Season 42 concludes with a serio-comic trek across the intangibles of love. The RUBY SLIPPERS THEATRE production of A BEAUTIFUL VIEW chronicles a twisting friendship between two women – performed by DIANE BROWN and COLLEEN WHEELER. The National Post recently described it as Magic, its short 75 minutes illuminates the lives of two women and their relationship so completely, there is no other word.
Originally produced by da da kamera and commissioned by the Wexner Center at Ohio State University.
This production features the work of Set and Lighting Co-Designers, Eugene Mendelev and John Webber, the Costume Design of Drew Facey, the Sound Design of Michael Laird and the Stage Management of Raelyne Gagnon.
Daniel MacIvor – writer/director
Daniel is originally from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and currently lives in Toronto. From 1987 to 2007 with Sherrie Johnson he ran da da kamera, a respected international touring company that brought his work to Australia, Israel, Europe, the UK, and extensively throughout Canada and the United States. Daniel has written and directed numerous award-winning theatre productions including See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, How It Works, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, In On It and his work has been translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German and Japanese. With Daniel Brooks he created the solo shows House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac and most recently This Is What Happens Next. Daniel received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama in 2006 for his collection of plays I Still Love You. In 2007 Daniel won the Jessie Award for Best New Play for His Greatness, produced at the Arts Club in Vancouver and in 2008 he was awarded the Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize for Theatre. He is also the recepient of an Obie Award and a GLAAD Award for his play In On It. He is currently playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre and is working on a new play Arigato, Tokyo for the Banff Centre. Also a filmmaker, he is the writer/director of Past Perfect, Wilby Wonderful and the writer of Marion Bridge and Trigger.
Tuesday April 19, 2011 – Sunday May 22, 2011
Previews: Tuesday April 19, Wednesday April 20, 2011 – 8:00PM
Opening Night: Thursday April 21, 2011 – 8:00PM
Tuesday to Saturday – 8:00PM, Except Thursday May 19, 2011 – 7:00PM
Saturday – Sunday – 2:00PM, Except Sunday May 8, 2011 – 7:00PM (Talkback Session following the performance)
Wednesday, May 4 & 11, 2011 – 1:00PM
Closing Performance – Sunday May 22, 2011 – 2:00PM.
More info @ Centaur Theatre.
Visionné 79 fois.
