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Toronto: Soldiers in the Arts is staging two productions May 3-7 and May 10-21

Friday, April 28, 2023

Soldiers in the Arts is staging two productions May 3-7 and May 10-21

Soliders in the Arts is a Canadian non-profit that uses theatre to address traumatic stress and related problems encountered by veterans and their loved ones. 

It is staging two productions this May. Proceeds go towards Soldiers in the Arts programs and productions.

 • I Found My Horn

Website: www.ifoundmyhorn.com

Dates: May 3-7, 2023

Where: Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street, Toronto, ON, M5A 2W6)

Tickets:

app.arts-people.com

Cost: $45 Adults, $25 Seniors

Description: I Found My Horn is a one-man show and true story about a man’s mid-life crisis, written by Jasper Rees and Jonathan Guy Lewis, adapted from the book by Jasper Rees and directed by by Harry Burton. Jasper wakes up one day after a broken marriage with the fear that he has done nothing memorable, and decides to pick up the French horn that defeated him in his youth. He gives himself an impossible task: to perform a Mozart concerto in one year’s time in front of a paying audience of horn fanatics. What entails next is a feel-good show placing the transforming power of music centre-stage.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (Preview): 8pm

Thursday, May 4, 2023 (Opening Night): 8pm

Friday, May 5, 2023: 8pm

Saturday, May 6, 2023: 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, May 7, 2023: 2pm


 • Tunnel at the End of the Light

Website: www.rgf-sita.com

Dates: May 10-21, 2023

Where: Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street, Toronto, ON, M5A 2W6)

Tickets:

app.arts-people.com

Cost: Adults $45, Military $25, Seniors $25

Description: In this darkly funny and poignant new play by Jonathan Guy Lewis, he explores the very raw emotions that the veteran community are feeling after the sudden fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. What was the point of it all? They thought they were there to make a difference, for the long haul. But it turns out that was a lie. So… who betrayed who? Proceeds go towards Soldiers in the Arts programs and productions.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 (Preview): 8pm

Thursday, May 11, 2023 (Opening Night): 8pm

Friday, May 12, 2023: 8pm

Saturday, May 13, 2023: 2pm and 8pm

Wednesday, May 17, 2023: 8pm

Thursday, May 18, 2023: 8pm

Friday, May 19, 2023: 8pm

Saturday, May 20, 2023: 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, May 21, 2023: 2pm

For more information, visit www.rolandgossagefoundation.com.