VideoCabaret in association with Young Centre for the Performing Arts

THE WAR OF 1812

On Stage Now!

The History of the Village of the Small Huts, 1812-15

The play that delighted sold-out houses at The Stratford Festival hits the Young Centre, two hundred years to the month since the original drama inflamed the town of York. THE WAR OF 1812 is one chapter in Michael Hollingsworth’s epic 21-part play-cycle, The History of the Village of the Small Huts, which has been described as “the most ambitious project in Canadian Theatre ... a freestanding monument of wit with brilliant ensemble acting and cinematic pacing.”
-Toronto Life

Previews & Student Matinees - $20
Tuesday Evenings - $30
Wednesday - Thursday Evenings/Saturday Matinees - $40
Friday – Saturday Evenings - $50
*Plus service charges

Michael O'Brien, adapted from Beaumarchais
Music by John Millard, adapted from Rossini

On Stage Now!

A free-wheeling adaptation of The Barber of Seville by Michael O'Brien and John Millard, based on the play by Beaumarchais and the opera by Rossini. This all-new update of Theatre Columbus's sensational 1996 musical caper follows the beloved story of the young Count Almaviva and his pursuit of the untouchable Rosina with the help of the irrepressible Figaro, Barber of Seville.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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Ins Choi

On Stage May 20, 2013

Soulpepper Adacemy alumnus Ins Choi's hilarious and touching debut play set in a Regent Park Korean convenience store was the smash hit of Soulpepper's 2012 season. The journey of a fractured but loving family confronting the future and forgiving the plast is a Toronto classic in the making.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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The National Theatre of the World in association with Soulpepper presents:

The Script Tease Project

On Stage June 4-8, 2013

Forever pushing the boundaries of theatrical improvisation, Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram have once again asked renowned Canadian writers to pen the first two pages of a new play and seal them in an envelope. Each night a new envelope will be opened on stage for the first time, the pages read cold, and the resulting hour-long play completely improvised by the cast!

Adult - $25
Student - $15

Joe Orton

On Stage July 5, 2013

A shocking, savage comedy from Joe Orton (Loot, Soulpepper 2009, What the Butler Saw, Soulpepper 2010), Entertaining Mr. Sloane pits Sloane, a brooding, dangerous lodger against his hosts. As Sloane prowls the house, his charm works on everyone but it cannot help him shake his dark past and shadowy impulses. Mature Content.
Tickets: $32 - $68

Charles Dickens,
Adapted by Michael Shamata

On Stage July 6, 2013

One of English literature's greatest coming-of-age stories, Great Expectations follows the orphaned but resourceful Pip, who grows from a blacksmith's apprentice into a London gentleman, always attempting to live up to the expectations of the beautiful but scornful Estella, the haunted, spurned Miss Havisham, and his mysterious, shadowy benefactor.
Tickets: $32 - $68

Tony Kushner

On Stage July 19, 2013

A Multi-Play Experience: Angels in America Parts I and II are best seen in chronologically.

Encompassing the lives of seven individuals as they negotiate New York City during the AIDS crisis that wracked the world in the 1980s, Kushner looks to a deeply human series of reactions to a seemingly indiscriminate epidemic, and offers spiritual outlet for the redemption and reclamation of their souls.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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Tony Kushner

On Stage July 20, 2013

A Multi-Play Experience: Angels in America Parts I and II are best seen in chronologically.

In this stunning finale Kushner brings an other-worldly, angelic presence to protagonist Prior Walter as he and his fellow sufferers negotiate how their lives will either progress or end. Palliative confessions, realisations, and delcarations of faith give way to hope for the future and a lesson in humanity.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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Alan Ayckbourn

On Stage Sep. 27, 2013

As seen from the dining room, a secretive dirty weekend away for the affable librarian Norman turns into a series of misunderstandings, trysts, and hilarious revelations when his wife unexpectedly arrives, asking questions. A comic feast where chairs and food are scarce, but laughs are served aplenty.
Tickets: $32 - $68

Alan Ayckbourn

On Stage Sep. 28, 2013

Shifting the action to the living room, infidelity, changing stories, and confusion mean no one is relaxing with their feet up! As the fallout from Norman's opportunism spreads to everyone in the house, the living room sparks with life, controversy, and love, all wrapped up in a bearskin rug.
Tickets: $32 - $68

Alan Ayckbourn

On Stage Sep. 28, 2013

Hilarity makes its way outside! As the chaos associated with Norman’s philandering rages inside the house, the garden provides a less than ideal place for reflection and calm. In this brilliant third instalment, Norman gormlessly contemplates the moon, the stars, and his pyjamas, hoping for a joyous roll in the grass!
Tickets: $32 - $68

John Murrell

On Stage Oct. 11, 2013

"You better move on, girl, better start moving, farther west!" With her father's advice ringing in her ears, prostitute May Buchanan moves steadily west across gold-rush era Canada, pursued by two men obsessed with possessing her again. John Murrell (Waiting for the Parade, Soulpepper 2010) tells a sweeping tale of romance, independence, and fate, inspired by a true story. Mature Content.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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Poems by Dennis Lee
Created by Ins Choi, Raquel Duffy, Ken MacKenzie, Gregory Prest & Mike Ross

On Stage November 3, 2013

Alligator Pie, an original Soulpepper production, brings the celebrated children’s poems of Canada’s Father Goose, Dennis Lee, to vibrant theatrical life. Soulpepper’s creation ensemble fills the stage with music, invention and Lee’s delicious imagination.
Tickets: $23

Miklós László,
Adapted by Adam Pettle & Brenda Robins

On Stage Nov. 27, 2013

By great demand, the award-winning, heart-warming, holiday hit returns! In this uproarious comedy for the whole family - that forms the basis for both The Shop Around the Corner and You've Got Mail - two shop clerks kindle a tender love affair through anonymous letters while they unwittingly squabble with one another in person.
Tickets: $32 - $68

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