The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a landmark theatre at 12th Avenue and Granville Street in Vancouver which serves as the main stage for the Arts Club Theatre Company. The Stanley first opened as a movie theatre in December 1930, and showed movies for over sixty years before falling revenues led to its closure in 1991. After years of threatened commercial redevelopment, the Stanley was renovated as a stage theatre in 1997–1998 and subsequently awarded status as a heritage building.
Lexie and I went to the Art's Club performance of Matilda the Musical yesterday afternoon. Lexie read the book in grade 4 and loved the story. While the stage play was excellent, it didn't follow the book as it was changed for the stage production. On our way home Lexie told me all about the book and the characters. She said they left out the funniest part "when Matilda thought someone broke into their house, but it was her parents". Of course they have to adapt for the stage. The music was excellent and the singers had strong voices. We both really enjoyed it!
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| This was sitting on my seat when we got there! What a nice thing to do. |
It was my first play with Arts Club and I ordered the tickets online. I will have to return as it was excellent. I was speaking with my former co-worker Laurie and we both tried to remember all the movies we saw there. I'm pretty sure I saw The Sound of Music there in 1965.
