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Directed by: Mike Payette and Liz Valdez
Produced by Tableau d'hôte Theatre
An English Montreal Premiere
by two-time Governor General Award winning playwright Timothy Findley
In the small hours of the night before Ash Wednesday, 1601, William Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain's Men receive an unexpected visitor to their humble lodgings. Unable to rest, the Queen herself has come to keep vigil on the eve of the execution of her former lover, the Earl of Essex. Her arrival provokes the rapier-sharp wit and keen insight of Ned Lowenscroft, the company's brilliant performer of women's roles, and sparks the imagination of the Bard. In the course of the long night and their often turbulent exchanges, the actor, the queen, and the playwright must confront the roles they have played and the lives they have lived, wresting with questions of identity, sexuality, and love, all the while asking: what makes a man a man, and a woman a woman?
Set in a timeless past with deep resonances for modern audiences, Elizabeth Rex is an imaginative 'tour de force'.
Don't miss the Pay-What-You-Can first preview on June 19 and 2 for 1 night on June 25 available in person or by phone at 514.739.7944.
Tableau D'Hôte Theatre is an award-winning independent company based in Montreal. In its seven seasons of being "Montreal's home for Canadian theatre", TDHT is the winner of multiple awards and has worked with some of Montreal's finest and innovative artists.
Previous Tableau D'Hôte Theatre productions in the Segal Studio include the box-office record-breaking premiere Humans (2011) by Daniel MacIvor, acclaimed Montreal premiere A Line in the Sand (2010) by Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef, and the World premiere of Haunted House (2009) by Endre Farkas.
Most recent awards include:
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MECCA Winner: Best Director, Liz Valdez (Humans)
MECCA Winner: Best Lighting, Jody Burkholder (Humans)
MECCA Winner: Best Actress, Glenda Breganza (A Line in the Sand)
MECCA Winner: Best Actor, Chip Chuipka (A Line in the Sand)
MECCA Winner: Best Set, Lara Kaluza (A Line in the Sand)
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