Kamyar Pazandeh has quickly established himself as one of the best young actors in Vancouver. The Studio 58 grad played the title role in Pericles in Bard on the Beach this summer, and will soon be sporting an Irish accent as Pete Doyle, the love of Walt Whitman’s life, in Walt Whitman’s Secret. Kamyar played … [Read more…]
Jack Paterson is best known in his hometown of Vancouver as a visionary director of Shakespeare (his acclaimed productions of The Tempest and Titus Andronicus are still talked about years after the fact). The 3-time Jessie nominee and 2007 Ray Michal Award winner has been globe-trotting of late, but he’s back home now delving into … [Read more…]
Calgary-based theatre artist Conrad Belau is making his Vancouver debut in Walt Whitman’s Secret next month, where he plays Whitman biographer, caretaker and star-struck admirer Horace Traubel. He took some time to play “10 Questions” with us when he wasn’t busy rehearsing. 1. What made you want to be a theatre artist? I wasn’t seeing … [Read more…]
