Listen Carefully you Low-Life Scallywags:

Seven Tyrants Theatre is thrilled to present the exciting THIRD CHAPTER of our indoor-outdoor roving historical-fairytale saga! We’ll be taking audiences of all ages on a swashbuckling journey through the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden every Saturday and Sunday evening this summer - starting June 19th 2010!

Check back soon for more details…

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…And don’t forget to check out our 2009 Video Teaser!

BLiNk

An evening of acts one minute or less

December 12, 2009

Doors at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm.
Tickets $12. Cash only at the door.
Last year sold-out and then some. Come early. Stay late.
At the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Avenue).

Featuring performances by Tanya Podlozniuk, Jennifer McLeish-Lewis, Sasa Brown, GasHeart Theatre, Delia Brett, Richard Wolfe, Luisa Joijic, Neworld Theatre, The Contingency Plan, Stefano Giulianetti, Seven Tyrants Theatre, Nervous System System, Craning Neck Theatre, Pound of Flesh Theatre, Two Apple Tobacco, Proximity Arts, Junhong McIntosh-Lee, Wylin Macnair, Attic Salt, The New Bees, The Leaky Heaven Youth Company, and many more!

Emceed by Riel Hahn. With music by The Bank Dogs.

More information at www.leakyheaven.com

“Blink – described as “performance for the modern attention span”, with no act longer than a minute – felt like a big neighbourhood party with the local performance community providing the pre-Christmas entertainment. It was fun, it left you with a warm glow”  –  Andrew Templeton, PLANK Magazine

“Thank you for a wonderful play” - Rose Powell, North Vancouver
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Every Thursday and Sunday, a fresh group of low-life scallywags signed up as the crew of an East India Company expedition to China, led by their fearless Lord Admiral Bispin Woodfellow.

In the space of one sun-setting hour, audiences of all ages travelled to the garden city of Suzhou in 1701, and found themselves at once attackers, prisoners and guests. After a rousing journey through the Scholar’s exquisite garden-home (basked in live traditional Chinese music), Oolong tea was served for all as the crew helped decide the fate of our venture.

Thanks to our incredible ensemble and to the wonderful staff and volunteers at The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. And of course…

Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy The China Tea Deal!

It was a very special summer and we hope to see you again next year…

“Love the ‘Tea Deal’!” - Judy Waddell, Vancouver

All summer long, audiences of all ages from around the world have come out to enjoy this swashbuckling journey through the amazing Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, in the heart of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Join Captain Woodfellow in his dealings with the Scholar of Suzhou! Hear live traditional Chinese music, taste Oolong tea, bargain for exotic riches and help decide the fate of our venture! Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind evening of entertainment!

ONLY 3 SHOWS REMAINING! Tickets: $15 / $20 Family Rate: $45 Call 604-662-3207 ext 0 Thursdays & Sundays until August 30th, 2009 Remaining shows: Aug 23, 27 & 30 at 7:30pm 578 Carrall Street, Vancouver B.C. Written & Directed by: Daniel Deorksen & David Newham Starring: Joann Liu, Minh Ly, Elwin Xie & Troy Anthony Young Musicians: Cindy Li & Su Lin Stage Manager: Susan Currie

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June 18 - August 30, 2009

Every Thursday & Sunday at 7:30pm (doors at 7pm. Rain or shine!)
At the Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St, Vancouver

Tickets: $20

Students/Seniors: $15

Special Family Rate: $45

For tickets call: 604-662-3207 ext. 0

Starring: Joann Liu, Minh Ly, Troy Young and Elwin Xie

For more info click here!

Don’t miss Seven Tyrants at Leaky Heaven’s BLiNk: Performance for the modern attention span!

An evening of acts one minute or less

December 13th, 2008 at The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave), 8 pm til late

Tickets: $10 at the door

For more information go to www.leakyheaven.com

in association with Theatre at UBC

requests your presence at the first workshop performance of a new play

BAD KING JOHN

based on an adaptation by Neil Freeman

In an experimental re-imagining of Shakespeare’s The life and death of King John, Bad King John delves into the personal and political consequences we all share as a result of corruption within our leaders. With an original musical score and choreography, this tongue-in-cheek twist on Shakespeare’s most Machiavellian play serves up a fresh take on today’s political climate. Wheelin’ and dealin’ world leaders, a corrupted Cardinal and heirs to uncertain legacies encircle Bad King John as he unwittingly masterminds his own destruction.

Over the course of a 4 week workshop, the focus of Bad King John has been to create an accessible and streamlined version by injecting live musical elements into a dramatically reconstructed text. An ensemble of actors, designers and musicians have worked collectively to bring Bad King John off the page and into reality. The workshop culminates on two evenings of presentations to an invited audience.

Workshop Participants:

Performers: Jacob Blair, Wil Carlos, Daniel Deorksen, Kayla Deorksen, Maura Halloran, Jessica Harvey, Aslam Husain, Jordan Kling, Kevin Kraussler, Keegan Macintosh, Christopher Murray, Gord Myren, Ashley O’Connell, Cecile Roslin and Troy Young

Director: David Newham

Assistant Director: Joann Liu

 INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

August 1 & 2 @ 8pm

Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre

6361 University Blvd

Wayfinding: www.maps.ubc.ca

www.seventyrants.com

RSVP to: info@seventyrants.com

In association with The Babel Performance Lab @ UBC

Demands your presence at the second experimental workshop performance of a new play…

THE BUCKY SHOW

By Daniel Deorksen, based on the work of R. Buckminster Fuller

A Bucky Lecture for the 21^st Century!

Based on the provocative teachings of R. Buckminster Fuller, one of the most original minds of the modern age, The Bucky Show takes a wild route, zig zagging across human evolution to chart how we - the crew of Spaceship Earth - got trapped in the mess we’re in, and illuminates our ability to “design” our way out.

Join us for a volatile theatrical experiment destined to ignite Fuller’s assertion that humanity possesses both a physical and metaphysical aptitude for combining the design principles of Universe with consciously developed values in order to chart our way clear of the present-day global crisis and prosper like never before.

“There is no energy crisis, food crisis or environmental crisis. There is only a crisis of ignorance.”

- R. Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an irreverent genius, philosopher, architect, poet and inventor. Perhaps best known for inventing the Geodesic Dome, Fuller introduced the term “synergy” into the popular lexicon. When personal tragedy brought him to the brink of suicide, Fuller chose to transform his life into an experiment aimed at discovering what an individual could do to “make the world work” and provide for 100% of humanity. This foremost pioneer in sustainable technology proposed that each of us is exquisitely equipped to fulfill a unique function in Universe – the realization of which will bring about a world of plenty and make war obsolete. Thrown out of Harvard twice, Fuller was awarded 48 honorary doctorates and over 100 awards of high merit, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“That the Universe tolerates our protracted nonsense suggests significant unrealized potential.”

- R. Buckminster Fuller

Author Daniel Deorksen is a Jessie-nominated sound designer, actor, composer and musician. Collaborators for this workshop presentation include Spencer Atkinson, Kayla Deorksen, Aslam Husain, Nick Fontaine, Lauchlin Johnston, Courtney Lancaster, Keegan Macintosh, Chris Murray, Gord Myren, David Newham, Maryanne Renzetti, Courtney So, Stephen So, Ted Stehr and Elwin Xie with directing advisor Tom Scholte.

Seven Tyrants Theatre is an initiative of graduates and students from Theatre at UBC’s renowned programs. We produce multi-disciplinary theatrical performance pieces, utilizing actors, video artists, visual artists and live musicians to provide a full-sensory experience relevant to a global audience. Visit us at: www.seventyrants.com.

The Babel Performance Lab @ UBC is a cross-disciplinary research/creation initiative, headed by Assistant Professor Tom Scholte in UBC’s Department of Theatre and Film. Its mission is to facilitate creative collaboration between theatre practitioners and scholars from the entire spectrum of the Sciences and Humanities and to explore the unique potential of research-based performance creation to foster deeper mutual understanding across intellectual disciplines.

Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre: Formerly Hut M18, 6361 University Blvd. Jul 4^th and 5^th, 2008, at 7:30 pm. Tickets: FREE! NOTE: By Invitation only RSVP by June 20^th to: 604.551.8721. Parking $4.00 after 5pm: West Parkade - off NW Marine Dr. at University Blvd. and located just 10 minutes West of the UBC Bus Loop || Wayfinding: www.maps.ubc.ca || RSVP and Information: 604.551.8721

Seven Tyrants Theatre and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden present:

THE CHINA TEA DEAL

Journey with us back in time over 300 years—to the year 1700. In China, the Qing forces from the north have just solidified their overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, leaving China in the hands of a new regime for the first time in 300 years. In England, the demand for Chinese tea explodes.The King is adamant that permanent trade relations with the Far East be established…

Come enlist in the exciting adventure—join Captain Bispin Woodfellow and his crew on an East India Company expedition to the mouth of the Yangtze River. Help the Captain bargain for the exotic tea and riches of China. Find yourself face to face with the beautiful Garden City of Suzhou and 5000 years of history when you’re invited to the local Scholar’s garden for an evening of entertainment!

Don’t miss your chance to hop aboard this July and August!

Performances at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden on select Thursdays and Sundays throughout July and August, 2008.

Tickets: $20.

For tickets, contact the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden at 604.662.3207 ext 0.

For show dates and other information visit www.vancouverchinesegarden.com or www.seventyrants.com

About the Honorable East India Company and the Tea trade with China

From Tea Muse Monthly Newsletter, John Company and Tea’s arrival in England:

…on the last day of 1600, “for the honour of the nation, the wealth of the peoples, the increase of navigation and the advancement of lawfulle traffic,” Elizabeth chartered the Honorable East India Company. John Company, as this group came to be called, was granted a monopoly on all trade beyond the shores of the Atlantic, east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Cape Horn. This organization of wealthy merchants was to play a central role in the creation of the British Empire. Over the years to come, its far-reaching powers would be extended even further. It was granted the right to acquire territory, coin money, maintain armies and forts, form foreign alliances, declare war, conclude peace, and try and punish law breakers. And as the basis of its power, the John Company was to become the biggest and mightiest monopoly in any commodity that the world has ever known. That commodity? Tea.