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Intimate, sculptural, and immediate, don't miss Canadian theatre legend Clare Coulter's return to our World Stage Redux festival in LEAR: A Retrospective.
Between 2011 and 2014, Coulter performed the role of Shakespeare’s King Lear three times. Each directed by Philip McKee, and each time they thought it would be the last; because, in their effort to tell King Lear’s story of generational inequality, of the struggle to both give and receive a legacy, they ended up living it instead.
LEAR: A Retrospective propels the improbable collaboration of this work into a new form. It’s a performance that attempts to examine conflicts without succumbing to them, one that escapes the orbit of Shakespeare by using attachment theory and autobiography in an intergenerational dialogue about what is most inevitable.
LEAR: A Retrospective
Philip McKee + Clare Coulter
Canada
Created with Rose Plotek
TICKETS
Regular: $35
Students & Youth: $15
DURATION
60 minutes
VENUE
Studio Theatre
DATES & TIMES
1Wed, April 5 > 8pm
2Thu, April 6 > 8pm
3Fri, April 7 > 8pm
4Sat, April 8 > 8pm
5Sun, April 9 > 2pm.
A relaxed performance of this production takes place on April 9 at 2pm.
EXTRAS
LEAR: A Retrospective – Pre-show Tea
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 – 7pm
Join one of our provocative World Stage Scholars-in-Residence (VK Preston and Matt Sergi) for a pre-show tea. VK and Matt, both professors at the University of Toronto, have created a series of structured, highly interactive discussions, custom-fit to each show in our season, to get World Stage audiences thinking, debating, and buzzing with questions as they enter the theatre. Admission is free with the purchase of a ticket to the opening performance of LEAR: A Retrospective.
LEAR: A Retrospective – Talkshow
Thursday, April 6, 2017 – After the show
Following this evening’s performance, connect with the artists as they field your questions and discuss the work you’ve just seen. It’s the most direct behind-the-scenes access you can get. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.
Photo: Clare Coulter. ©2017 Guntar Kravis.
2017-02-14
Toronto: World Stage presents Clare Coulter in "LEAR: A Retrospective" April 5-9