Here are some highlights from Vancouver:

Free and discounted performances of: The Real Thing, Homechild, Bashir Lazhar, Écran de Fumée, Tony ‘N Tina’s Wedding, Toronto, Mississippi, A Time to Dance, This is CANCER?, Final Draught Script Reading Series, Theatre Sports, Stone Soup, The Idiots Karamazov, Mesa, and Where the River Meets the Sea.

Open Rehearsals for Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, and Life Savers.

Art By Actors
Well known theatre personalities try their hands at visual art for a change!
On display in the lobby of the Stanley Theatre until April 12. Participating local
theatre artists include: Tanja Dixon-Warren, Nicola Cavendish, Pam Johnson,
Sara-Jeanne Hosie, David Adams and many more. You can
even take an original work of art home! Available to the highest bidder.
View art and bid online at www.artsclub.com. Info: 604.608.6799.
Info: 604.684.2787 or www.pitheatre.com, www.ticketstonight.ca

SceneFirst: Three Plays in Three Days!
Gateway Theatre announces its fifth annual SceneFirst play development series.
Out of 70 plays from across Canada, three have been selected by both emerging
and established playwrights. Come and see the plays of the future today.
March 18 and 19, 8:00 p.m. and March 20, 2:00 p.m. at
Gateway Theatre,Studio B. Tickets Pay-What-You-Can (suggested $5).
Info: 604.270.1812,www.gatewaytheatre.com,
artisticassociate@gatewaytheatre.com.

Backstage with Bernard
2:00, 3:00 & 4:00 p.m. at the Alice McKay Room, Vancouver Public Library,
Central Branch. Join the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance and
the Vancouver Public Library as we celebrate World Theatre Day. Vancouver’s
beloved actor Bernard Cuffling hosts a series of intimate, no-holds barred
discussions with people who shape theatre in this city. Guest panelists include
Artistic Directors Max Reimer, Christopher Gaze and Wayne Specht, actors
Anna Cummer, Karin Konoval and many more. Join us for one or all three of
these fascinating discussions. Find out what REALLY goes on backstage!
While there, check out the GVPTA’s costume and set model displays on the
library’s main and 3rd floors. Info: 604.608.6799, or info@gvpta.ca.

Performing Arts Lodge presents the first session of The CONVERSATION Series
featuring inspirational interactive discussions on various elements of theatre
production led by distinguished veterans of the community. Eminent actors Joy
Coghill and William Samples will will host a session on “Creating a Role.”
6:00-8:00 pm. at the PAL Theatre, (581 Cardero St.). Tickets are free of charge but
reservations are advised. Info: camillaross@shaw.ca.

Hoarse Raven Theatre hosts a World Theatre Day Club at The Other Space.
Open to artists, audience and crew alike. Come have a drink and unwind after
your World Theatre Day activities. 9:30 p.m.–midnight. Info: 604.665.2373.

Playhouse Theatre Company Production Centre
Come behind-the-scenes of Western Canada’s biggest theatrical production
facility to see how our talented artisans create the magic you see on stage and
meet our Artistic Managing Director, Max Reimer.
6:00-7:00 p.m., at the Playhouse Production Centre (127 E. 2nd Ave).
Info 604.629.2096, or mnorrad@vancouverplayhouse.com.

MARCH 29…………………PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
My First Time – The Tour
Cast members from Mum’s the Word, Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding,
Vancouver TheatreSports League, The Number 14, and Shameless
Hussies perform scenes or tell anecdotes of their first or most
memorable touring experiences. This annual celebratory benefit has
developed a following and is a great way to share many fascinating
theatre stories from onstage and behind the scenes. Also appearing:
Musical Theatre students from Capilano College. Hosts: Bob
Robertson & Linda Cullen of Double Exposure. Preceded by a
reading of the International 2009 World Theatre Day Message, and
followed by a Reception and Silent Auction to benefit the GVPTA.
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, suggested donation $15.
8:00 p.m. at Performance Works, Granville Island.
Info: 604.608.6799, info@gvpta.ca.

For a full listing of all of Vancouver’s World Theatre Day events, click here.

On March 27, join us at The Other Space (formerly the Queen Elizabeth restaraunt, home of Hoarse Raven and Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding) from 10:30 pm on for the WTD After Party! We will have the blog up so you can see how other theatre artists are celebrating, and we will share our party with them!

And stay tuned to the blog for updates and coverage from Vancouver by the WTD team: Lois Dawson, Simon Ogden, Trilby Jeeves and Rebecca Coleman.