Show History
A STANLEY PARK TRADITION
In 1934, the Vancouver Park Board used funds donated by former Mayor W.H. Malkin to build a band-shell in his wife’s memory… and a summer tradition was born. Malkin Bowl was originally used for afternoon concerts, until in 1940 a group of local theatre people formed a production company called ‘Theatre-Under-The-Stars’. Sadly, after twenty years of annual performances, increasing costs forced the original company to abandon Malkin Bowl. There was a gap in Vancouver’s arts scene until 1969, when a determined group of volunteers suggested a format that used largely volunteer casts and crews. Summer theatre returned to the park and has continued there ever since, despite challenges posed by cost, weather and a fire that nearly destroyed Malkin Bowl in 1982.
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FULL LIST OF SHOWS (1969 - present)
1969 Carousel - Dunbar MT
Theatre In The Park
1970 My Fair Lady-Dunbar MT
Oliver -Richmond MT
1971 The Merry Widow
Hello Dolly - DMT
The King and I - RMT
1972 Brigadoon
Guys and Dolls
1973 The Pajama Game
Oklahoma!
1974 The Sound Of Music
Anything Goes
1975 South Pacific
Fiddler On The Roof
1976 Camelot
Bye Bye Birdie
1977 West Side Story
1978 Annie Get Your Gun
H.M.S. Pinafore
1979 No, No, Nanette
Pirates of Penzance
1980 The Mikado
My Fair Lady
1981 A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
Kiss Me Kate
1982 The Spirit of Malkin Bowl
1983 (No Production)
1984 Grease
H.M.S. Pinafore
1985 Damn Yankees
Brigadoon
1986 Oklahoma!
South Pacific
1987 Anything Goes
1988 West Side Story
Little Shop of Horrors
1989 The King and I
The Best Little Whore-House in Texas
1990 The Pajama Game
Hello Dolly
1991 The Music Man
Guys and Dolls
1992 La Cage Aux Follies
The Boy Friend
1993 Carousel
Sweet Charity
1994 West Side Story
Little Shop of Horrors
1995 Annie Get Your Gun
1996 The Sound of Music
Jesus Christ Superstar
1997 Fiddler On The Roof
Bye Bye Birdie
1998 Oklahoma!
Hair
1999 West Side Story
2000 Grease
South Pacific
2001 Annie
Little Shop of Horrors
2002 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat
Kiss Me Kate
2003 The King & I
Anne of Green Gables
2004 Crazy For You
Footloose
2005 Can Can
Big, The Musical
2006 (No Productions)
2007 Grease
Oklahoma!
2008 Jesus Christ Superstar
Annie Get Your Gun
2009 Annie
Thoroughly Modern Millie
2010 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Singin’ In the Rain
2011 Anything Goes
Bye Bye Birdie
2012 Titanic
The Music Man
2013 Legally Blonde: The Musical
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
2014 Shrek: The Musical
Legally Blonde: The Musical (remount of 2013 production)
2015 Hairspray
Oliver!
2016 Beauty & the Beast
West Side Story
