http://www.theatromania.ca/taxonomy/term/130/all en http://www.theatromania.ca/news/beggars-opera <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="863" height="585" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/BeggarsOperasignatureimage_0.jpg?1390705141" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Theatre @ York's Gwen Dobie on adapting and directing John Gay's social satire for the 21st century</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Interview </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A Theatre @ York production<br />Presented by the Departments of Theatre, Music, Dance and Digital Media in the Faculty of Fine Arts<br />Adapted and directed by Gwen Dobie<br />Musical direction by Stephanie Martin</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>This week, Theatre @ York is bringing together professional and emerging talent in theatre, music, dance and digital media to mount an updated production of John Gay's 18th century satire <a href="http://finearts.yorku.ca/beggarsopera"><em><strong>The Beggar's Opera</strong></em></a>. Adapted and directed by interdisciplinary theatre artist Gwen Dobie, this modern interpretation transforms York University's Sandra Faire &amp; Ivan Fecan Theatre into the Lincoln Fields Correctional Institute, where visitors are invited to witness the "inmates" performing within.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Tue, 2014-01-28</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sat, 2014-02-01</span> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/beggars-opera" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/beggars-opera#comments Interviews Opera Theatre @ York Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:53:03 +0000 Lauren Gillett 736 at http://www.theatromania.ca