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Directed by Melee Hutton (KICK Theatre’s Dora nominated Miss Julie; Sheh’mah) and by turns ridiculous and terrifying, The Dumb Waiter's surreal events have Ben (Mark Wilson) and Gus (David Matheson) wondering who is in charge, and how they might escape from the structures of their lives.
Ben and Gus are holed up in an abandoned basement with a job to do. While they wait for ‘the call’ this comedy of menace moves between the ridiculous and the terrifying. Harold Pinter’s tense, claustrophobic, funny and surreal play asks the questions- how do we cope when the structures we know break down? How do you escape a situation from which there is no exit?
“The Dumb Waiter appeals to me on many levels; I love the rhythms and the fantastic celebration of language. I admire Pinter’s penetration of our patter to reveal our patterns. The play is both chilling and hilarious and it pulses with questions about how we live our lives in or out of, Denial.” (Melee Hutton)
Featuring Mark Wilson (little tongues) and David Matheson (Disciples, “The Dirties’), costume design by Ming Wong (Canopy Theatre Company), set design Andrea Mittler (2012 Dora Nominee, Wordsmyth Theatre’s Brothers Karamazov and Stratford Shakespeare Festival), sound designer James McKernan (Technical Director, Scenofest 2011), lighting design Siobhán Sleath (Stratford Shakespeare Festival), stage management by Sasha Maslow (Theatre@York) and assistant director and photography by Dahlia Katz (Dying Hard).
Harold Pinter's THE DUMB WAITER
May 15 to June 2, 2013
Preview May 15th
Opening and Media Night May 16th
Closing June 2
Odyssey Studio
636 Pape Avenue (Studio Entrance is on Cavell Avenue)
Tickets: $15-25
Online at www.wordsmyth.ca/Tickets.html
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Photo: David Matheson. ©2013 Dahlia Katz.
2013-04-25
Toronto: Wordsmyth Theatre presents Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” May 15-June 2