THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Life on the Antler River
By Adam Corrigan Holowitz
After the novel by Kenneth Grahame
Performance Times
Director Adam Corrigan Holowitz; Music Director Stephen Holowitz
Join Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr. Toad for an adventure on the Antler River in Southwestern Ontario.
A pastoral cycle of a year of life on the river. Mole discovers there is life beyond his hole, when he makes friends with Ratty. Along with the wise Badger, they come to the aid of Mr. Toad when his latest obsession, Motorcars, gets him in more trouble than he could have ever imagined. This new version reimagines the classic story in a Southwestern Ontario setting, steeped in the natural history of the region.
FOOLS AND LOVERS
Widows’ Scarlet
By Hilda Mary Hooke is produced by special arrangement with the Paywrights Guild of Canada.
Brothers in Arms
By Merrill Denison is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Performance Times
Director Adam Corrigan Holowitz
Two comedies from Canada’s theatrical past!
Widows’ Scarlet by Hilda Mary Hooke, one of London Ontario’s first playwrights, and Brothers in Arms by Merrill Denison, one of the most produced plays in Ontario in the 1920s.
In Widows’ Scarlet, Dr. Troyer has been accusing the women of Long Point of witchcraft but he meets his match in a clever young widow who will make him the butt an elaborate practical joke.
In Brothers in Arms, a businessman and his wife wait for a ride to the train after a weekend in the woods, but an encounter with a woodsman challenges their perspectives on money, valour and the Canadian identity.
Presented in partnership with Alvego Root Theatre.
The Wind in the Willows: Life on the Antler River
Opening: July 10 at 3:00 p.m.
July 11, 17, 18, 23 at 7:30 p.m.
July 24 at 2:00 p.m.
Fools and Lovers: Widows’ Scarlet and Brothers in Arms
Opening: July 10 at 7:00 p.m.
July 16, 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m.
July 17 at 2:00 p.m.
