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Stratford
Playbill 2008
Cabaret
(with Bruce Dow)
The Music Man
(with Trish Lindstrom and Jonathon Goad)
Caesar and Cleopatra (with Christopher Plummer
& Nikki M. James)
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
All's Well That Ends Well (with
Brian Dennehy)
The Taming Of The Shrew
Love's Labour's Lost
The Trojan Women
Fuente Ovejuna
Emilia Galotti
Palmer Park
Moby Dick
Krapp's
Last Tape
&
Hughie
(both
with Brian Dennehy)
Brian
Dennehy, Simon Callow among new faces...
Two
Canadian plays will premiere at the Studio Theatre in 2008,
Palmer Park by Governor General Award-winning playwright Joanna
McClelland Glass and Moby Dick by Morris Panych.
“The
Studio Theatre has been designated as a venue for unbridled
risk, and innovation, and it is our intention to incubate
new work and to unveil unique and controversial projects,"
says artistic director Don Shipley.
In
the late 1960s Palmer Park, an affluent Detroit neighbourhood,
was greatly affected by the city's race riots. The playwright
herself lived in Palmer Park at that time and became part
of an idealistic utopian experiment in integration, which
aspired to give black and white neighbours alike the ability
to achieve their dream.
Joanna
McClelland Glass's insightful play brings a dynamic era vividly
into focus and challenges us to examine where we are 40 years
later.
Also
premiering at the Studio is Moby Dick, a new creation by acclaimed
Canadian playwright Morris Panych, who was co-creator with
Wendy Gorling of The Overcoat, a production that won praise
internationally.
Melville's
masterful epic set to the music of Debussy will be adapted
for the stage using various means of storytelling, including
creative movement and dance.
Three
outstanding roles for Brian Dennehy...
An
evening of Beckett and O'Neill featuring Brian Dennehy will
round out the Studio playbill.
This
extraordinary double bill includes two one-act classics, Krapp's
Last Tape, by Samuel Beckett, and Hughie, by Eugene O’Neill,
and will provide a tour de force vehicle for this dynamic
actor.
Mr.
Dennehy will also play the role of the King in All's Well
That Ends Well
Fourth
new work to be presented outdoors
Playwright
and director Peter Hinton has been commissioned to develop
the season's fourth new work – part of a new project
called Shakespeare's Universe. This year's presentation of
this wonderful project features Shakespeare's women. Entitled
Her Infinite Variety, it will be presented in a new outdoor
space on parkland outside the Festival Theatre.
Mr. Hinton will also direct The Taming of the Shrew in 2008.
This
new initiative celebrates the women in Shakespeare’s
plays, as well as the mind and times that created them. It
will combine history, sword-fights, songs and scenes in an
outdoor setting and will provide audiences with a prelude
to the five Shakespearean productions that anchor the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival’s 2008 season: Hamlet, Romeo and
Juliet, All's Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew
and Love's Labour's Lost.
Shakespeare's
Universe will offer a glimpse into Shakespeare's England,
a country on the verge of leaping into the modern world. It
will also explore Shakespeare’s place in recording and
perhaps helping to create that history.
Shakespeare’s
Universe is part of a vision the new artistic team has to
create a true “festival” ambiance for visitors
to Stratford.
Renovations
to lobby are now finished
In
addition to Shakespeare’s Universe, other events will
be planned. The Festival lobby will be reworked to include
a stage where music, programmed by the Festival’s music
department, will play. There will also be opportunities to
hear readings and lectures and take part in other events that
enhance the Shakespeare experience. The Theatre Store has
moved to the neighbouring Discovery Centre (its original home)
to incorporate these changes.
In
addition to the five Shakespeare productions, the Stratford
Festival has also announced two musicals for 2008: Cabaret
and The Music Man. Other classic plays previously announced
are The Trojan Women, Caesar and Cleopatra, Fuente Ovejuna
and Emilia Galotti.
The box office is open, call
1800 567 1600 for tickets
Beyond
the Stage events...
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang: A dramatic reading by
Christopher Plummer
Saturday, August 23
11 a.m. at the Avon Theatre
Price - $15 to $20 per person; $8 to $12 for children
Abridged
from the classic story by Mordecai Richler. Recommended for
children aged eight and up.
Proceeds
from this event will fund a visit to the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival by students who otherwise would not have this opportunity.
Live
music
Live music performed Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
when there are performances at the Festival Theatre, and on
weekend afternoons before matinées.
Looking
for something to do on a Saturday morning just after breakfast?
These free concerts featuring Festival musicians, singers
and friends are a very special treat, at The
Studio Theatre. worth a visit!
Saturday,
July 26 - artists TBA
Saturday, August 2 - artists TBA
Saturday, August 16 - artists TBA
Saturday, August 23 - artists TBA
Night
Music at The Festival Theatre
Niagara Vocal Ensemble
Mon, Jun 30
The 13-member chamber choir, under the direction of Harris
Loewen, returns with an entertaining and widely varied program
of solos and partsongs. Hear inspiring English poetry spanning
five centuries, by great writers from Shakespeare to e. e.
cummings, set to delightful music by British, American and
Canadian composers. A musical treat for mind and soul.
Terry
McKenna
Mon, Jul 7
English songs and ballads from the 16th century onwards. Kevin
Bradshaw, baritone, and Terry McKenna, lutes and guitars.
Festival
City Big Band
Mon, Jul 14
The Festival City Big Band returns with swing and big-band
standards, as well as modern arrangements-and, yes, there
will be room for dancing!
Suite
Dreams
Mon, Jul 21
Discover the ethereal sound of the harp, in concert with winds
and piano, as Julia Seager Scott joins MuSiC in common (Heather
Morrison, piano, Peter Shackleton, clarinet and Derek Conrod,
horn) for an evening of chamber music to stir the imagination.
Shaggy
Haggis
(Our Favourite!!)
Mon, Jul 28
Traditional Celtic music meets the stylings of more contemporary
genres when this six-member group takes the stage. The dynamic
vocals of Barb Fulton complemented by a full array of Celtic
instrumentation.
Music
Old and New, Borrowed and Blue
Mon, Aug 4
A variety of Festival musicians and friends charm you with
the best of the ages. Henry and Karen Zielinski, violins,
Artur Jansons, viola, Ben Bolt-Martin, cello. Other musicians
on an ad-hoc basis. (No bagpipes.)
Festival
City Big Band
Mon, Aug 11
In response to popular demand, this year we offer a second
concert by the Festival City Big Band, the program will differ
slightly from the July concert, so you can feel free to attend
both!
Canadian
Sunset
Mon, Aug 18
A late summer evening of all-Canadian jazz. Michael Wood,
Kevin Muir & friends swing to the works of Oscar Peterson,
Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell and many other Canadian jazz greats.
Put on your toque and get ready to tap your toes!
Sonja
Sings
Mon, Aug 25
From swinging standards to torchy ballads to quirky cabaret
songs, up-and-coming jazz vocalist Sonja Gustafson and her
band deliver a musical night to remember.
Special concert!
Arded
corazón arded: Spanish Music in the Times of Lope de
Vega
Saturday, June 28, 6 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, 142 Ontario Street (Map)
Ensemble
Tarantella plays music of the Spanish Baroque period. Presented
as part of the conference “La violencia en el teatro
del Siglo de Oro.” Free concert; no tickets required.
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