Studio 58

Studio 58 alumna and playwright Beverley Cooper brings her play, Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott, to Langara from March 20 to April 6 for its Western Canadian premiere. “ really is one of the most fascinating cases in Canadian…

Taking risks and adopting an entrepreneurial approach is key to succeeding in the arts, theatre producer and director Peter Jorgensen told his audience in a lecture last week. Also, it is important “to be your own boss,” said Jorgensen,…

Studio 58 graduate Andrew McNee is starring as one of the mismatched roommates in the classic play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Andrew McNee plays the part of Oscar Madison, a carefree sports…

Studio 58 students filled plot holes in Shakespeare’s Macbeth by creating an improvised version that closed Feb. 9. Second year acting students in the Studio 58 program take part in the Risky Nights series, which allows students to work…

Students are invited to take a trip to New York City this summer to experience world-class theatre and innovative performance as part of Langara’s Exterial Studies program, taking place May 11th – June 1st, 2014. Langara College…

It’s the charming love story mixed with teenage rebellion that made Grease ‘the word’ in film, but it’s the bona fide sexuality and dirty language that makes Grease the musical so much more. Grease the musical is like the film’s raunchy…

Studio 58 will begin a three-week run of Grease starting Jan. 30, but it won’t be the production that most people associate with the movie. This will be director Peter Jorgensen’s debut production with Studio 58, and the first time…

Antony Holland has been performing all over the world since he was first introduced to acting 85 years ago. Holland, 93, is the oldest working actor in Canada, and is one of the founders of Langara’s Studio 58. In fact, Holland gave…

“I’m Colin Mochrie and I’m a proud Langara College alumnus.” The star of the beloved Whose Line Is It Anyway? improv comedy TV show is a recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards from Langara College. Mochrie was a part of Langara’s…

Chances are you read this one in high school. Even if you didn’t, you probably know the gist. It’s the one with woodland nymphs, a play-within-a-play, and a manipulative sprite named Puck who messes with the romantic lives of humans at…