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"I’ve poured two hundred thousand cups of tea, made four thousand six hundred medium-sized quiches and personally baked two tons of light crust pastry. And for what?"
As a clergy wife Grace has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Now, following the death of her husband Bardolph, she is enjoying the new-found freedom of being able to do and say exactly as she pleases. But the return of her eccentric missionary sister, Ruth, together with some disturbing revelations forces Grace to confront the truth of her marriage. Set in a classic English vicarage garden, the play is filled with sharp-edged comedy and probing wit.
"Entertaining Angels is a captivating piece of theatre, which has buckets full of emotional warmth and poignancy." ~ What’s OnStage
Entertaining Angels, starring Dame Penelope Keith, opened the main season at England's Chichester Festival Theatre in 2006 and played to a record-breaking 26,000 people in just over three weeks. Following the sell-out UK national tour playing to over 100,000 people, this much-acclaimed play has been performed all over the world including Switzerland, Israel, South Africa and New Zealand, and has enjoyed great success with amateur companies with over 100 productions…and counting!
Stage Centre Productions is honoured to have been entrusted with the North American première.
"This deceptively profound comic play was thoroughly absorbing and entertaining. It ... surprised and delighted with its ability to shake preconceptions." ~ Edinburgh Guide
"..this sharp and witty comedy… the laughter constantly bubbles to the surface giving full value to Everett’s witty, perceptive and very funny script… highly recommended!" ~ British Theatre Guide
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Stage Centre Productions' opening play of the 40th season at the Fairview Library Theatre, Entertaining Angels, opens on September 29, 2016 and runs until Saturday, October 8, 2016. Please call the Box Office at 416-299-5557 to reserve tickets or book on line through http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THEIR 40TH SEASON
STAGE CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
proudly present
The North American première
of
Entertaining Angels
"A warm, glowing, serious comedy, like an Ayckbourn play finished by J.M. Barrie."
~ The Sunday Times.
by Richard Everett
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"Everett, a dramatist new to me, has come up with that increasingly rare commodity, a boulevard comedy that is both entertaining and affecting… This is a funny, touching and genuinely thought-provoking comedy." ~ The Daily Telegraph
Directed by Michael James Burgess
Assistant Director: Thom Jaskula
Stage Manager: Lorraine Kimsa
Set Design: J. B. Pierre Rajotte
Lighting by David Buffham
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With Judy Gans, Heather Goodall, Nikki Hogan,
Janice Peters Gibson and Daniel Wyse
DATES: September 29 to October 2 (Thursday to Sunday) and October 5 to October 8 (Wednesday to Saturday)
MEDIA/VIP OPENING: Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.
TIMES: Performances begin at 8:00 p.m., except the matinees on October 2 and 8, 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.
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 40th season with Entertaining Angels (September 29 to October 8, 2016), The Best Man (November 24 to December 3, 2016), Strictly Murder (January 26 to February 4, 2017), Stepping Out (March 16 to 25, 2017) and Anything to Declare? (May 18 to 27, 2017). This season is the sixth 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.
2016-09-09
Toronto: Stage Centre Productions presents the North American premiere of "Entertaining Angels"