Electric Company Theatre

Tear the Curtain! was custom built for the Arts Club Stanley Stage and reflects the Stanley's dual identity as both historic cinema and playhouse. Written as a screenplay, this live production slips seamlessly between play and feature film. It's a stylish thriller inspired by the “reel” history of the theatre. It uses and abuses Hollywood film noir archetypes like the mob boss, the femme fatale, the hardboiled detective, and the girl friday. It is an attempt at authentic originality in a world of imitations and stereotypes. It is a story of ultimate compromise. Can the truth be revealed somewhere between the stage and the screen?

Written by Electric Company's Jonathon Young and Kevin Kerr

Directed by and created with Kim Collier

Early story development with David Hudgins

Additional text by Hakim Bey and Antonin Artaud

Produced by Arts Club Theatre Company in association with Electric Company Theatre

Starring: Jonathon Young, Laura Mennell, Dawn Petten, James Fagan Tait, Tom McBeath, Hiro Kanagawa, Gerard Plunkett, David Adams, Scott Bellis, and Craig Erickson

With generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Foundation, the BC Arts Council, the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, the Banff Centre Playwrights Colony, and Arts Partners in Creative Development.

Not recommended for audiences aged 12 and under.

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED SEPT 9 - OCT 10 2010

STANLEY INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE STAGE

2750 Granville @ 12thVancouver, BC