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Salon Voltaire is pleased to announce a new partnership
with the Canadian Stage Company and The Visionaries Council. We will be presenting pre-show Salons before upcoming Canadian Stage Company
productions at the BLUMA APPEL THEATRE, starting October 17th, 2008. Each salon will expand on an aspect within each play with a
renowned guest speaker. Salon
Voltaire attendees will be able to attend the play afterwards at a fabulous price if they join the Visionaries Council (membership is
free!). More details at
http://www.canstage.com/2008-2009/content.php?ID=78
FROST/NIXON - Fri. Oct. 17 at 8PM, Salon Voltaire at 7PM
Winner of the 2007 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and a critically acclaimed runaway hit on London's West End and
Broadway, Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan is a gripping stage dramatization of the historic events leading up to and including the notorious
series of televised interviews that former President Richard Nixon granted British talk show host David Frost in 1977, after the
Watergate scandal. The play illustrates how Frost, a journalist with a light-weight reputation in the industry, came to solicit an
admission of guilt from the only United States president to resign from office. The New York Times called it a "ticking-bomb thriller"
while The Daily Telegraph wrote, "A terrific new play that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping and entertaining. What's more, like
all good history, it illuminates the present while examining the past." Dora Award-winning actor David Storch will star as Frost.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Fri. Nov. 28 at 8PM, Salon Voltaire at 7PM
It's a Wonderful Life is a stage adaptation of Frank Capra's Academy Award-nominated iconic holiday classic ingeniously staged as a live
radio play. Playwright Philip Grecian brings a new dimension to the story of George Bailey, the unsung, well-loved hero of Bedford Falls.
An ensemble of actors portrays dozens of characters from the movie, switching effortlessly between voice and live sound effects,
utilizing techniques harkening back to the golden age of radio. This retelling of a timeless tale is sure to be a compelling holiday
showpiece.
MISS JULIE: FREEDOM SUMMER - Fri. Feb. 13 at 8PM, Salon Voltaire at 7PM
A smoldering new adaptation of August Strindberg's masterpiece, Miss Julie: Freedom Summer is set in Mississippi on the night of July
4th, 1964, when racial and sexual tensions ignite in a riveting struggle for power, freedom and social change during the explosive Civil
Rights Era. The adaptation premiered in Los Angeles in May 2007. The Hollywood Reporter called it "a gripping piece of theatre" and
Backstage wrote "a taut adaptation.[that] stands on its own as a new, compelling drama." Written and directed by Stephen Sachs, the drama
stars Dora Award-winning actress Caroline Cave as Miss Julie.
SHIRLEY VALENTINE - Fri. Mar. 27 at 8PM, Salon Voltaire at 7PM
Reuniting with director Roy Surette, Nicola Cavendish reprises her Dora Award-winning performance as Shirley Valentine in this humourous
and moving Canadian Stage Company revival. It is the story of a bored housewife who gets a new lease on life after a trip to Greece.
According to Vit Wagner of the Toronto Star, Cavendish "has the house in her hands from the opening moment.a bravura performance" and CBC
Radio reported, "Nicola Cavendish is simply magnificent, a sure-fire smash hit." Written by Olivier Award-winning British playwright
Willy Russell, Shirley Valentine took London's West End and Broadway by storm, winning numerous awards including the 1988 Olivier Award
and 1989 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. The 1989 film adaptation was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
DOUBT, A PARABLE - Fri. May 8 at 8PM, Salon Voltaire at 7PM
Heralded as the most powerful theatrical event of the decade, Doubt, a Parable is the recipient of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony,
Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics' Circle, Outer Critics Circle and Obie Awards. Created by American playwright John Patrick Shanley,
the Academy Award-winning author of Moonstruck and Joe and the Volcano, Doubt, a Parable is the Broadway and West End sensation that took
New York critics by storm. It was voted best new play of the year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. Set
against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, the production is a gripping, suspense-filled tug-of-war between a popular
priest and a strong-minded nun who suspects her colleague of improper conduct with a student. The controversial play dramatizes issues
ripped from today's headlines and tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
For more information about Salon Voltaire please contact Linda Theron, Executive Director at: linda@salon-voltaire.com
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