2019-01-30 19:302019-02-09 21:3060Canada/Eastern🎟 NAC: The Wedding Party
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18795
Crow’s Theatre (Toronto, ON) and Talk Is Free Theatre (Barrie, ON)
What do estranged twins, Moldovan circus performers, a Bernese Mountain Dog and several bottles of expensive champagne have in common? In The Wedding Party, the answer is nothing . . . and everything! Save the date for this wild romp through that most stressful and bizarre of rituals – the joyous, hellish and often alcohol-fuelled post-wedding reception. This comedic tour-de-force features regulars from...
“Few recent works penned by a single author sitting alone in a room have created so many laugh out loud moments.”
The Globe and Mail ***1/2
≈ 2 hours and 30 minutes
· With intermission
NAC English Theatre Presentation
Crow’s Theatre (Toronto, ON) and Talk Is Free Theatre (Barrie, ON)
What do estranged twins, Moldovan circus performers, a Bernese Mountain Dog and several bottles of expensive champagne have in common? In The Wedding Party, the answer is nothing . . . and everything! Save the date for this wild romp through that most stressful and bizarre of rituals – the joyous, hellish and often alcohol-fuelled post-wedding reception. This comedic tour-de-force features regulars from the Stratford and Shaw festivals.
Careening between a shambolic war of compliments, fraying nerves and a mind-blowing, character-swapping cast of dozens, The Wedding Party will have you entirely complicit in the chaos!
For Crow’s Theatre: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Master Plan, Uncle Vanya, MixTape, The Land Acknowledgement or As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Stars: Together, The Wedding Party, True Crime, Boy in the Moon, The Assembly, The Watershed, The Seagull, Winners & Losers, Someone Else, Eternal Hydra, and I, Claudia.
Other Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe, The Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Matchmaker, The Little Years, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (Stratford Festival); One Man, Two Guvnors, Cyrano de Bergerac (Shaw Festival); Seeds (Crow’s and Porte Parole); and Macbeth (Bard on the Beach, Vancouver).
Film/TV: Shakespearean Coach for Station Eleven on HBO; Gemini Award-winning film adaptation of I, Claudia.
Upcoming: Rosmersholm and Wights at Crow’s Theatre.
Education/Training: University of Toronto, National Theatre School of Canada.
More: Artistic Director of Crow’s Theatre since 2008, leading the company through major milestones including building Streetcar Crowsnest and last season’s record-breaking 40th anniversary; recipient of the Elinor and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre; served as co-director of the National Theatre School’s renowned directing program.
Theatre Credits: Rent, Hamlet-911 (Stratford Festival); Rosmersholm, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Master Plan, Red Velvet, Uncle Vanya, The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre); Once (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre); Wizard of Oz, The Inheritance, Public Enemy, Is God Is (Canadian Stage); De Profundis, Three Sisters, The Guide to Being Fabulous, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, (Soulpepper); Candida, Just to Get Married, Trouble in Mind (Shaw Festival); Things I Know to be True (Company Theatre/Mirvish); Hansel & Gretel (Canadian Opera Company); The Color Purple (Citadel Theatre/RMTC); Life After (Musical Stage). Digital: Alice in Winterland (Ross Petty Productions); New Monuments (Luminato/Canadian Stage); Identity, Savitri (Against the Grain). Upcoming: Fat Ham (Canadian Stage), After The Rain (Tarragon), Kim’s Convenience, A Strange Loop (Soulpepper). Awards: 2021 Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award laureate, 2022/2023 Dora Award winner. ONLINE: www.mingwongdesign.com
Originaire de Toronto, Ming est conceptrice de costumes, stylistes et technicienne aux costumes. Elle a travaillé sur divers projets dans le domaine de la danse, du théâtre, du cinéma et de la télévision. À la Canadian Stage : New Monuments, Unsafe et Life After.
Autres collaborations : Pipeline (Soulpepper), Orphans for the Czar, Julius Caesar, The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre), Hamlet 911 (Festival de Stratford); Trouble in Mind, Just to Get Married (Festival Shaw), Hansel und Gretel (Compagnie d’opéra canadienne), Every Day She Rose (Nightwood Theatre), The Color Purple (Citadel Theatre et RMTC) Projets numériques : Alice in Winterland (Ross Petty Productions), Sāvitri (Against the Grain), Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre et Soulpepper). Prix : lauréate du prix Virginia & Myrtle Cooper 2021. Site Web : www.mingwongdesign.com (anglais seulement).
Kimberly is a Toronto-based lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Her designs have been critically acclaimed across Canada, the U.S., the U.K., China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mongolia, as well as in Prague and Moscow. She has designed for the Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage Company, Soulpepper Theatre, Mirvish Productions, National Arts Centre, and the NAC Orchestra, as well as Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Philadelphia, Arena Stage in Washington D.C., Tapestry Opera, Hamilton Opera, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, and Place des Arts, among many others. She has also designed productions for the Pan Am Games and the Vancouver and Beijing Cultural Olympiads.
Kimberly has been nominated for numerous awards for excellence in lighting design and has received three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a Montreal English Theatre Award, a Sterling Award, a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, and an Ottawa Critics Circle Award.
Établie à Toronto, Kimberly Purtell est une conceptrice d’éclairages pour le théâtre, l’opéra et la danse. Louangées par la critique, ses conceptions ont été présentées au Canada, aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni, en Chine, à Hong Kong, à Taiwan, en Mongolie, à Prague et à Moscou. Elle a collaboré avec le Festival de Stratford, le Festival Shaw, la Canadian Stage Company, le Soulpepper Theatre, Mirvish Productions, le Centre national des Arts et l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts, le Pacific Opera Victoria, l'Opera Philadelphia, l'Arena Stage de Washington D.C., le Tapestry Opera, le Hamilton Opera, l'Opéra d’Edmonton, le Theatre Calgary, le Manitoba Theatre Centre, le Citadel Theatre ou encore la Place des Arts. Elle a également conçu les éclairages des Jeux panaméricains et des Olympiades culturelles de Vancouver et de Beijing.
Kimberly Purtell a été mise en nomination pour de nombreux prix d'excellence en conception d'éclairage et a reçu trois prix Dora Mavor Moore, le prix Pauline McGibbon, un prix du Théâtre anglais de Montréal, un prix Sterling, un prix des critiques de théâtre de Toronto et un prix du Cercle des critiques d'Ottawa.
Thomas Ryder Payne is a composer and sound designer for theatre, dance and film.
For Crow’s Theatre: Bad Roads, The Master Plan, Perceptual Archaeology, Red Velvet, Uncle Vanya, Orphans For The Czar, MixTape, Julius Caesar, A&R Angels, Boy In The Moon, Wedding Party, The Watershed, Someone Else.
Other Theatre: Designs for Stratford, Festival Shaw Festival, Mirvish, Productions Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraiile, Young People’s Theatre, Modern Times Stage Company, Aluna, Theatre Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Theatre Gargantua, Nightwood Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre, National Arts Centre, Centaur Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and many others.
Education/Training: Studied composition with James Tenney, Honours BA, York University.
Thomas Ryder Payne est compositeur et concepteur sonore pour le théâtre, la danse et le cinéma. Il a notamment travaillé pour les organisations suivantes : le Centre national des Arts, le Festival de Stratford, le Festival Shaw, Mirvish Productions, le Soulpepper Theater, la Canadian Stage, le Tarragon Theatre, le Factory Theatre, le Theatre Passe Muraille, le Young People’s Theatre, le Crow’s Theatre, Modern Times, Aluna, Buddies in Bad Times, le Nightwood Theatre, le Toronto Dance Theatre, le Theatre Calgary, la GCTC et le Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. Thomas a reçu quatre prix Dora Mavor Moore et 25 mises en nomination.
