Board of Directors

Diane Berladyn – President

Liam Kearns – Vice President

Liam Kearns established Kearns & Company in 2001 and as the founding lawyer practices primarily in the areas of Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law. He graduated with honours from McGill University with a degree in political science and economics followed by his law degree at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.

After working as a corporate/commercial solicitor in downtown Vancouver, Liam chose to specialize in the area of real estate and mortgage law.  He then decided to open his own firm, which today has over 20 employees and 2 permanent locations. Through consistent hard work and professional, accurate service at competitive fees, Kearns & Company has earned the reputation of being the “go to” firm for real estate law and has hundreds of satisfied clients every month.

Liam is also an active member in the arts community and has enjoyed performing such roles as Reuben in Joseph, Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,  Sid in Pajama Game, Abner in L’il Abner (where he first met Artistic Producer, Peter Jorgensen) and Sky in Guys and Dolls. A younger Liam sang with the BC Boys Choir, as well as with the Bach Choir and Chor Leone.  Recently Liam tried his own hand at producing and, together with the Chutzpah Festival, mounted a professional production of Falsettos in which he played Marvin.

Liam believes in being a responsible member of the community and to this end Kearns & Company supports a number of charities and community groups with Patrick Street Productions being among his favourite organizations.

Angus Chiu – Treasurer

Angus has volunteered in community theatre since 2001. He started as a backstage crew member, but gradually “moved out of the dark” and became an amateur actor. Recent credits include Frankie in Flower Drum Song (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Under the Stars), Annie (Footlight Theatre), Orpheus: Gone to Hell! (North Shore Light Opera, directed by Peter Jorgensen), Promises, Promises (Metro Theatre). A Certified Management Accountant by trade, Angus is currently the treasurer for both Patrick Street Productions and Footlight Theatre.

Chris Allan – Secretary

Chris Allan was born and educated in Vancouver and his ambition from the age of six was to work in the theatre. At the time he was growing up there were no drama schools or established university departments so in 1960 he dropped out of UBC and went to London, England to work in the theatre and learn about the profession first hand.

His first jobs were backstage in various West End theatres, starting as a Dresser at the Victoria Palace and then moving to the Savoy Theatre where he became the lighting board operator for several large scale productions including two musicals directed by Noel Coward. In order to make a living he decided to try to get work as an actor/singer and auditioned for a tour of The Belle of New York. He was hired and toured throughout Britain. Other singing work included two series of Stars on Sunday for Yorkshire Television, two Royal Command Performances at the London Palladium, and roles in Cabaret (Liverpool Playhouse) and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Salisbury Playhouse, Glasgow Opera). In the 1970s Chris gradually eased out of performing and into stage management. London shows Chris worked on include Amadeus and The Crucible (Royal National Theatre) and the West End productions of Chicago,A Little Night Music, Irene, Beyond the Rainbow, Male of the Species and Cats. Directors Chris has worked with include Laurence Olivier, Trevor Nunn, Peter Hall, Noel Coward and Harold Prince.

Chris returned to Vancouver in 1986 and has continued stage management work – for the Vancouver Opera, the Playhouse Theatre Company, Carousel Theatre and the Arts Club. Chris is currently writing a play about an extended family surviving the Twentieth Century (from New Year’s Eves 1899 to 1999) in a clapboard house in Vancouver’s East End.

Stephen Endicott – Director

Recognized as a leader within his profession, Mr. Endicott recently took the position of Director of Development at The Shaw Festival after holding the same position at the Vancouver Art Gallery.  His past experiences also include senior fundraising positions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and the Vancouver Playhouse.

Known for his readiness to share his knowledge and time with colleagues, as well as his passion
for theatre, Mr. Endicott will be a significant asset to our Board of Directors.  His
experience and enthusiasm for the arts community are resources that will support the continued
growth of Patrick Street Productions.

Mr. Endicott has served on the Board of the Vancouver Association of Fundraising Professionals
since 2006 and on the Theatre Cares Vancouver Committee from 2003-2006.  He is also a
Certified Fundraising Executive.

Ian Forsyth – Director

Ian Forsyth was born and raised in Vancouver, graduating from UBC with a BFA in Theatre.  From 1986 to 1990 Ian ran the Vancouver TheatreSports League and in 1992, after working with the Arts Club, New Play Centre, Carousel Theatre and Pi Theatre, Ian accepted an opportunity to open and run the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John.  Moving to Kelowna in August of 1998, he became the city’s 1st Cultural Services Manager, working to develop Kelowna’s Cultural District and Cultural Tourism Initiative.

In November of 2001, Ian moved to Burnaby to become the Arts Services Manager for the City, leaving in 2007 to become North Vancouver’s first Director of Cultural Affairs.

Ian is currently the Past President of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, a board member for the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stars, President of the 605 Dance Collective, and Secretary for the Creative City Network, and is the former Vice President of both the Magnetic North Theatre Festival and Capacoa, the Canadian Arts Presenter’s association.