Mirvish theatre group opens 2009/10 with full house subscribers

Mirvish theatre group opens 2009/10 with full house subscribers
By GEORGE KAGAME
February 19, 2009 10:58 AM
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The Mirvish theatre group today treated its subscription clients to a sneak preview of its superbly assembled stage performances for their 2009/10 season dubbed 'The Season with Character'.

The ceremony to introduce the shows and some of the people involved in the performances was organized at the Princess of Wales theatre on Yonge Street to a fully packed house of press members and season ticket subscribers.

The performances have been billed as the seven smash shows, and according to David Mirvish this season will be known as a season of character because of the nature and ideas the seven shows will depict. The shows are, in their order of staging; The Harder They Come based on the rise of Jamaican reggae into mainstream music, the show is based on a movie released in the 1970s and is credited with having started off the career of Jimmy Cliff. It starts showing in July this year.

Cliff, who was at the theatre and did a live but brief performance of some of his greatest songs, is best known for his song to 'The Harder They Come'. That song is credited with popularizing reggae music across the world.

The second show beginning in the fall of 2009 will be David Hare's Stuff Happens, which gives a dramatic account of the key events and remarks that defined actions and policies of the past U.S. government. The entire script is based on quotes from the five major figures in George W. Bush's administration.

Among other shows of the season are Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, Priscilla Queen of the Desert: the musical, Young Frankenstein, Little House on the Prairie: the musical, August: Osage County and Cloud 9.