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Weaving together musical theatre standards, pop favourites, and exciting new material, veteran performer Laura Caswell (Bat Boy, The Giant’s Garden) shares her own tales from a “life in a suitcase”. From visiting her father in Europe, to leaving home to study in London, and finally touring theatre to far-flung places across the globe, Laura has learned how to live, love, and stuff your life into one 20kg bag.
Featuring original songs performed by her talented sister Andrea Caswell, (EP: Love and the Afters) and the amazing musical skills of Greg Gibson (Shaw Festival, Talk is Free Theatre), Tales From a Suitcase will tug at your heart, make you laugh...and even give you tips on how to pack under the new baggage limitations. A performance for anyone who has ever travelled or been fascinated by the gypsy life.
Tales From a Suitcase
Monday, January 30 – 8 PM
Berkley Street Theatre, Downstairs - 26 Berkley Street (E. of Sherbourne, S. of Front)
All Tickets $20.00
Box Office: (416) 363-3110 or online at www.actingupstage.com/productions/dark-night-cabaret
For Media Requests, please contact Laura at 416 705 8338, or actor.laura.caswell@gmail.com
(To view a clip of Laura performing go to: http://youtu.be/n9b8EIH9VGk
and to listen to Andrea’s music go to http://www.andreacaswell.com/stream.html)
Also part of the Dark Night Series:
Between a Word and Thought: Songs by Zachary Florence
February 6, 2012 8pm
Writer/Composer Zachary Florence (The Passion of Adele Hugo, Experimental Selves) presents a concert of original music for the theatre. Complex, passionate and unexpected, Zachary’s music is restless and deeply theatrical, fusing intricate harmonies and unexpected rhythms.
Featuring some of Toronto’s most dynamic musical theatre performers (Thom Allison, Eric Craig, Gabi Epstein, Sara Farb and Susan Henley) and led by musical director Lily Ling this will be an evening of lush music and intimate storytelling.
LAURA CASWELL
Laura made her Toronto debut as Shelley in Batboy at the Bathurst Street Theatre where Radio Classical 96.3 FM called her “the new talent to watch”. Since then she has appeared across the country in Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Sudbury Theatre Centre), the Canadian premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes (Thousand Islands Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol (Neptune Theatre), Seven Stories, The Odd Couple, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Rose Theatre). Laura performed in the Toronto Fringe hits In Trousers, Like Omigawd!, and The Giant’s Garden, for which she was recognized as an Oustanding Performer by NOW Magazine for the 2011 Festival.
Laura was one of a select handful of global talents to participate in the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University where she studied with such legends as Julie Wilson, Amanda McBroom and Tovah Feldshuh. She trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, the Second City Conservatory in Toronto, and received a Masters in Performance from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, England.
A seasoned cabaret performer, Laura has sung at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, The Gladstone, Hugh’s Room, and opened for Dan Chameroy in the Dark Night Cabaret Series in 2008. Laura is honoured to be sharing her own night of entertainment with a Toronto audience.
Along for the ride is Laura’s sister, singer/songwriter Andrea Caswell. With an arrestingly beautiful voice and a unique and caustic vulnerability, Andrea sings about messy relationships, messier break-ups and the often mangled spirit of the human heart. She has performed at a variety of Toronto venues including The Central, Not My Dog, Clinton’s, Moonshine Cafe, Rustic Cosmo and Free Times Cafe. In the summer of 2011, Andrea launched her debut EP Love and the Afters to a sold-out crowd at C'est What. The singles "I Don't Know" and "Ain't No Love Song" have received CBC local and national airplay. As for the creation of Love and the Afters, Andrea says, “One day the songs just started coming and they wouldn’t stop. After a while, it really felt like I didn’t have a choice anymore.”
2012-01-09
Toronto: Laura Caswell performs “Tales from a Suitcase” January 30