The Drowsy Chaperone
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Canterbury High School will be performing The Drowsy Chaperone written by Lisa Lambert, Don McKellar, Bob Martin and Greg Morrison. The Drowsy Chaperone, is a play within a play that takes the woman in chair into the 1920's to experience her favourite musical. The show will be running from November 22nd to 25th 2017.
Canterbury High School's musicals are highly acclaimed bi-annual productions executed by Canterbury's Dramatic Arts and Music programs. The show will take place in Canterbury's Barrie Alexander Auditorium and will run at 7:00pm, with individual tickets selling at $10 for students and seniors and $15 for adults. Tickets are available at the school and online.
About the Show
In this parody of a 1920's musical comedy, a lonely woman in chair listens to the record of her favourite musical in search of a cure for her sadness. As she listens to the record, she is transported into the world of the musical. The show within a show reveals the plot of the glamorous star of Fieldzieg's Follies, Janet Van Degraff who leaves the stage to pursue love and marry Robert Martin whom she had met on a french cruise three months earlier. The news is shocking to Mr. Feldzieg, who in turn sends two gangsters dressed as faux pastry chefs to seduce Ms. Von Degraff and stop the wedding. The efforts prove unsuccessful as the man tasked to seduce the bride, ends up seducing Janet's chaperone instead. It is all left to the best man George to accidentally break up the pair , who sends Robert into the garden blindfolded on roller skates. Janet, questioning whether Robert truly loves her, poses as a french girl and kisses him. Janet, shocked that Robert would kiss another woman, cancels the wedding.
About the Director
Paul Griffin, head of the Drama Department, has been teaching there for twenty-four years. He has directed over 30 shows and musicals such as the 2016 production of Shrek. He has created the Neon Bible Project, an original show that used the music from Arcade Fire's second album, that toured the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010, as well as The Death of a Perfect Stranger, a student adaptation of Canadian author Alan Bradley's novels in 2017. He directs professionally in various companies in Ottawa. Recent productions include Odyssey Theatre's They All Do It (2010), Vision Theatre's My Name is Rachel Corrie (2008), and Cart Before Horse's The Shape Of A Girl (2014). Paul is also a 2016 winner of the Rideau Award for best director for his production of Judith THomson's Perfect Pie, also with Cart before Horse.
