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"smart, heartfelt"
- Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
"so raw and intimate you might feel you're eavesdropping"
- Jo Ledingham, Courier
"Brave, terrifying, sad ... well worth seeing"
- Gillian Lockitch, Review from the House
"well written, well directed, the actors captivating"
- Kari Barrett, The Peak |
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 NELLY BOY
by Dave Deveau
Directed by Cameron Mackenzie
22 October to 01
November
PAL Theatre, 581 Cardero at Georgia (see map)
Caught in the middle of opposing gender ideals, Nelly is forced to confront hatred and his/her own perceptions of the world in order to survive suburbia.
Produced by Zee Zee Theatre in association with Screaming Weenie Productions and is presented as part of the See Seven independent subscription series.
ALLAN ZINYK Man/Father
AMITAI MARMORSTEIN Nelly
CAMERON MACKENZIE Director, Producer
DAVE DEVEAU Playwright
SEÁN CUMMINGS Assistant Director
MARINA SZIJARTO Set Designer
JERGUŠ
OPRŠAL Lighting Designer
SYDNEY CAVANAGH Costume Designer
MICHAEL RINALDI Sound Designer
JILLIAN PERRY Stage Manager
TIM FURNESS Technical Director
EMMA SLIPP Production Assistant/Front of House
BRANDON GAUKEL Production Photographer
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“Despite gloomy predictions of the future of indie theatre in these trying economic times it’s heartening to see ever more new and driven companies springing up in Vancouver. Companies with something to say, and the desire to say it from the stage. Companies with more passion than money, and the will to get the production up regardless. Companies like Zee Zee Theatre. I’m proud to see independent Vancouver artists like Cameron Mackenzie taking the task this seriously. If we keep going like this, Vancouver could very well be a formidable force in presenting indie theatre to the world as a profitable and sustainable industry.”
-Simon Ogden, The Next Stage
“Playing Auto, Jeff Gladstone delivers a performance that defines a new high-water mark in his career. His work feels so deeply internal that it's like his character is imploding. And when Auto tries to emerge from psychic hiding to respond to Jude's touch, it obviously hurts so much that you can't help but be moved… A lot of theatre is boring because it's emotionally timid. MacDonald's script and director Cameron Mackenzie's production aren't afraid to ooze bodily fluids.”
-Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
“Under Cameron Mackenzie's sensitive direction for Zee Zee Theatre, Gladstone and Jon Lachlan Stewart (as Jude) are tender and as playful as a pair of bear cubs. Stewart, particularly, is so sweet--almost cherubic--that good feeling simply flows from him. I don't remember the first time I saw the play feeling such goodness emanating from this character. When Jude finally does break through to Auto and then to Lyle, it's like the clouds have cleared and the sun has broken through. There are a couple of embraces that just about rip your heart Out.”
-Jo Ledingham, The Courier |
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 WHALE RIDING WEATHER
by Bryden MacDonald
Directed by Cameron Mackenzie
February 12 to 28, 2009
PAL Theatre Vancouver, 581 Cardero at Georgia
This multiple-award-winning Canadian play follows rich and complex characters on a journey through addiction and co-dependence towards self-awareness and freedom.
Lyle, a campy old queen and alcoholic, regales us with unashamed egocentric tales. His younger lover, Auto, stands as a wounded child trapped in the body of a man who has become co-dependent and depressive after years with Lyle. Auto's new friend and would-be-lover Jude sweeps in and brings a fresh outlook on life: a tenderness that both men have forgotten.
Whale Riding Weather is a painfully beautiful story of love, regret, forgiveness, loss and freedom.
ALLAN MORGAN Lyle
JEFF GLADSTONE Auto
JON LACHLAN STEWART Jude
CAMERON MACKENZIE Director, Producer
BRYDEN MACDONALD Playwright
MARINA SZIJARTO Set Designer
JEFF HARRISON Lighting Designer
SYDNEY CAVANAGH Costume Designer
JILLIAN PERRY Stage Manager
EMMA SLIPP Production Assistant |
