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Twelfth Night is a 400 year old classic that is still full of life and fun as presented by the National Arts Centre.

January 25, 2016 by Allan Mackey

Twelfth Night is a 400 year old classic that is still full of life and fun as presented by the National Arts Centre.

After the curtain call on Saturday night, the woman sitting next to me said to her companion, “That was so cool.” She wasn’t the only one to think so as the walking line back to the (mercifully indoor) parking lot was abuzz with audiences raving about the things they loved in the National Arts Centre’s production of Twelfth Night. In comparison to that, anything else I could tell you is far secondary.

It starts, as in The Tempest, with a stormy night at sea. Viola washes up far from home on the shores of Illyria and, presenting herself as a man called Cesario, scores a sweet gig in the court of Duke Orsino. Orsino has convinced himself that he is deeply in love with the perpetually mourning and refusing to take suitors Countess Olivia and he sends Cesario to be his wingman, with an order not to be refused. In quick fashion, Olivia falls in love with Cesario and makes repeat excuses to see him again. Not knowing, of course, that Cesario is really Viola or knowing that Viola herself has fallen in love with Duke Orsino. Remember, Orsino also thinks Viola a man. Everything and everybody gets even more confused when Viola’s presumed drowned (on that same stormy night) fraternal twin brother Sebastian shows up and is constantly mistaken for Cesario.

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Anne & Gilbert The Musical: A love affair for the entire family this Holiday Season

December 7, 2015 by Matthew Champ

Anne & Gilbert The Musical: A love affair for the entire family this Holiday Season

Picking up after the events of Anne of Green Gables, Anne & Gilbert The Musical follows our beloved Anne Shirley as she starts her career as a school master and later as she goes off to University.  Anne finds herself followed all the way by her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe, who is quite determined to convince Anne to marry him, despite Anne’s hesitations. Covering the content of the second and third novel in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s series, Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, Anne & Gilbert The Musical is definitely a family classic that will make the entire audience believe in love by the end.Read the full review.

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