Tag: events
We’ve teamed up with the Police Museum for Kid Gloves!
We are proud to announce that for the run of Kid Gloves, the Firehall will be working with the Vancouver Police Museum to present a rare and special educational opportunity!
On November 14, 21, & 28, the Firehall and the Vancouver Police Museum are offering a double header in the form of a Lunchtime Q&A session with two currently serving members of the Vancouver Police Department and the matinee performance of Kid Gloves!
You will begin at the Police Museum, where Constable Alison Gailus and Constable Jennifer Luccock, will be sharing their experiences as female officers and answering questions about the challenges of contemporary policing, particularly in an inner-city neighbourhood like the Downtown Eastside.
The session will offer attendees the chance to consider the evolution of women’s roles in society and the ever-changing nature of law enforcement, the justice system and society itself. Take a tour of the current exhibit, 100 Years of Women in Policing, and see how the role of women in the force has evolved.Then, walk next door to the Firehall to catch the 1pm performance of Kid Gloves, a fictionalized account of Canada’s first two female policewomen who were hired by the Vancouver Police Department in 1912.
This great opportunity gives you the chance to hear from officers today about their experiences and then travel back to the beginning of women in the force. Great for secondary school and university students as well as history buffs and police aficionados.
Open to groups of 10 or more, there is limited availability so book today! Call our box office at 604.689.0926 for more information and pricing.
The Lunchtime Q&A is offered with the support of the Vancouver Police Foundation
Season Brochures on their way!
We know you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a copy of the Firehall’s 2012-2013 Season brochure, and I’m here to let you know that they will soon be arriving at the Firehall! We will be mailing them out to subscribers and distributing them around town.
We have a very exciting and full season to help us celebrate our 30th anniversary, and we hope to see you all here throughout the year!
For a PDF of the Firehall’s 2012-2013 Season Brochure, click here!
Firehall Fact #28: Kudos & Cocktails
May 9th the Firehall will be hosting our second annual Kudos and Cocktails tribute event.
Kudos and Cocktails raises funds for the Firehall Arts Centre and was created to offer tribute to community members, artists, supporters and some of our city’s major movers and shakers that have made an impact on the Vancouver’s cultural landscape. The event, offered at a by-donation cost to ensure accessibility for everyone, features performances celebrating the honourees and an accompanying silent auction.
This year’s honourees include:
Patron Category: Marlie Oden and Bonnie Allen of Bridge Communications
Theatre Category: Barbara Clayden, Costume Designer
Dance Category: Chris Randle, Photographer
Community/Volunteer Category: Sid Tan, social justice, environmental and human rights activist
Stay tuned for our announcement of the performers for that evening!
Remember, if you donate through Canada Helps before March 31 and take their quick 5 question survey, Capital One Canada will donate another $10 on top of your donation!
If you’d like to donate to our $30 for 30 Campaign through our website, click here!
World Theatre Day
Theatre can be beautiful, ugly, frightening, funny and everything in between. What it always does is create dialogue. Whether you enjoyed the last piece you saw or hated it, you were part of that moment.
To celebrate World Theatre Day, go out and support theatre by seeing one of the amazing plays on in Vancouver now:
- Doubt at Pacific Theatre
- Carousel Theatre for Young People’s A Year with Frog and Toad
- FourPlay at Studio 58
- MacBeth from Theatre at UBC
- The Importance of Being Earnest at the Arts Club’s Stanley Stage
- Osimous Theatre’s production of Hedda Gabler
- Fiddler on the Roof on at Trinity Western University
- BellaLuna’s Fresco at the Cultch
- Spinning You Home by Tightrope Productions at the Havana
So much theatre in this city! Go out, explore and enjoy!
