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Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents “Madame Minister” November 28-December 7
Monday, October 21, 2024
Madame Minister is Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman’s hilarious adaptation of Branislav Nušić’s The Cabinet Minister’s Wife (1929), a great Serbian comedy and considered one of the funniest theatrical creations of all time.
Madame Minister is a comedy about a family in uncertain times. It is a comedy about power. It is a comedy about a mother who will stop at nothing to recast her son-in-law. Directed by Layne Coleman, Madame Minister will be staged site-specifically in a beautiful residential heritage home in Barrie.
Stratford and Soulpepper veteran Laura Condlln makes her Talk Is Free Theatre debut in the titular role. Condlln is joined by several artists familiar to the TIFT audiences, including Noah Beemer (Into the Woods, The Judas Kiss), Aidan deSalaiz (Into the Woods, The Judas Kiss), Gabi Epstein (Sweeney Todd, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Mariya Khomutova (First Métis Man of Odessa), Cyrus Lane (La Bête, Sweeney Todd), Nolan Moberly (Tales of an Urban Indian). Rounding out the cast is newcomer to the TIFT stage Brittany Kay.
The production will be designed by Varvara Evchuk and Shaquille Pottinger will serve as Assistant Director. Production Manager is Maya Royer, Stage Manager Meghan Speakman and Assistant Stage Manager Alysse Szatkowski.
Madame Minister is presented by Kim Kieller and Fred Strangway, Peter Koetsier and Wendy Wingfelder.
Madame Minister runs November 28 - December 7, 2024.
For tickets and more information, visit www.tift.ca.