Audiences in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland will experience all the exhilaration and excitement of new love as Mimi goes on a blind date with a different man every night—plucked right out of the audience! This fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants fusion of clown, improv, theatre, and social experiment is sure to make you fall in love with Mimi and celebrate her audience-member-turned-Romantic-Hero.
The cast mingles in the lobby before the show to find audience members who might be interested in participating. Once inside the theatre, Mimi doesn’t reveal who her Date will be until the show begins. What happens for the next 90 minutes is anyone’s guess.
An actor, director, writer, and producer, Rebecca Northan created Blind Date in 2009. There are now four women trained to play Mimi in the original Blind Date, as well as two other talented actors who star in Queer Blind Date. Northan herself will take the stage as Mimi on Saturday, December 8, at 8 PM.
Northan said, “The thesis of Blind Date has always been ‘Everyone is loveable.’ There is great joy in leaning forward in your seat and watching two strangers attempt to connect. It’s what being human is all about.”
November 22 – December 30, 2018
Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre
On tour: January 2 – February 3, 2019
Tickets from $29 at artsclub.com or the Arts Club Box Office at 604.687.1644
SHOWTIMES (Nov 22 – Dec 30, 2018)
Tue–Thu at 7:30 PM, Fri & Sat at 8 PM, Wed at 1:30 PM, and Sat & Sun at 2 PM
Holiday showtimes: Sun, Dec 30, at 1 PM & 7 PM; no show on Dec 25
TOUR DATES (Jan 2 – Feb 3, 2019)
WEST VANCOUVER
Kay Meek Arts Centre
604.981.6335
January 2–5
MISSION
Clarke Theatre
604.629.8849
January 6
NORTH VANCOUVER
The BlueShore at Cap
604.990.7810
January 8
SURREY
Surrey Arts Centre
604.501.5566
January 9–19
COQUITLAM
Evergreen Cultural Centre
604.927.6555
January 22–26
NEW WESTMINSTER
Anvil Centre
604.521.5050
January 29
CHILLIWACK
Chilliwack Cultural Centre
604.391.SHOW (7469)
January 30
MAPLE RIDGE
The ACT Arts Centre
604.476.2787
January 31 & February 1
BURNABY
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
604.205.3000
February 2 & 3