The Biz Books 2015 Year in Review

Biz Books — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:30:22 +0000

There are only a few days left in 2015 and what a year it was. This year at BizBooks.net, we were active in our favourite areas of film, television, and theatre through contests, interviews, promotions, and of course, books!

Here’s a recap of some of our best Biz moments in 2015.

MOVIES

Among the films we supported this year were The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Project Almanac, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Miss Julie, The Riot Club, Mr. Holmes, Terminator: Genisys, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Daddy’s Home, and The Big Short.

Thank you to our loyal customers for dutifully entering contests and attending advance screenings.

INTERVIEWS

2015 brought us more interviews than we’ve ever had before!

We spoke to Nimisha Mukerji, Brendan Taylor, Jonny Weston, Tom Kenny, Crazy8s 2015 filmmakers Caitlyn Byrnes, Jem Garrard, and Mo Soliman, S. Siobhan McCarthy, Evan Frayne, Christina Wells Campbell, Pamela Wise, Jay Brazeau, Rachel Peake, Jeff Seymour, Lochlyn Munro, Michelle Muldoon, Lori Triolo, Peter Skagen, Lisa London, Rebecca Coleman, Peter New, Esther Cohen, Tyler Labine, Julie Casselman, Brandon Bate and Joel R. Butler of Eurydice, Morgan Churla, Riley Qualtieri and Mark Vandenberg of Hunger Games: The Musical, Emilio Salituro, Shauna Johannesen, Katherine Monk, Angie Burns, Kim Larson and Matthew Simmons of Smoke on the Mountain, Christopher Chacon, Rebecca Lee, Sara Bynoe, Martha Ross, Tiarra Sulyk, Jessica McLeod and Athena Russell of Bitchpop Productions, Chris Lam, Anita Adams, Sam Mitchell, Byron Abando, and Jamieson McCormack of Love Musically, Robyn Wiener, David C. Jones, and Christine Quintana.

EVENTS

We were also out and about supporting industry events such as the Crazy8s 2015 Gala, our own May Play Sale and Pop-Up Store and Where There’s Smoke: An Encounter with William B. Davis, the launch of Crazy8s 2016, and theatre productions like Laburnum Grove, Glengarry Glen Ross, The North Plan, and Heathers: The Musical.

All in all, we had a blast sharing all of this with you and we can’t wait to see what 2016 brings!

Happy New Year from all of us at BizBooks.net!

The post The Biz Books 2015 Year in Review appeared first on Biz Books.

Laburnum Grove at PAL

Biz Books — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:40:52 +0000

Western Gold Theatre Society presents J.B. Priestley’s Laburnum Grove, at PAL Theatre in Vancouver.

Play Details

Mom and daughter love Dad but think he’s a little boring – he spends too much time in the greenhouse growing tomatoes when he isn’t doing business up North. What is it going to take to get him to go on holiday to the continent? Perhaps the local Inspector provides the answer… an immoral comedy with 9 hilarious characters.

Starring Kayla Deorksen, Tanja Dixon-Warren, Ron Halder, Brett Harris, Susan Hogan, Keith Martin Gordey, Brendan McClarty, John Prowse, and Victor Mariano.

Directed by Anna Hagan.

Written by J.B. Priestley.

Tickets are $25 each and available online at Laburnum.BrownPaperTickets.com and through the Box Office at 604-363-5734.

Laburnum Grove runs from March 20th to March 22nd at PAL Theatre (581 Cardero St.).

Evening performances run on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st at 7:30PM while daytime performances run on Saturday, March 21st and Sunday, March 22nd at 2PM.

For more details, please visit WesternGoldTheatre.org.