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Arts Club Theatre director Howard Jang: “we probably wouldn't have [drinks in the theatre] for every performance”|Dominic SchaeferBy Glen KorstromTue Mar 19,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler down jackets[/url], 2013 12:01am PSTBC government regulations prohibiting theatre patrons from drinking alcohol at their seats are coming under attack for being archaic and inconsistent.Arts Club Theatre Co. executives want to allow patrons at the company's Granville Island Main Stage theatre and Stanley Theatre to be allowed to bring drinks bought in the lobby to their seats.Show-goers can do that at the Arts Club's third theatre,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler on sale[/url], the Granville Island Revue Stage, because it operates under a licence that was granted decades ago and was grandfathered when regulations tightened,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler sale[/url], Arts Club director Howard Jang explained to Business in Vancouver. Main Stage and Stanley Theatre patrons can take drinks to their seats during performances where minors are not allowed, but that never happens.Jang tried unsuccessfully two years ago to convince B.C.'s Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) to make the change. Since then, he has been forced to apply for "special occasion" licences.Having a permanent licence to allow drinks in the theatre would consequently reduce paperwork and increase flexibility to host music events.The LCLB, meanwhile, appears to be granting and enforcing theatre liquor licences arbitrarily.Rising Tide Consultants president Bert Hick helped client Vancouver Theatresports League (VTL) get a licence that allows its patrons to buy drinks in the lobby and take them to their seats, even though minors are allowed at VTL performances.That licence is therefore the same as the one grandfathered at the Revue stage,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler on sale[/url],[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler sale[/url],[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]discount moncler jackets[/url], where VTL operated in subleased space for 12 years until 2009.Hick brought up that point during discussions with the LCLB but was not sure whether it made the difference in being granted the licence."Sometimes in liquor licensing, we look for a rational argument for why things happen and sometimes it's just not there,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler outlet[/url]," Hick said.Changing regulations to allow all theatre patrons to bring drinks to seats would help increase revenue at a time when arts organizations are struggling with government funding cuts.But Jang stressed that his motivation for the change is to improve the entertainment experience for theatregoers."We probably wouldn't have [drinks in the theatre] for every performance," he said. "We would come to a decision with the director,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler outlet[/url], but it would be good for plays that have a more casual atmosphere."B.C.'s minister in charge of liquor regulations,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]discount moncler jackets[/url], Rich Coleman, did not respond by press time to BIV's request for an interview.Cinema owner seeks to have balcony licensed for alcoholThe B.C. government's decision last April to allow movie theatres to sell alcohol at all-ages screenings has helped Commercial Drive's Rio Theatre double its revenue – but owner Corinne Lea said more changes are needed.Patrons can take alcohol to their seats when shows are adult-only, but she said that in all-ages shows, alcohol must be consumed in the cinema's relatively small lobby.Lea wants the freedom during all-ages shows to make her cinema's balcony an adult-only area so drinks can be consumed there."We can easily control the entrance to the balcony," she said, "but [the LCLB] won't consider it."Rising Tide Consultants president Bert Hick, who has lobbied on Lea's behalf, told BIV that Liquor Control and Licensing Branch officials believe controls in the balcony area would be inadequate.Lea said being allowed to serve alcohol has helped triple Rio's concession sales. The theatre's ticket sales have also increased.B.C.'s minister in charge of liquor regulations,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler down jackets[/url], Rich Coleman, did not respond by press time to BIV's request for an interview.An official in his ministry, who did not want to be named, said that "for public safety reasons, alcohol is not permitted in auditoriums if minors are present given that theatres are generally darkened and it may be difficult to determine if minors are consuming alcohol."Tags: Howard Jang, Rich Coleman, music, Arts Club Theatre Co., Vancouver TheatreSports League, Liquor Control and Licensing Branch
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