The Rio Theatre Podcast

Send us Fan MailPlease join your hosts Duncan Shields and Darren Gay as they parlay to you all the fantastic shows, events and films that are coming to Vancouver's fabulous Rio and Park Theatres in the merry month of May! And please excuse Darren's butchering of the English language. Hope to see you at the movies!Theme music courtesy of Dear Rouge.Recorded and engineered by Gregg Steffensen.

Send us Fan MailPlease join your hosts Duncan Shields and Darren Gay as they welcome back to the podcast, head programmer for both the Rio and the Park Theatres, Rachel Fox! Get the lowdown on all the cool movies and live events that are coming to these wonderful theatres in the month of April in the year 2026!Theme music courtesy of Dear Rouge.Recorded and engineered by Gregg Steffensen.

Send us Fan MailPlease join your hosts Duncan Shields and Darren Gay as they welcome back to the podcast, head programmer for both the Rio and the Park Theatres, Rachel Fox! Get the lowdown on all the cool movies and live events that are coming to these wonderful theatres in the month of March in the year 2026!Theme music courtesy of Dear Rouge.Recorded and engineered by Gregg Steffensen.

Send us Fan MailPlease join your hosts Duncan Shields and Darren Gay as they welcome back to the podcast, head programmer for both the Rio and the Park Theatres, Rachel Fox! Get the lowdown on all the cool movies and live events that are coming to these wonderful theatres in the month of February. And there's a cool special sparkly announcement as well! Tune in! Tell your friends! Get thee to the theatre!Theme music courtesy of Dear Rouge.Recorded and engineered by Gregg Steffensen.

Send us Fan MailPlease join your hosts Duncan Shields and Darren Gay as they welcome back to the podcast, lead programmer for both the Rio and Park Theatres, Rachel Fox! We also welcome the newly acquired Park Theatre into the podcast fold as Rachel gives us the lowdown on the tremendous Stranger Things extravaganza that kicked off the opening of the Park Theatre on New Years. This plus many of the wonderful films and live performances coming up in January at both of these amazing venues. 

Send us Fan MailPlease join Duncan Shields and myself, Darren Gay, as we give you the lowdown on all the wonderful movies and events happening at Vancouver's fabulous The Rio Theatre for the festive month of December!And if you're interested, check out our other movie-related podcast, The Black Dog Video After Dark podcast for good times (good times not guaranteed!). Theme music courtesy of Dear Rouge.Recorded and engineered by Gregg Steffensen.

Send us Fan MailIn case you missed November's show where we sit down with Corrine Lea, Rio Theatre CEO, to discuss their acquisition of the Park Theatre and how that all transpired, now here's your chance! I'm sure that you've all heard the big news! The amazing team behind The Rio will be taking the controls of The Park Theatre! How exciting! Tune into this episode as Duncan and Darren welcome Rio Theatre CEO, Corrine Lea, as she gives us the low down about how all of this came about, the line-up of wonderful investors (think Mike Flanagan, Osgood Perkins, Finn Wolfhard and Sean Baker) and what to expect from this new adventure. And, of course, we provide an in-depth look at all the fine things happening at the Rio for the month of November. 

Send us Fan MailLots of things happening at Vancouver's fabulous Rio Theatre in this fine month of October, including the Vancouver International Film Festival and a little something called The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Tune in and check out!