By the light of a moon-filled night in 1926 Newfoundland, two lovers contemplate their future. A bold, lyrical interpretation of a classic Canadian play
Date/Time: Feb 20 2018, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Richmond, Gateway Theatre | Event calendarCost: $29.00
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This glorious production of David French’s Salt-Water Moon was a sold-out hit in Toronto last season. The beloved Canadian classic about love, loss, and reconciliation was daringly re-imagined by visionary director Ravi Jain. With its boldly spare staging, this production asks “Can you ever truly return home?”
“With just two actors and only a few physical elements, the audience will be transported to the place of David French’s timeless tale; Newfoundland under a star-filled sky,” explains Jain.
It’s 1926 and every day the villages of Newfoundland are being abandoned by their young for a new life in the big city. But eighteen year-old Jacob Mercer has come home to Coley’s Point, from Toronto, to win back his former sweetheart Mary Snow, who he abruptly left over a year ago. By the light of a moon-filled night, the former lovers meet to confront their past choices and contemplate a possible future together.
“Ravi Jain is one of Canada’s bright lights,” says Artistic Director Jovanni Sy. “I am delighted to showcase this extraordinary director’s work here at Gateway. Ravi has taken one of the great plays from the Canadian canon and interpreted it into something that pays homage to its past and yet feels exactly right for today.”
Directed by Ravi Jain
A Factory Theatre production touring with Why Not Theatre
Cast & Creative Team
KAWA ADA as Jacob Mercer
MAYKO NGUYEN as Mary Snow
ANIA SOUL as Musician Lighting
Director RAVI JAIN
Assistant Director JAJUBE MANDIELA
Designer KAILEIGH KRYSZTOFIAK
Stage Manager KAI-YUEH CHEN
Apprentice Stage Manager LISA MCKAY
Dialect Coach ROBERT GONTIER
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