The 2005 Fundraising Gala 'Lawyer Play' Harlequinade by Terrence Rattigan
The Carleton County Law Association & the Great Canadian Theatre Company present:
The 2005 Fundraising Gala
'Lawyer Play' Harlequinade by Terrence Rattigan
directed by Lorne Pardy
Dinner Theatre Performances
Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12
at the Ottawa Congress Centre
Now an annual tradition in the calendar of the CCLA and the Ottawa legal community, the Sixth Annual "Lawyer Play" brings together nineteen lawyers to tread the boards of the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa's own professional theatre, to raise funds for GCTC and The Ottawa Foodbank, in early April 2005. To help celebrate GCTC's 30 Anniversary Season, this year, the "Lawyer Play" will be a dinner theatre event!
Under the direction of GCTC Artistic Director Lorne Pardy, the cast of lawyers this year are taking on the classic work Harlequinade.
A salute to life in the theatre, Harlequinade features aging actress Edna Selby and Arthur Gosport, her partner in life and on the stage. Harlequinade is pure fun. It's a backstage comedy reminiscent of the more farcical Noises Off. Everything takes place backstage as a troupe prepares a traveling production of Romeo and Juliet with some well-seasoned actors in the lead roles. Everything goes wrong -- from the aging Romeo having great difficulty climbing down from the balcony to real-life problems because Gosport years ago married and fathered a daughter before he married his present wife. The daughter, her husband and baby appear backstage, eager to meet the famous actor for the first time. The only problem is, he never divorced Wife No. 1. He's a bigamist, but Gosport's real problem is that he can no longer distinguish what is real and what is imaginary.
The cast features Judith Allen, Justice Colin McKinnon, Rohan Bansie, Master Robert Beaudoin, Suzanne Bouclin, Peter Doody, Ken Hall, Ted Mann, Doug Menzies, Kenneth Purchase, Shannon Ross, Ann Scholberg, Steve Sheppard, Ian Stauffer, Meg Steele and featuring Justice Jennifer Blishen and Justice Lynn Ratushny.
Two fundraising performances take place on April 11& 12 at the Ottawa Congress Centre (55 Colonel By Drive) with the Dinner Theatre Event including 6:30 pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Dinner, 8:15 pm Performance of Harlequinade and 9:15 pm Dessert and Champagne. All this for $125, with a tax receipt available for maximum allowable amount.
For tickets, call the GCTC Box Office at 236-5196
Great Canadian Theatre Company
910 Gladstone Ave. Ottawa, ON K1R 6Y4
www.gctc.ca
