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Production Catalogue
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Samuel Beckett
On stage September 8
On a bare road in the middle of nowhere, two world-weary friends wait. While anticipating, they speculate, quarrel, joke and ponder life’s greater questions. As dusk approaches, two figures appear on the horizon.
Soulpepper revisits one of the most significant plays of the 20th century.
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Morris Panych and Brenda Robins.
Based upon The Battle of Waterloo by Melchior Lengyel
On stage September 9
WORLD PREMIERE
For a group of struggling artists, a visiting Hollywood producer could be the key to a glamorous career in show business. Their dreams all hinge on filming a Napoleonic saga in only two weeks. From the team behind Soulpepper’s Parfumerie (Winner Outstanding Production – 2010 Dora Award), comes a comedy of epic proportions
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On stage October 6 - 14
Opened in 1964 in the basement of a Victorian row house, the Riverboat Coffee House was a launching pad for Canadian singer-songwriters like Gordon Lightfoot, Ian and Sylvia, Murray McLauchlan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. Mike Ross will music-direct a line-up of multi-disciplinary artists as they celebrate the stories and songs that made Yorkville the place to be in the free loving sixties.
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2017 Soulpepper Presents T2
Huff
Cliff Cardinal.
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production.
Produced by Cunning Concepts & Creations
On stage October 16
After his mother’s death, Wind’s fantastic dream world bleeds into reality when he’s preyed on by the Trickster. With biting humour, and raw imagery, Cardinal’s award-winning solo show shines an unflinching light on life on the Reserve..
Warning: Mature Themes
General Admission Tickets are $35 ($25 for Earlybird Performances) (price includes all fees and taxes)
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Edward Albee
On stage November 1
A shocking play about marital infidelity and the devastation of a family. America’s great provocateur, Edward Albee, invites us to a contemporary Greek tragedy with his trademark subversive humour.
Warning: Mature Themes
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by Sophie Treadwell
November 8-18, 2017
First produced on Broadway in 1928, Machinal charts a woman's role during this era in history. Often confined, and regimented, to wife, mother, housekeeper, and sexual partner, love is considered unnecessary, with many women trapped in a dependant status, and living life in loveless marriages. The relationship between Helen Homes and her husband is no different. However, when a man intercedes and Helen is given a momentary glimpse of passion, her life is forever changed. She sees how society confines her, how her husband unconsciously dominates her every decision, and she feels that there is no escape. With a feeling of hopelessness, Helen commits an egregious crime, murdering her husband to free herself of the constraints of society and, ironically, to save her husband from the pain of a divorce. Loosely based on the murder trial of Ruth Snyder and her lover, Judd Gray, who together murdered Snyder’s husband, Machinal is a powerful expressionistic drama about women’s forced financial dependency upon men during the 1920s and their trapped existence in a male-dominated world.
Tickets: $10 - $25 (price includes all fees and taxes)
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Based on the stories of Robert Munsch
Dec. 2nd and Dec.9th at 10:30 and 1pm
George Brown's 31st annual children's show celebrates the world of Robert Munsch! Our theatre-for-young-audience shows have introduced thousands of GTA children to the magic of live theatre over the past three decades. Robert Munsch's zany and colourful stories continue to enchant young readers, as well as old! Please join us as we bring to the stage the fun filled world of Munsch!
Tickets $10-$25 (Price includes all fees and taxes)
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Charles Dickens
Adapted by Michael Shamata
On stage December 7
Soulpepper’s beloved production of A Christmas Carol has become a Toronto holiday tradition. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by three ghosts who help him understand the importance of charity in the holiday season.
Recommended for ages 8+
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J.M. Barrie. Bad Hats Theatre.
Adapted by Fiona Sauder & Reanne Spitzer.
Music by Landon Doak and Company
On stage December 8
Pirates. Lost Boys. A ticking crocodile. J. M. Barrie’s classic story about the boy who would never grow up is given a lively musical reimagining for kids and kids-at-heart.
Recommended for Ages 3+
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On stage December 15 - 17
Guests of all ages are invited to a family concert celebrating the sounds of the season from around the globe. Featuring Mike Ross leading an all-star line-up of Toronto’s best musicians.
Recommended for ages 6+
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Peter Shaffer
On stage January 10
Genius can spring from the most unexpected of places. Newly arrived in Vienna, eccentric musical prodigy Mozart tries to secure his place at court, while jealous rivals conspire to tear him down.
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Edward Albee
On stage January 13
In all things – friendship, intimacy, civility – there is a balance that must be carefully maintained to avert disaster. When a daughter returns home and friends move in, Albee shows how easy it is to tip the scales.
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By Mark Ravenhill
Februaru 7-17, 2018
Candide is an optimist and a freamer. He believes that everything is for the best, and in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as his comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortunes. As Candide's world collapses around him, the story travels across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candide's optimism fare when it collides with life in the 21st century? Ravenhill's play is structured around two parallel narratives: one tells the story of Candide's attempts to reunite with his love Cunegonde; the other follows a woman who experiences a hugely traumatic event as she attempts to find a way back to happiness. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, Ravenhill called his play a "monstrous farce".
An "ingenious and enjoyable take on Voltaire."
The Spectator,2013.
Tickets: $10 - $25 (price includes all fees and taxes)
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On stage February 9, 10 & 14
Gangsters, flappers, booze and jazz - prohibition didn’t stop the party, it only forced it underground where it thrived. Writer/narrator Albert Schultz and Music Director Mike Ross invite you to the Distillery District for a night of stories and songs from the “dry” days of the Roaring Twenties.
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Roland Schimmelpfennig. Translated by David Tushingham
On stage March 3
The Trojan War is over, but for Idomeneus the greatest struggle awaits his return – a crucible of the soul. A chorus weaves fates and stories into a wrenching lyrical epic from one of Europe’s most exciting contemporary playwrights.
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George Orwell. Adapted by Anthony MacMahon
On stage March 9
The tyrannical Farmer Jones must be overthrown! How long will the animal utopia last when a charismatic new leader emerges? An innovative new adaptation of Orwell’s classic satire bites just as much today as when it was first written.
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On stage March 30 & 31, April 2
In the decade following the first World War the French economy boomed, and Paris re-established itself as a capital of art, music, literature and sophisticated Bacchanalia….Hemingway, Joyce, Picasso, Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein were all there… as was Josephine Baker, Igor Stravinsky, Man Ray and Kiki of Montparnasse. Bienvenue.
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By Bertolt Brecht
April 10-21, 2018
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, also known as The Private Life of the Master Race, is one of Bertolt Brecht's most famous plays and the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. Brecht wrote this collection of short plays about Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1938, when he was in exile. John Willett’s translation, has fashioned a chilling play that reinforces Brecht’s point that Nazism was not simply a force of nature but a political movement that could have been opposed. The play consists of a series of sharp vignettes, offering insight into the speed and voracity with which Nazis took control of Germany. The scenes explore the insidious rise of fascism and how the nation buckled under the bullying tactics of extreme politics. Fear and Misery of the Third Reich offers a memorable montage of life in Nazi Germany; it shows that opposition, however unavailing, was possible. “Brecht’s classic 1938 play - which examines the local impact of a racially hateful dictatorship is one for our time.” - Time Out, London, 2016.
Tickets: $10 - $25 (price includes all fees and taxes)
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by John Vanbrugh
April 11-21, 2018
Sir John Vanbrugh’s 1697 comedy is an outspoken portrayal of sex, marriage, temptation and revenge in the 18th century. Lady Brute, the provoked wife, is set on escaping the clutches of her brutish, gambling, drunken husband – Sir John Brute - a task that is becoming more and more attractive as she is pursued by the handsome young gentleman, Constant. Meanwhile, as Lady Brute’s niece is falling in love with Heartfree, the bond between aunt and niece is growing stronger. This high energy restoration comedy is full of witty observations which, three hundred years later, contemporary audiences will find fitting and full of wisdom. The play asks, what do you do when you’re trapped in a loveless marriage with a brutish, gambling, drunken oaf of a husband and a handsome gentleman is professing his love for you? A timeless comedy of manners and contemporary concerns.
Tickets: $10 - $25 (price includes all fees and taxes)
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August Wilson
On stage May 4
Chicago in the 1920s is a city on a collision course with change - and through it all plays the Blues. In August Wilson’s masterpiece a routine music recording session becomes the front line for issues of race, power, and opportunity.
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Beverley Cooper
On stage May 14
It’s 1959 in a small Ontario town with summer vacation on the horizon. And then a girl goes missing. Innocence Lost is a riveting take on the Steven Truscott criminal case that rocked the country for decades, and scarred a generation forever.
Warning: Contains mature subject matter
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Alan Ayckbourn
On stage May 16
The intrigues of an amateur theatre company spill from the stage to the pub, as an aspiring actor moves through the ranks of both The Beggar’s Opera, and the show’s assorted players. In his trademark style, Ayckbourn delivers a deeply funny dramatic comedy about deception, ambition, and sexual conquest.
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