The playwright and actor Mark Crawford discusses his play The Golden Anniversaries, which has its Western Canadian premiere at the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage (22 January-15 February 2026), with Joseph Planta.
Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Opening tomorrow night, Wednesday, 28 January 2026 is the latest Arts Club Theatre Company production, The Golden Anniversaries. It’s the Western Canadian premiere of the comedy-drama by Canadian playwright Mark Crawford. He joins me now to preview the show, and the moving and humorous portrait of a couple celebrating fifty years of marriage, and what might he have wanted to impart to an audience as a result. In the show, starring Peter Anderson and Eileen Barrett, Glen and Sandy are about to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, but Sandy has cancelled the party at the cottage, and kicked him to the curb. He wants to talk and as the show unfolds we’re witness to laughter, reflection, regret, tenderness, and an honest reckoning. Mark Crawford is an actor and playwright whose work includes the plays Stag and Doe, The Birds and the Bees, The New Canadian Curling Club, The Gig, and Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures. The website for more is at www.markcrawfordplays.com. The show at the Granville Island Stage has been in previews since last week, opens tomorrow, and runs until 15 February 2026. Visit www.artsclub.com for tickets and information. We spoke this past Thursday, with Mark joining me from his home in Stratford, Ontario. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Mark Crawford; Mr. Crawford, good morning.
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