By J B Priestley
Running: April 17 to Nov 02 at the Festival Theatre
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An Inspector Calls...
A spring evening, 1912, and the prosperous Birling family has gathered for an intimate dinner. Their daughter's engagement to
a fine young man of means is the cause for celebration, but the festivities are interrupted when a police inspector
unexpectedly calls. He is looking into the death of a young woman and as Inspector Goole questions each member of the family,
skeletons come clattering out of the closet and a remarkable web of connections unfolds.
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Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov.
Music by Leonard Bernstein.
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Running: April 1 to October 5 at the Festival Theatre
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Wonderful Town
A musical adventure about being young and pursuing a dream. Sisters Eileen and Ruth arrive in New York City in 1935, fresh off
the bus from Columbus, Ohio. Lucky for them, they've landed in Greenwich Village, where artists, bohemians and a cast of
colourful characters greet them. Seen through the eyes of these two young hopefuls, New York never seemed more charming,
vibrant or fun as the sisters slowly come to discover what wonderful things life can really bring in this town.
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By Bernard Shaw
Running: July 6 to November 1 at the Festival Theatre
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
Shaw's story of the ultimate test of a mother-daughter relationship is one of his most enduring and best-loved plays. Mrs.
Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide for her daughter Vivie, to give her the genteel upbringing she never had. Now that
Vivie is about to embark on her own career, her mother decides that it is time for her feminist daughter to finally learn the
truth about her mother's profession. The shocking news sets the stage for a battle royal between mother and daughter about
sex, love, money and morality.
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By Githa Sowerby
Running: April 29 to October 4 at the Court House Theatre
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The Stepmother
A refreshing twist on the 'wicked stepmother' story - the young stepmother, Lois Relph, cares deeply for her new daughters.
It's her husband who's the problem - he can't seem to hold on to money and everyone in town knows it. Except his wife. She's a
hard-working dressmaker who must support her family and when their daughter wants to get married, more than one secret must be
revealed. An undiscovered theatrical gem from the author of Rutherford and Son, and the North American premiere of a play
written in 1924.
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Book by Hugh Wheeler.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Running: June 1 to October 4 at the Court House Theatre
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A Little Night Music
Three mismatched couples gather for a weekend in the country - the lawyer and his much younger wife, the actress who is having
an affair with a jealous military man, and the lawyer's son who is hopelessly in love with his young stepmother. Under the
mystical lights of Sweden's midnight sun, loves are lost and found, longed for and forgotten, all set to some of musical
theatre's most enduring songs - including the classic "Send in the Clowns". Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a
Summer Night, the original production won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.
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By Ann-Marie MacDonald
Running: July 12 to October 5 at the Court House Theatre
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Belle Moral: A Natural History
On a foggy Scottish coast lies an ancestral home called Belle Moral. There, by day, young Pearl MacIsaac considers questions
of science and nature, and by night, dreams of mythical creatures and mysterious brides. This is a house full of mystery -
just who is in the attic and why does Pearl have an ear in a jar? Part magic, part philosophy and part who dunnit, the play is
a hilarious and spellbinding story and a rousing call for tolerance and diversity from Ann-Marie MacDonald, one of Canada's
most beloved writers.
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By Bernard Shaw
Running: April 11 to November 1 at the Royal George Theatre
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Getting Married
Marriage à la Shaw! The bishop's daughter is getting married today. Or at least she was until she and her groom begin to
have their doubts. They've each received a pamphlet titled
"Do You Know What You Are Going to Do? By A Woman Who Has Done It" and they both begin to question whether marriage is any
kind of sensible union. Soon the whole household - from the bishop to the green grocer - has an opinion to share. A witty,
provocative and thoroughly modern look at this venerable institution.
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By Lillian Hellman
Running: May 3 to November 1 at the Royal George Theatre
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The Little Foxes
Family and money - a lethal combination. When the Hubbard siblings decide to invest in a cotton mill, the struggle for the
biggest slice of the pie begins. Brothers Ben and Oscar connive and scheme, but it is their powerful sister Regina who will
seemingly stop at nothing to get what she wants. The treachery of these Southern foxes is a timeless story about the power of
greed. One of Lillian Hellman's best known works, the deliciously treacherous Regina Giddens has been played by some of
theatre and film's most commanding women including Tallulah Bankhead, who originated the role on Broadway, and Bette Davis,
who starred in the 1941 movie.
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By Terence Rattigan
Running: June 25 to October 5 at the Royal George Theatre
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After the Dance
It's 1938 and the generation of Bright Young Things are still carrying on like it's the Roaring Twenties. They're that "lost
generation", the ones that missed World War I and are trying desperately to deny the looming threat of the next war. And to
the younger generation, their life of endless parties seems utterly frivolous. But David and his wife Joan can't stop looking
back to a time and place when the bright lights shone on them. When a young woman enters their lives, however, it seems to
signal the party might be ending.
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