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June 9-13, 2021.
June 9 – 13, 2021
“I like to call it the one performance festival that never needed to pivot. […] It was ahead of its time.” – J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail
Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
From Soulpepper as part of their Around the World in 80 Plays Series:
‘DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN’
PREMIERES THIS WEEK!
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL’S ACTIONS SHAKE A WORLD OFF ITS AXIS, HOW IS HONOUR RESTORED?
We are thrilled to have you join us for the final week of Around the World in 80 Plays, our eight-week global adventure of audio dramas, in-depth documentaries from CBC Ideas, and cultural highlights celebrating the global ‘canon’. This week we welcome you to Nigeria for the premiere of DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN by Wole Soyinka. This Nobel prize-winning play based on actual events in British-occupied Nigeria is available to stream beginning this Wednesday, June 9.
Presented in partnership with The Stratford Festival.
Thursday, June 10, 2021 7:00 pm
Marys Seacole
From Lincoln Center Theater
SHOWS EXPLORE SUPPORT ABOUT |
| FREE STREAM! ‘MARYS SEACOLE’ STARTS JUNE 10! LEARN MORE » |
| FREE STREAMING ON BROADWAY ON DEMAND BEGINS THURSDAY, JUNE 10 AT 7PM ET MARYS SEACOLE, a “breathless and radiant new play” (NYTimes) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of FAIRVIEW, is the story of an ambitious Jamaican nurse and caregiver whose adventures take her across oceans and eras, from a battlefield of the Crimean War to a contemporary urban playground, and many times and places in between. Our acclaimed LCT3 production of MARYS SEACOLE premiered at the Claire Tow Theater in 2019. Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, it features Gabby Beans, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marceline Hugot, Karen Kandel, Ismenia Mendes, and Lucy Taylor. 100 minutes runtime. REGISTER NOW » |