Jonathan Butterell said: “When Ashley approached us about collaborating on Brokeback Mountain we were struck immediately by his deep connection to the world and community that Annie has so brilliantly written about over the years. Grateful as all hell to reunite with Jonathan Butterell and to put this piece in his skilled and sensitive hands-what lucky actors, what a lucky team, and what a lucky production, all coming together under Nica Burns, in her marvel of a new space, Let’s ride.” A story that means so much to so many, and will surely mean as much to a whole new generation.ĭan Gillespie Sells’ powerful and beautiful songs, sung by “The Balladeer,” give voice to the tumultuous inner landscape of our wannabe cowboys (both young men of few words), and provide the scope of our vast and brutal outer landscape, not to mention allowing Proulx’s poetic prose to literally sing. Ashley’s script is fresh and deeply moving, opening sight lines not visible in the original nor successive treatments.”Īshley Robinson said: “I’m honoured to be entrusted by Annie Proulx to bring new life in new form to her timeless and universal story. Running for a limited season until 12 August 2023.Īnnie Proulx said: “Brokeback Mountain has been recreated in several different forms, each with its own distinctive moods and impact. This is a play with original music by Dan Gillespie Sells, performed by the extraordinary singer, Eddi Reader, joined by her onstage Country and Western band: Sean Green (piano/Musical Director), Meelie Traill (upright bass), Greg Miller (harmonica) and BJ Cole (pedal steel guitar). Dan Gillespie Sells’ beautiful Country and Western songs weave heartbreakingly through this intense tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences. When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth. Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities. The production sees Jonathan Butterell and Dan Gillespie Sells (The Feeling), creators of the hit musical and film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, reuniting with Producer Nica Burns. The world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells and based on Annie Proulx’s short story, is now playing Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Brokeback Mountain stars Mike Faist as Jack and Lucas Hedges as Ennis, both making their West End stage debuts. ©2003 Soulpepper Theatre Company.'One of the most heartbreaking queer stories ever told’ Note: A version of this review appeared in Eye Weekly. If only a cast on the level of Reid and Dennis could light up the play as well. At least Astrid Jansen's set is handsome and beautifully lit by Paul Mathiesen. Too often he strays into Stratford's bad habit of creating laughs from the scenery, not the text. Meant to be cute, this soon grows tiresome and ultimately insults the audience's intelligence. Fagan's initial distinction of the well-bred Kate from the barmaid Kate fades within minutes.ĭirector Albert Schultz has decided that every significant point in the dialogue should be accompanied by the ping of a harpsichord. Hughes never commands the formality nor Pettle the precise enunciation to suggest either is a high-born gentleman. Only Dennis and Reid have the technique to communicate a nuanced awareness of class making their richly comic performances the highlights of the show. Most of the play's humour derives from one person behaving inappropriately regarding the other's rank. The Hardcastles' daughter Kate (Patricia Fagan) perceives this and, as the title suggests, plays the low class role of a barmaid to win the love of Charles, the man her parents have planned that she marry. Charles's peculiarity is to be shy among women of his own class but forward with lower class females. Hardcastle (Oliver Dennis) as the innkeeper and his wife (Fiona Reid) as the landlady. Two gentlemen, Charles Marlowe (Stuart Hughes) and his friend George Hastings (Jordan Pettle), mistake the Hardcastle's old mansion for a country inn and treat Mr. The key to Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1773) is its satire of British class distinctions. Lacklustre performances from most of the cast and superficial direction rob one of the best-loved comedies in the English language of the big-hearted warmth and gentle wisdom it ought to have. Soulpepper's first foray into 18th-century comedy is a tepid affair. Soulpepper Theatre Company, du Maurier Theatre Centre, Toronto By Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Albert Schultz
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