| SPRINGER THEATRE SEPT 10 to OCT 9 Canadian Comedy by Kingston's Doug Bowie This Saturday, the Playhouse premieres local playwright Doug Bowie's latest, Till It Hurts, at the Springer Theatre. Directed by Queen's alum Daryl Cloran (Stratford, Shaw, CanStage, Neptune, and many more), and starring Kingston's own Ian D. Clark (TIP - Trying, Assorted Candies) this truly will be a homegrown delight. Poor Esme, played by Toronto stage actress Maria Ricossa, has recently landed a job as an assistant at the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Unwittingly, she finds herself doing telemarketing calls for the organization and one of her first 'solicitation' attempts is to a cantankerous local university professor, Dr. Seymour Mann. Seymour (Clark) is particularly harried on this day because he is in the midst of final preparations for the M. Charles Plumbell Once-In-A-Lifetime Lecture. A lecture that will forever define his place in the annals of academia. Mix in university student Amber Moon (soulpepper regular Sarah Wilson) and Stephen Lewis himself (played with sparkling wit by Shaw Festival veteran Jeff Meadows) and you have the perfect ingredients for a laugh-out-loud comedy. |
| FIREHALL THEATRE SEPT 17 to OCT 9
Following its recent premiere at the National Arts Centre, Night, by Queen's graduate Christopher Morris opens at the Thousand Islands Playhouse on September 18. A powerful representation of the challenges facing those living in Canada's far North. Co-produced by Morris' Toronto-based theatre company, Human Cargo, and the National Arts Centre, it tells the story of how the lives of a Toronto anthropologist and 16-year old Inuk girl intersect powerfully during 24 hours of darkness in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Daniella, played by seasoned Toronto actor, Linnea Swan, is a scientist from the big city; Piuyuq, played by 17-year old Inuk actor Abbie Ootova,is an Inuit girl with big dreams. As the two cross paths, their lives are changed forever. Night was created over three Arctic winters in Iceland and Nunavut and is presented in both Inuktitut and English. The story was originally developed by five theatre artists (two Inuit, two Icelandic and one Southern Canadian) in what Morris calls "a truly collaborative process". |
THEATRE ELSEWHERE DID YOU KNOW? Cineplex has started showing filmed performances from the National Theatre in the UK. Don't miss these unique opportunities to catch some of the world's best theatre artists. Upcoming: October 23 - Complicite's A Disappearing Number December 9 - Hamlet starring Rory Kinnear |
| | | | | | | | NOVEMBER 13 SAVE-THE-DATE TIP annual Fundraising Dinner and Auction Saturday, November 13 Days INN, Kingston course/wine pairings
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SPECIAL EVENTS SEPTEMBER 27,8pm OCTOBER 4, 8pm MNS CONCERT: THE GOOD LOVELIES THURSDAYS, 1pm FREE DECK TALKS with cast/creative team at the Springer Theatre | | 613-382-7020 1-866-382-7020 administration 613-382-7086 fax 613-382-7088 
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