Presented by Village Scene Productions
ThÉÂtre Sainte-Catherine (264, rue Sainte-Catherine Est)

Presented by Village Scene Productions
ThÉÂtre Sainte-Catherine (264, rue Sainte-Catherine Est)

Presentations will be in both English and French for a total of ten performances from August 10 to 15 at Théâtre Sainte-Catherine (264 rue Sainte-Catherine Est) as an associate event of the Montréal Pride Celebrations 09.

Celebrating his 15th year of artistic life this season, Davyn Ryall has been toying a long time with the idea of presenting Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece of a play. “The Importance of Being Earnest”. at the heart of the summer season. Fascinated by Oscar Wilde’s vivid spirit, Davyn Ryall has attempted to stay as close as possible to the four act original text with endless subtleties. The four-act version of this radically absurd play, which was arguably in some respects written well ahead of its time, is filled to the brim with summertime fun and now with the tasteful addition of some entertaining dance and lively music. -Not without a certain contrast, it proposes moreover a new sparkling translation of this comedy ever-so popular over 100 years after its creation, and adapted to the flavour of the day by locating the action in Montréal in the year 1929, while still keeping the spirit of its original era, the Victorian England of the 19th century.

This show features nine of Montréal’s own local bilingual professional talents: Aleksandra Lipskaia (Miss Prism), Simon Chaussé (Dr. Rev. Chausable), Jonathan Marquis (Lane, & Mr. Gribsby), Jessica Hill (Gwendolyn Fairfax), Chris Nachaj (Algernon Moncrieff), Elsa Perez (Lady Bracknell),  Marc-André Poulin (Jack Worthing), Kristina Sandev (Cecily Cardew) and Stéphane Turgeon (Merriman).

Directed by Davyn Ryall.

Information at Village Scene Productions

Tickets: $10 to $20 General seating. Wheel chair accessible.
Available in advance at PRIAPE, 1311 Sainte-Catherine Est | 514 521-8451 www.priape.com Groups and information contact: PVSP tickets@villagescene.com 514 656-3420.

Now in its ninth season VSP (Village Scene Productions) provides over 25 of Montréal’s own talents with opportunities to perform in two productions on our local stages. Village Scene Productions, making the world a better place, one production at a time since 2000. A celebration of the contribution made by LGBT culture to the performing arts in: Theatre, Dance, Music. A cornucopia of diversity in the performing arts...

VSP thanks our 2009 season supporters: Fondation Émergence; Players Theatre; 2009 Montréal Pride Celebrations; Priape; BBCM Foundation; Quebec Drama Federation.

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