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Posted: 10/28/10 at 11:47am
The Andersen Project-Canadian Stage Company
Originally a commision from the Kingdom of Denmark to celebrate the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, this 2005 production finally makes its Toronto debut. One man (the man in this production being Yves Jacques) plays all characters on a very slick, multi-media set, the sort we've come to expect from Robert Lepage. Fredric, an albino songwriter from Montreal, has come to the Paris Opera to write a libretto based on an Anderson fairy tale. The people he meets, the machinations of art and sexual identity, overlayed with both Andersen's Dryad fairytale and his sexual ambiguity, make for a terrific play. And a very, very funny one!
Be warned! This is two hours and ten minutes without an intermission. That really pushes the limit for a one act play. I enjoyed every minute of it, but there was much grumbling around me.
http://www.canadianstage.com/andersenproject
Originally a commision from the Kingdom of Denmark to celebrate the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, this 2005 production finally makes its Toronto debut. One man (the man in this production being Yves Jacques) plays all characters on a very slick, multi-media set, the sort we've come to expect from Robert Lepage. Fredric, an albino songwriter from Montreal, has come to the Paris Opera to write a libretto based on an Anderson fairy tale. The people he meets, the machinations of art and sexual identity, overlayed with both Andersen's Dryad fairytale and his sexual ambiguity, make for a terrific play. And a very, very funny one!
Be warned! This is two hours and ten minutes without an intermission. That really pushes the limit for a one act play. I enjoyed every minute of it, but there was much grumbling around me.
http://www.canadianstage.com/andersenproject
