The Wrecking Ball - Vancouver

The VANCOUVER edition of The Wrecking Ball will take place at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage – 2570 Granville St – from 9:00-10:30pm hosted by John Mann of Spirit of the West, and directed by The Electric Company’s Kim Collier and Jonathon Young.

And prior to the show, from 7:00 to 8:30, you can hear representatives from each Federal Party debate the arts!

Vancouver’s Alliance for Arts & Culture will be hosting the debate, which will be moderated by Hal Wake, Artistic Director of the Vancouver International Writer’s & Reader’s Festival.

Local playwright Lucia Frangioni (Espresso) joins Canadian Theatre icon Judith Thompson (The Crackwalker, Palace of the End), local literary star Michael Turner (Hard Core Logo) and media personality Bill Richardson, to create brief, explosive plays about the election: the candidates, their policies, and the controversies. Directors and actors will feature a luminous cross-section of talent from Vancouver’s theatre, film and television communities. Special musical guests include local punk icon Joe Shithead Keithley of D.O.A. fame, and a few songs from our host John Mann.

Admission to the event is free. Donations will be taken at the door for The Department of Culture www.departmentofculture.ca.

• 28 09 2008 - 20:32