FLOP! has been selected by the Georgia Straight’s Colin Thomas as a Spring Theatre Pick – here’s what he had to say…
Flop! (March 21 to April 1 at Studio 1398)
In writer and solo actor Anton Lipovetsky’s musical, a theatre director named Jimmy Labbe bombs and bombs again, until he learns the true meaning of failure and success. The Draw: Lipovetsky. Did you see him in True Love Lies? 1984? Rent? This guy’s gonna be a star. Target Audience: Failures who aren’t afraid to admit it.
Things are heating up with just three weeks to go til opening! Tickets are on sale now at Brown Paper Tickets. We are excited!
FLOP! doesn’t open for over a month, but the buzz already begun. FLOP! was selected as one of the Westender’s Spring Hot Tickets!
In other Delinquent news, on Wednesday February 8th we had our first ever Annual General Meeting. We were absolutely blown away by the many friends and supporters who came out to become members of the Delinquent Theatre Society. You can check out our new Membership page above to see those names, and for information on how to join us!
Well folks, we made it official. Delinquent Theatre is now a non profit incorporation. As you can see, Christine was pretty excited to get our certificate in the mail…
We are going to celebrate with our first AGM (that’s Annual General Meeting in society-speak) and we would love all of you to join us and become members!
Now why, you ask, you should you become a member? Members of Delinquent Theatre will receive:
- Priority Assigned Seating
- A dollar off any alcoholic beverage at our theatre bar
and
- A chance to win a pair of tickets to our upcoming show FLOP! at Studio 1398 March 21st to 31st.
Membership fee is only 5 dollars. To become a member just come on down to our AGM Wednesday February 8th at 6pm at Carousel Theatre’s Small Studio at 1411 Cartwright Street find out what’s in store for Delinquent Theatre, and eat some FREE FOOD. What could be better? Check out our facebook event for all the deets – see you there?
We’ve been alluding to an upcoming announcement for a while now, and we’re excited to make it official. Delinquent Theatre’s first presents of 2012 is Anton Lipovetsky’s FLOP! We are so excited to be presenting Anton’s tour-de-force musical at Studio 1398 on Granville Island this March. Coming to us after a sold-out run at the Edmonton Fringe festival, FLOP! is simply one of the most exciting and engaging pieces of new theatre we’ve seen in a while, and we’re so glad to be presenting it to Vancouver audiences. Talented Studio 58 grad Anton is joined by our Delinquent friend and UBC grad Mishelle Cuttler on piano accompaniment.
So there it is! We’re terribly excited to present such a wonderful show, and we know you’re going to love it as much as we do. For more information, check out our Upcoming tab above, and stay tuned for more pictures, interviews, video, and of course information on where to buy tickets.
Hey, this is Christine writing on behalf of Delinquent Theatre wishing you a very happy New Year – 2011 turned out to be a great year for Delinquent Theatre, and I’d like to take a moment to look back!
We began 2011 with a production of my play Our Time at the Dorothy Somerset Studio, with help from Theatre at UBC. In May and June, we joined the wonderful artists at ITSAZOO Productions and Enlightenment Theatre to do Bridge Mix, where we made lots of new friends and created PARKED: an indie rock musical for novelty instruments. In September, Laura directed Oh My God as part of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival, and we had a blast meeting artists from all over Canada and delighting audiences with our brand new script by Josephine Mitchell. In October, November and December we took part in the Here Be Monsters Festival in the Theatre Under the Gun nights, and made a demo of our musical to send out in hopes of debuting a full-length version of PARKED next year.
Laura and I would like to thank the amazing actors, designers, and technicians without whom none of these adventures would be possible: Pippa Mackie, Brendan Albano, Hersie Nina-Init, Beaner Mitchell, Kathy Yan Li and Jonathan Tsang (Our Time), Meaghan Chenosky, Britt MacLeod, Mishelle Cuttler, Brian Cochrane, Alexander Keurvorst and Ira Cooper (PARKED), Sarah Wilson, Karina Palmitesta, Josephine Mitchell, and Megan Gilron (Oh My God), Claire Hesselgrave, David Kaye, and Arlen Kristian Tom (Remember, Remember at HBM Festival).
We are grateful most of all to you, our supportive audience and community of peers. Delinquent Theatre has an exciting new show announcement coming in early January, so watch this space. In the mean time, have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy the video greeting below.
11:00AM: We meet again. Coffee is brewed, ideas are steeped, and we are ready to begin again.
12:12AM: We’ve now had 4 pots of coffee and things are really coming along. We’re talking folklore, Old English torture, art, and… umm… some colorful content from David.
1:52PM: Lunch time. Thanks Uncle Fatihs!
4:35PM: We are breaking for dinner/quiet time/going to work (who works during TUG?!). Power break and then back at 9:30.
1:32AM: it’s half lunacy and half brilliance here. Live from the Delinquent lab….
3:13AM: The show is written and staged. What we need now is sleep and the ability to remember it all tomorrow. We end with a group photo, which reveals the state of affairs:
