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VCP rolls out a live theatre presentation for orientation

The numbers are in and they reveal that close to 6,000 first-year students took part in the 2017 York Orientation Day evening Welcome Ceremony and celebration on Sept. 6 at the York Lions Stadium on the Keele campus. The photo gallery below offers just a taste of the energy and enthusiasm of the ceremony. The […]

VCP closes out season with ‘Show Choir’

York University’s Vanier College Productions (VCP) will present its final performance of the season with Show Choir, which runs March 24 to 26. The VCP will perform its annual show with a mixture of Broadway show tunes and Top 40 hits. Selections will include songs from Hamilton, Kinky Boots, A Chorus Line, American Idiot, Chicago and songs made famous by the likes […]

VCP brings ‘Little Women’ to the stage

Members of the York University community and beyond are invited to attend the stage production of Little Women, an inspired and timeless story that deals with feminism, running until March 12 at the Fred Thury Studio Theatre, 258 Vanier College. Presented by Vanier College Productions, the musical is based on the literary classic by Louisa May […]

VCP presents ‘The Laramie Project’ Jan. 20 to 29

Vanier College Productions (VCP) takes the stage with another captivating, challenging and socially relevant project. VCP will stage Moisés Kaufman’s award-winning play The Laramie Project, which explores reactions of the town of Laramie, Wyoming, to the brutal murder of 21-year-old Matthew Sheppard. The production will be staged Jan. 20 to 29 in the Fred Thury Studio Theatre, 258 Vanier College. Show […]

VCP presents award-winning ‘Clybourne Park’

An award-winning play presented by Vanier College Productions will stage 11 performances at the Fred Thury Studio until Dec. 4. Clybourne Park, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, was written by Bruce Norris as a spin-off to A Raisin in the Sun and explodes in two outrageous acts set 50 […]

VCP presents Legally Blonde: The Musical

Vanier College Productions will present its newest show – Legally Blonde: The Musical – starting Jan. 10. Legally Blonde: The Musical will run Thursday to Saturday at 8pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 2pm, until Jan. 26 at the Fred Thury Studio Theatre, 258 Vanier College, Keele campus. Based on the movie of the same name, it stays […]

Alumni stage a musical with a moral

Alumni of Vanier College Productions at York University have taken their love for theatre to the big city as part of StageWorks Toronto’s presentation of Parade, playing at the George Ignatieff Theatre until Aug. 18. Directed by Lorraine Kimsa, with music directed by Tom Kerr (BA ’05), formerly of York University’s Creative Ensemble program, the production […]

Musical theatre ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ opens Friday

Where is Edwin Drood? That is what Vanier College Productions’ “wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience” of The Mystery of Edwin Drood hopes to find out. A musical by Rupert Holmes, directed by Theresa Noon, The Mystery of Edwin Drood will run from Feb. 1 to 10, at the Fred Thury Studio Theatre, 258 Vanier College, Keele campus. Showtimes: Tuesday to Saturday […]