Yamauchi and Jimmy Yi plays Felix. In the supporting roles as the poker buddieds are Sean Cummings (Speed) and past Sex in Vancouver members Jono Lee (Murray), Tom Chin (Vinnie), and Ed Fong (Roy). And rounding out the cast as the sexy Pidgeon sisters are Carmine Bernhardt (Gwen) and Lissa Neptuno (Cecily).
Event Details
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
Venue #1
Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru, Richmond
July 17 through 27
All evening performances at 8:00PM, matinees at 2:00PM
Thursdays to Saturdays (evenings) + Sundays (matinees)
Venue #2
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Pacific Blvd & Davie (Yaletown), Vancouver
August 13 through 21
All evening performances at 8:00PM, matinees at 2:00PM
Tuesdays to Saturdays (evenings) + Sundays (matinees)
Ticket prices
$23 in advance online at www.vact.ca
$25 by phone reservation (cash only, pickup at the door) - Phone 778.885.1973
$25 at the door (cash only)
Service charges are included.
Please call for Group Rates.
For more ticket information please visit www.vact.ca
For media access please contact Joyce Lam at the email address or phone number listed below no later than July 10, 2008.
VACT (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre) aims to produce quality plays in which Asian-Canadians take on culturally or artistically significant roles. VACT works to dispel Asian stereotypes by producing leading and/or supporting roles where Asian-Canadians are depicted realistically in the perfoming arts.
Joyce Lam, Producer, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
Telephone: 778.885.1973
Email: joyla@shaw.ca
Website: www.vact.ca