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Mirvish Productions launches a series of acclaimed new productions from our own community, local productions of award-winning international new plays and original productions of new works from the world festival circuits.
The inaugural series is composed of TERMINUS from Outside the March theatre company, Anthony Rapp’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit WITHOUT YOU, the multi-award-winning CLYBOURNE PARK from Studio 180 Theatre, and Mary Walsh’s new show DANCING WITH RAGE.
Explains David Mirvish: “The Toronto theatre community is one of the most vibrant in the world. The wealth and breadth of talent here is astonishing. For a long time, we have been looking at ways to celebrate this community and to bring its work to a larger audience. That’s why we have started the Off-Mirvish Series.
“The shows in our first season all share a commitment to artistic excellence, and an exploration of language, action and ideas that will be challenging, innovative and provocative. But they are also highly entertaining.
“The series is an amazing bargain. The four-show package is $99; even the top price is only $199. But we are only allowing a limited number of packages to be sold. At these bargain prices we can’t afford to fill all seats at these rates. So, as they say: DON’T MISS OUT! HURRY!”
The four outstanding shows of the series are:
TERMINUS
by Mark O’Rowe
Directed by Mitchell Cushman
Starring Maev Beaty, Ava Jane Markus, Adam Wilson
An Outside the March production
Nov 21 to Dec 9, 2012 • Royal Alexandra Theatre
The hottest ticket at this year's Summerworks Festival and the winner of the festival's Best Production Award, TERMINUS tells three interwoven stories set in contemporary Ireland, all told in heightened language and in rhyming verse. Powerful, thought-provoking and utterly beautiful, TERMINUS will be performed at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in a way never done before: the action of the play will happen at the lip of the stage, performed for an audience of only 200 seated on the theatre's storied stage.
WITHOUT YOU
Written by and Starring Anthony Rapp
Directed by Steve Maler
A Menier Chocolate Factory production
Dec 13, 2012 to Jan 6, 2013 • Panasonic Theatre
One of the original stars of RENT, Anthony Rapp, uses the backstory of the creation of this landmark musical to launch into a very personal exploration of love and loss. Punctuated with songs and accompanied by a five-member band, Rapp's virtuoso performance won accolades at the recent Edinburgh Fringe Festival and then transferred for a sold-out run in London.
CLYBOURNE PARK
by Bruce Norris
Directed by Joel Greenberg
Starring Audrey Dwyer, Michael Healey, Sterling Jarvis, Jeff Lillico, Mark McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec, Maria Ricossa.
A Studio 180 Theatre production
Feb 12 to March 3, 2013 • Panasonic Theatre
The most-acclaimed new play of this century; the winner of the Tony, Olivier, Evening Standard and the Pulitzer Prize, CLYBOURNE PARK is a hilarious look at race and real estate that asks questions many of us may not want to confront. Produced by Studio 180 Theatre, the company that also brought us STUFF HAPPENS and THE NORMAL HEART, CLYBOURNE PARK is essential for all who love theatre that matters.
DANCING WITH RAGE
Written by and Starring Mary Walsh
Directed by Karen Carpenter
Co-Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille & Resource Centre Arts Theatre Company
March 5 to 24, 2013 • Panasonic Theatre
Canada's favourite comedian, Mary Walsh, has created a new show that incorporates all the characters she has played over the years, including the infamous warrior princess, Marg Delahunty, with her armour-plated breasts and razor-sharp wit to “cut through all the BS.” Outrageous, original and totally honest, DANCING WITH RAGE will have you jumping for joy.
The Off-Mirvish launch video is up on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2Uq4quzq4
There is also a high-res downloadable version available here:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/TEhVSU5La0R5Ukh2WnRVag
The Off-Mirvish four-shows series package is now on sale for only $199 (front & middle orchestra) and $99 (rear orchestra & sides). Call 416-593-4225 or go to www.mirvish.com
Photo: Off-Mirvish promo clip. ©2012
2012-09-24
Toronto: Announcing ... Off-Mirvish: The Second Stage Series of bold, original, exciting new theatre