Stage Door News
Stage Door News
Pleiades Theatre, in association with Red Boots Canada, is thrilled to present the great Canadian comedy star, Luba Goy, in Luba, Simply Luba, a one woman show written by the talented stage and television writer Diane Flacks, in collaboration with Luba Goy and Andrey Tarasiuk. Presented at the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs May 7 to 26.
Join Luba as she takes us on a personal and loopy trip, from her Ukrainian childhood to the high honours of Rideau Hall...and back again. You'll meet the lady herself - along with some forty characters from her family and acquaintances, from Canadian politics, and even assorted animals - in this delightful and moving production!
Tickets are selling quickly, please book in advance!
Luba is best known as one of the original members and life-long stars of the Royal Canadian Air Farce but not surprisingly, her life has been filled with drama - both humorous and tragic.
Under the guidance of Andrey Tarasiuk, Luba, Simply Luba celebrates the remarkable life of this woman, while introducing audiences to a whole other side of her that is known by few people. Here, Luba retraces her life, from the daughter of an anti-Stalin firebrand to Rideau Hall where she meets the President of a finally free Ukraine. Throughout, she is accompanied by Victor Mishalow, a renowned Ukrainian-Canadian bandurist and singer with an awe-inspiring basso-profondo voice.
Luba, Simply Luba is wonderfully entertaining and equally enlightening about the Ukrainian culture that shaped its star.
Directed by: Andrey Tarasiuk; Musical accompaniment by: Victor Mishalow; Sets by: Douglas Paraschuk; Lighting by: Raha Javanfar and Robert Thomson; Costumes by: Tamara Marie Kucheran.
Luba, Simply Luba
May 7 – 26, 2012
Berkeley St. Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St., Toronto
Tickets: $33 | Previews: $18 | Seniors & Students: $22 | Special Seniors Matinee May 21: $18 |Group discounts available (10+)
Box Office: (416) 368-3110 or visit www.canstage.com/tickets
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Toronto: Pleiades Theatre presents “Luba, Simply Luba” and the Canada Walk of Fame seeks nominations