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During a blizzard, travelling salesman Howard Trapp’s car gets stuck in a snow drift on a remote mountain road in the Swiss Alps. He seeks refuge from the winter storm at a chalet where several older gentlemen seem more than willing to help him − or so it seems.
Trapp has found himself at the home of retired Judge Emile Carpeau. Carpeau offers Trapp a meal, a stiff drink and a place to stay until the storm blows over. Trapp gladly accepts and quickly learns that he has stumbled upon the men as they embark on a game which helps keep them young. Retired Judge Carpeau, retired Public Defender Bernard Laroque and retired Prosecutor Gustave Kummer amuse themselves by re-trying historical court cases in their parlour. Another elderly man, Joseph Pillet, is also part of the group. At his hosts’ request, Trapp cheerfully joins the game as the defendant. Yet the moment Trapp agrees to play, Nicole, the pretty maid, leaves and the creepy manservant Pierre appears. Only as the evening progresses does the hapless salesman realize that he may have unwittingly entered into a game that is − quite literally − a matter of life and death…
The tension builds slowly and inexorably, as the battle of wits and wiles effectively blends horror and black humour with probing of deeper issues of human moral frailty.
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STAGE CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
proudly present
a psychological thriller
THE DEADLY GAME
adapted by James Yaffe
from a novella by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
"…the tension builds with the slow, steady, intricate movement of a courtroom drama…remarkably rewarding." ~ New York Times
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Directed by Michael James Burgess
Assistant Director and Set Design: Robin Phillips
Lighting by Cynthia Pereira
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With Tommy Boston, Mark Brombacher, Michael Chodos, Judy Gans, Frank Keenan, James Marshall, Hanna Peltoniemi-Fam and Daniel Wyse
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January 21-23, 27-30, 2016: 8 pm
January 24 & 30, 2016: 2 pm Matinee
Stage Centre Productions' third play of the 39th season at the Fairview Library Theatre, The Deadly Game, opens on January 21, 2016 and runs until Saturday, January 30, 2016. Please call the Box Office at 416-299-5557 to reserve tickets or book on line through http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
DATES: January 21 to 24 (Thursday to Sunday) and January 27 to 30 (Wednesday to Saturday)
MEDIA/VIP OPENING: Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.
TIMES: Performances begin at 8:00 p.m., except the matinees on January 17 and 30, which begin at 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Adults $30 Seniors/Students $25 To order tickets call 416.299.5557 or click http://www.stagecentreproductions.com/SCP_SingleTickets.htm
LOCATION: Fairview Public Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive, North York, steps away from the Don Mills Subway Station on the Sheppard Line. There is plenty of free parking in the Fairview Mall parking lot. Both wheelchair access and hearing devices are available.
Stage Centre Productions, a full repertory theatre company founded in 1977 and dedicated to presenting a wide cross-section of plays, usually offers five productions each season. We are now celebrating our 39th season with Gaslight (October 1 to 10), The Dover Road (November 26 to December 5, 2015), The Deadly Game (January 21 to 30, 2016), Leading Ladies (March 17 to 26, 2016) and You Never Can Tell (May 19 to 28, 2016). This season is the fifth under Artistic Director Michael James Burgess, who brings many years of experience to the company.
The company constructs all the sets, costumes, wigs and properties required for each production at its rehearsal workshop in Scarborough.
For more information about Stage Centre Productions check out our website at http://www.stagecentreproductions.com/SCPframest.html
Photo: Mark Brombacher (as Howard Trapp) and Hanna Peltoniemi-Fam (as Nicole, the maid). ©2015 Fabio Saposnik.
2016-01-06
Toronto: Stage Centre Productions presents "The Deadly Game"