Still Got Something to Say: 6 Plays on Age
We are thrilled to announce that Théâtre Ouest End was the recipient of a very generous Digital Now! grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for our project Still Got Something to Say: 6 Plays on Age
The launch of Still Got Something to Say: 6 Plays on Age was a tremendous success! If you were unable to watch the livestream on June 1, don’t fret, you have 2 more weeks until June 15th to watch it on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Theatre-OUEST-END-105890394250104. YOU DON'T NEED A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT to be able to access our show on our Facebook page!
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with registration on the Eventbrite page, but it will be back up and running in a few days. When it is, you can register for tickets through Eventbrite here. In the meantime, as we mentioned above, you can make your way over to our Facebook page to watch the show!
If you would like to donate more than $50 and receive a tax receipt for your donation, please go to the following link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/montreal-west-operatic-society-inc/. Under “Send a message to this charity” on the Canada Helps website, please add “In Trust for Theatre Ouest End”. Thank you for supporting Theatre Ouest End.
The launch of Still Got Something to Say: 6 Plays on Age was a tremendous success! If you were unable to watch the livestream on June 1, don’t fret, you have 2 more weeks until June 15th to watch it on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Theatre-OUEST-END-105890394250104. YOU DON'T NEED A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT to be able to access our show on our Facebook page!
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with registration on the Eventbrite page, but it will be back up and running in a few days. When it is, you can register for tickets through Eventbrite here. In the meantime, as we mentioned above, you can make your way over to our Facebook page to watch the show!
If you would like to donate more than $50 and receive a tax receipt for your donation, please go to the following link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/montreal-west-operatic-society-inc/. Under “Send a message to this charity” on the Canada Helps website, please add “In Trust for Theatre Ouest End”. Thank you for supporting Theatre Ouest End.
With support from the grant, TOE commissioned 6 highly esteemed and seasoned Canadian playwrights to write a short play exploring the theme of age and ageing. We began this process asking: What does “old” mean? How does growing older often mean becoming the “other”? How then does ageism intersect with racialization, genderism, ableism, and social and economic marginalization?
We didn’t know the answers to all these questions, but we wanted to create an opportunity for our playwrights to explore the challenges of navigating an ageist world. These amazing playwrights are: Jane Gilchrist, Debra Kirshenbaum, Ann Lambert, Kent Stetson, Judith Thompson, and Rahul Varma.
They were joined by a team of wonderful theatre artists:
Directors: Zach Fraser, Murdoch Schon and Lib Spry
Actors: Vicky Barkoff, Ryan Bommarito, Clare Coulter, Ellen David, Brian Dooley, Marcel Jeannin, Debra Kirshenbaum, Laura Mitchell, Ronica Sanjani, Ivan Smith and Anissah Vanhorn.
Associate Producer: Beatrice Warner
Lighting designer: Linda Babins
Choreographer: Amrita Choudhury
Stage Manager: Elyse Quesnel
Assistant Stage Managers: Anissah Vanhorn & Rochelle Allen
Makeup and Hair: Gabbie McGuire
Technical support: James Douglas, and the wonderful folk at Beanduck productions!
Theatre Ouest End is also delighted to announce that we will continue our collaboration with Djanet Sears in a workshop of her play, Thomasina, Angel and Me that was commissioned for this Digital Now Project. Please see our website for the text of the play and much more information!
We didn’t know the answers to all these questions, but we wanted to create an opportunity for our playwrights to explore the challenges of navigating an ageist world. These amazing playwrights are: Jane Gilchrist, Debra Kirshenbaum, Ann Lambert, Kent Stetson, Judith Thompson, and Rahul Varma.
They were joined by a team of wonderful theatre artists:
Directors: Zach Fraser, Murdoch Schon and Lib Spry
Actors: Vicky Barkoff, Ryan Bommarito, Clare Coulter, Ellen David, Brian Dooley, Marcel Jeannin, Debra Kirshenbaum, Laura Mitchell, Ronica Sanjani, Ivan Smith and Anissah Vanhorn.
Associate Producer: Beatrice Warner
Lighting designer: Linda Babins
Choreographer: Amrita Choudhury
Stage Manager: Elyse Quesnel
Assistant Stage Managers: Anissah Vanhorn & Rochelle Allen
Makeup and Hair: Gabbie McGuire
Technical support: James Douglas, and the wonderful folk at Beanduck productions!
Theatre Ouest End is also delighted to announce that we will continue our collaboration with Djanet Sears in a workshop of her play, Thomasina, Angel and Me that was commissioned for this Digital Now Project. Please see our website for the text of the play and much more information!
The Covenant
Inspired by a true story, The Covenant is set in June, 1944 at Theresienstadt. Red Cross dignitaries are invited to marvel at this lively town which appears to be a haven for Jewish people in the heart of Czechoslovakia. Little do they know that this paradise is a ghetto and concentration camp, elaborately staged in order to conceal Nazi crimes against humanity. Forced to participate in the terrible charade, the ambitious politician Peter and the dedicated doctor Hilde find their idealism, their faith, and their love put to a terrible test. Timely and timeless, The Covenant will have its world premiere in November 2022 at the Segal Centre's Studio Space.
After he attended the staged reading at the Segal Centre in 2018, Martin Duckworth, a celebrated Canadian cinematographer and film maker wrote:
After he attended the staged reading at the Segal Centre in 2018, Martin Duckworth, a celebrated Canadian cinematographer and film maker wrote:
“Your play struck me with the force of a Tolstoy novel, combining as it did a polished historical scholarship, a sophisticated awareness of the tension between politics and morality, a great sensitivity to the contradictions of human emotions, an extraordinary skill at dramatic structure, plus something that Tolstoy lacked, a sense of humour which helped immensely in grounding the story. I would feel very privileged if I could have the pleasure of re-reading your script. As of now, it feels like one of those special works of art that has the quality of having leapt to life inevitably, the role of the artist being simply to reveal it to the world as received. Works that have an endless life. Please make sure it gets seen by people of all religious and political leanings.”
- Martin Duckworth
Show Dates
November 2022
(Precise show dates to be determined)
(Precise show dates to be determined)
Box Office
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