Theatre 20 has announced the creative team that will come together to produce the new company's first full production, Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare by Joseph Aragon. It's a dark musical comedy loosely based on the story of two murderous 19th-century entrepreneurs who earned extra cash by selling the bodies of 17 people they'd done away with to the Edinburgh Medical College as research cadavers.
The show will be directed by Theatre 20's founding artistic director Adam Brazier, with musical direction by Jason Jestadt and creative consulting from Colm Wilkinson. Design will be by Beth Kates (sets) and Melanie McNeill (costumes), with choreography by Linda Garneau. The cast will be announced in a few days.
Theatre 20 is a new artist-led company. Its founders are the performers who've been associated with most of Toronto's biggest musical productions of the past 40 years, like Wilkinson (Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera), Louise Pitre (Les Miz, Mamma Mia!), Brent Carver (Lord of the Rings, Kiss of the Spider Woman), Ma-Anne Dionisio (Miss Saigon) and Dan Chameroy (Beauty and the Beast).
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare runs from October 9 to 28 at the Panasonic Theatre, and is among the Mirvish presentations this season. For tickets, visit TicketKing.
(Incidentally, Theatre 20 is holding a "Name That Cadaver" contest for a pair of tickets to the press opening. Something Scottish, perhaps?)
Photo credit: Image by Ashton Doudelet and Andy Thomas.
Photo credit: Image by Ashton Doudelet and Andy Thomas.
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