Shows Through the Years

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 1940, when 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.

Our Shows (1969 — Present)

(1940 — 1968)