BLINK & YOU MIGHT MISS ME

Written and Performed by Larry Blum
Directed by Stan Zimmerman

Wednesday February 22 @ 8pm
Thursday February 23 @ 8pm
Friday February 24 @ 8pm
Saturday February 25 @ 8pm
Sunday February 26 @ 3pm

River Rock Show Theatre
8811 River Road, Richmond
(at the Bridgeport SkyTrain Station)

Actor and dancer Larry Blum‘s humorous, savvy and very personal journey through the wild, glamorous and strange world of show business.

In his highly entertaining one-man show, Blum shares engaging stories along with rare clips and photos from his long and wide-ranging career in TV and film, and reflects on the unique opportunity he has had to experience celebrity up close and personal.

Whether acting on every major daytime drama or dancing in A Chorus Line, in the feature film cult classic Xanadu or on TV’s Solid Gold, Larry’s love of the business has never waned. He also enjoys the honour of escorting the glamorous women of Hollywood as they ascend the stage to accept various awards.

Blink & You Might Miss Me is a fascinating insider’s take on show biz you don’t want to miss!

Larry Blum began his career dancing in productions of I Married An Angel starring Phyllis Newman, Bye Bye Birdie starring Lucie Arnaz and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Van Johnson. He has danced on The Third Barry Manilow Special, The Bea Arthur Special, The Tonight Show and The People’s Choice Awards. His film credits include 18 Again (with George Burns), and he has appeared on the TV series Roseanne, The Jeffersons, The Golden Girls and The Garry Shandling Show, among others.

Director Stan Zimmerman is also a writer and producer with a storied career in Hollywood. With his writing partner James Berg, Stan has worked on such classic series as The Golden Girls and Roseanne (penning the now infamous ‘lesbian kiss’ episode), The Gilmore Girls and both Brady Bunch movies, among many other shows and series.

“[Blum’s] stories tend to serve up the rich and famous warts and all, and he often prefers the warts. He’s a clever, funny, accomplished raconteur who filters his stories through a flamboyantly gay sensibility.” LA Weekly

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A co-presentation of Chutzpah!
and Popular Theatre Canadian-Polish Society Pro Arte

KING MATT THE FIRST

A play for all generations based on the 1923 novel
by Polish author Janusz Korczak
Directed by Julia Wernio / Music by Piotr Salaber

Wednesday February 29 @ 7pm
Thursday March 1 @ 7pm
Friday March 2 @ 1:30pm
Saturday March 3 @ 2pm & 7pm
Sunday March 4 @ 2pm & 7pm

King Matt the First is a moving fable that follows the adventures of young Matt, who is catapulted to the throne by the sudden death of his father, and sets about reforming his kingdom according to his own ideas, dreams and priorities. Ignoring his grown-up ministers, he decrees that children should have merry-go-rounds at school and chocolate cake every day.

Matt has many adventures, fights battles, braves the jungle and crosses the desert – but perhaps the most life-altering thing of all is that the lonely boy-king finds true friends. This timeless tale shows that only through the honesty and spontaneity of children can grown-ups begin to imagine and create a better world.

Janusz Korczak was a Jewish Polish physician and educator. King Matt the First was one of his most beloved tales. During WWII, the Jewish orphanage he directed was relocated to the Warsaw Ghetto. Although Korczak’s celebrity afforded him chances to escape, he was killed at Treblinka in 1942 along with the children he refused to abandon.

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Chutzpah! Plus!

GOODNESS

A Chutzpah! Festival, Touchstone Theatre & Firehall Arts Centre co-presentation

Produced by Volcano Theatre
Written by Michael Redhill
Directed by Ross Manson
Performed by Paul Braunstein, Layne Coleman, Lili Francks,
Tara Hughes, Jack Nicholsen and Amy Rutherford
Sets and Costumes by Teresa Przybylski
Lighting Design by Rebecca Picherack
Musical Direction by Brenna MacCrimmon
Sound by John Gzowski

Tuesday, March 6 @ 8pm
Wednesday, March 7 @ 1pm & 8pm
Thursday, March 8 @ 8pm
Friday, March 9 @ 8pm
Saturday, March 10 @ 8pm
Sunday, March 11 @ 2pm

Firehall Arts Centre
280 East Cordova Street

With the cadence of a thriller, and performed to a haunting a cappella score of folk music from around the world, Goodness explores what it means to tell, or even know, the truth about one of humanity’s most sinister habits – genocide.

With time-shifting tales-within-tales, and actors stepping in and out of roles, award-winning playwright and novelist Michael Redhill takes the audience on a gripping and at times darkly funny journey through the life of a recently-divorced writer (coincidentally named Michael Redhill). He wrestles with a failed marriage, his family’s Holocaust history and the story of a much more recent atrocity told to him by Althea, a mysterious woman with a chilling secret.

From Pinochet to Saddam Hussein, from Yugoslavia to Sudan, Goodness resonates deeply with the world of the present moment.

“One of the top ten shows of the past decade” NOW Magazine

“Gripping and important” The New York Times

“…Volcano is one of those companies that every great theatre city needs – bold, experimental and bubbling with ideas.” The Toronto Star

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