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Studio 180 is proud to present the Canadian premiere of Cock, an award-winning and acclaimed comedy by British playwright Mike Bartlett. Cock not only introduces Toronto audiences to one of the most exciting new voices in English-language theatre, but also to Studio 180’s new home base – The Theatre Centre’s brand new facility at 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto.
When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten out the situation…
Mike Bartlett’s punchy play takes a playful, candid and refreshing look at the classic love triangle. In another era, Cock would have been described as a comedy of manners; it is exactly that, except that the manners in question have changed greatly since the time of Noel Coward and the other recognized masters of the genre.
Cock premiered at the Royal Court Theatre to rave reviews in 2009 and won the 2010 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. The play’s Off-Broadway premiere in 2012 was equally lauded and played an extended run at the Duke on 42nd Street.
Considered among the most talented and prolific playwrights of his generation, Bartlett has written for the National Theatre, The OId Vic, Headlong and many other leading companies. His adaptation of Chariots of Fire was a major hit in London’s West End in 2012. Cock is his first play to be produced in Canada.
Cock is directed in Toronto by Joel Greenberg. It stars Ian D. Clark, Jessica Greenberg, Andrew Kushnir and Jeff Miller
. Set and costumes are designed by John Thompson
and lighting by Kimberly Purtell
.
Studio 180 Theatre presents
The Canadian Premiere of the Olivier Award–Winning Comedy
COCK
By Mike Bartlett • Directed by Joel Greenberg
“A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion.”
EVENING STANDARD
“Feisty, hypnotic and oddly energizing exercise in emotional carnage.”
NEW YORK TIMES (named one of the 10 best plays of 2012)
“A brilliant and blackly hilarious feat of provocation.”
THE INDEPENDENT
“Mercilessly accurate, wickedly funny and strangely touching.” FINANCIAL TIMES
“A terrific contemporary play that puts much of other theater to shame.” HUFFPOST
April 4 to 27, 2014 • The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West
April 4 to 27, 2014
Previews: April 4 & 5
Media Opening: Sunday, April 6, 2PM
Performance Schedule: Tue–Sat 8PM; matinees Wed 1:30PM, Sat & Sun 2PM
The show runs 90 minutes without an intermission.
Tickets: $25 to $35
By Phone: 416-872-1212
Online: studio180theatre.com
The Theatre Centre has transformed the historic Carnegie Library at 1115 Queen Street West into a 21st century live arts hub and incubator, and a permanent home for the company.
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Toronto: Studio 180 presents the Canadian premiere of "Cock" April 4-27