Radio Drama Re-invented

Radio Drama Re-invented

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

Visions of Vancouver, Canada

Stories in the Digital Age

Pi Theatre is examining what it means to be a Vancouverite and re-inventing theatre
for our digital age with Visions of Vancouver - with four short audio dramas written by
Vancouver's most exciting contemporary playwrights: Dennis Foon, Kevin Loring, Adrienne
Wong, and Michele Riml with Michael St. John Smith. In this series of new plays each
writer expresses their unique vision of Vancouver.

The plays were recorded live in October 2011 and are now available, for a limited
time, for free of charge streaming or download from the Pi Theatre website:

http://pitheatre.com/visions-of-vancouver-live-recordings

"It's about Vancouver, about this place we live in... and how it affects us. The
history, the geography, the people: everything that makes us who we are as Vancouverites."
- Hummingbird604

"Amazing work! I highly recommend this show" - Pippa Mackie

"Visions of Vancouver is funny, moving and most importantly RELEVANT theatre!" - CiTR
Arts Report

Adrienne Wong's Elevate is the bittersweet, often funny story of Sal, a young woman
struggling to find community in an anonymous downtown condo tower, written by the Artistic
Producer of Neworld Theatre.

The Bridge by Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith, is the story of four people
whose lives intersect on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge. This is the first writing
collaboration for Riml, the writer behind the smash hits Poster Boys and Sexy Laundry and
her husband, actor Michael St. John Smith.

The Dead Line is Dennis Foon's light look at death and the future. Cory has been
diagnosed with Red Tide Virus and is using new technology to speak to the dead. He
desperately seeks answers from his family, his friends and the famous deceased in this
quirky comedy from the writer behind The New Canadian Kid and the award-winning screenplay
Life Above All.

The Thin Veneer is Kevin Loring's response to the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots.
This profoundly beautiful play investigates the nature of who we are as Vancouverites.
This is Loring's first play since the Governor General Award Winning Where the Blood
Mixes.

The cast includes: The Canada Reads winning author of Something Fierce, Carmen
Aguirre, Shaker Paleja, Jennifer Mawhinney and Patrick Keating. Directed by Richard Wolfe.

Media Contact:
Bonnie Allan, Bridge Communications
bonnie@bridgecommunications.ca
Tel +1-604-739-3180, cell +1-604-218-9525

Source: Pi Theatre

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