After tackling divorce and death, playwright Kristen Thomson lightens the mood with a comedy
Her newest work, The Wedding Party, was inspired by a friend’s tale of a wedding reception gone awry. Thomson liked the idea of a story told...
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2019-01-30 19:30
2019-02-09 21:30
60
Canada/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...
Jan 30
- Feb 9, 2019
Theatre
Comedy
“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!
Artists
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Playwright Kristen Thomson -
Director Chris Abraham -
Featuring Jason Cadieux -
Featuring Virgilia Griffith -
Featuring Trish Lindström -
Featuring Moya O’Connell -
Featuring Tom Rooney -
Costume Designer Ming Wong -
Set Designer Julie Fox -
Lighting Designer Kimberly Purtell -
Sound Designer Thomas Ryder Payne -
Video Designer Zack Russell -
Stage Manager Melissa Rood -
Assistant Stage Manager Jane Honek -
Assistant Stage Manager Madison Kalbhenn -
Production Manager and Technical Director Courtney Pyke -
Head of Props Lizabeth Stanley
- By Kristen Thomson
- Director Chris Abraham
- Based on the characters created with Trish Lindström, Tony Nappo, Moya O’Connell, Tom Rooney and Bahia Watson
- Featuring Jason Cadieux, Virgilia Griffith, Trish Lindström, Moya O’Connell, Tom Rooney and Kristen Thomson
- Set Designer Julie Fox
- Costume Designer Ming Wong
- Lighting Designer Kimberly Purtell
- Video Designer Zack Russell
- Sound Designer Thomas Ryder Payne
- Stage Manager Melissa Rood
- Assistant Stage Managers Jane Honek and Madison Kalbhenn
Articles & reviews
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First comes love and then comes marriage … if you survive The Wedding Party
Chris Abraham has given some thought as to why wedding receptions sometimes go off the rails, careening from loving harmony into discord and...