theatre that speaks...
RIGHT NOW: GUNS & ROSES, OCT 17-28, 2011
The Original Norwegian
in association with Breakaway Addiction Services & Mixed Company Theatre present
Guns & Roses
A play written & directed by Julian DeZotti
Cast:
Rebecca Applebaum, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Alex Fiddes,
Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Peyson Rock, and DJ Fase
Video Design: Cam Davis and Will Hofstetter
Lighting Design: CJ Astronomo
Stage Manager: Erin Fitzgerald
Producer: Aislinn Rose
Inspired by real Toronto teens and the city's headlines, Guns & Roses is a fast-paced, honest look into the lives of these teens and the often too-secret world they inhabit. Rather than sentimentalizing or sugar-coating the high school experience, Guns & Roses uses authentic dialogue and situations to portray the lives of five teenagers - this is not a finger waving after school special. You will not hear the words "Just say no" and it is not about "bad kids" pressuring "good kids", it's about taking a real look at their pressures and reality- drug use and abuse, sexuality, violence at school and at home, racism, cultural frictions and that’s to start. Focusing on teens from Toronto's neighbourhoods, the show also incorporates a live DJ (Toronto's very own DJ FASE, rated the city's top club DJ by NOW Magazine) and projected text messaging, creating a vibrant, kinetic production.
Student Matinees - $8.00, Oct 17-21 & Oct 24-28 (9:30am & 12:30pm)
Call Janice at 416-568-2466 for school bookings.
Evening Shows:
Mon. Oct 17, 7:30pm - $10 (preview)
GALA NIGHT: Mon. Oct 24, 7:30pm – $30
Gala night with talkback, Q&A, refreshments and more!
Buy at the door or email info@theoriginalnorwegian.com
TEACHERS!
Click the below link below to download our pdf. with important Educator info
about Guns & Roses and booking you class!
click here> Educator_GandR_SEPT UPDATED-1.pdf
SPONSORS, 3 WAYS TO HELP!
We’re counting on the businesses and individuals from the Toronto community to help send under-serviced schools to attend a performance of Guns & Roses. It’s easy to do and imagine you could:
3 Sponsor Grades:
A- Sponsor : $25-$100 helps arrange a bus for students.
A Sponsor : $300 sponsors a under-serviced class to attend a show.
A+ Sponsor : $1,200 sponsors an entire theatre of students!
To make a charitable tax-receipted donation visit our partner organization, Breakaway Addiction Services on the Canada Helps site below. Remember to include your details and sponsor grade so we can issue you a tax receipt and let you know exactly how your donation helped! Visit the below link, click the “Donate Now” button and enter your donation amount. If you’d like to donate in another method, please email us info@theoriginalnorwegian.com
SPONSORS, 3 WAYS TO HELP!
The creators of the show are hoping on community support to get students from Toronto’s lower income areas to the show, which is after all, about them. A September report released by Social Planning Toronto says that the top 20 wealthiest public schools in Toronto brought in almost $250,000 each over three years, and the neediest 20 schools less than $7,000 each. Their report also found that, mostly through fees, the top 20 high schools brought in a whopping 920 times more money than the bottom 20 — $33,653 compared to $36.56. Based on this report we are asking community businesses, corporations and individuals to sponsor a school to see the show. $300 for example could sponsor a classroom to attend a live theatrical performance, participate in an open Q&A with the actors and creators – an opportunity that students from these schools are at serious risk of missing.
We’re counting on the businesses and individuals from the Toronto community to help send under-serviced schools to attend a performance of Guns & Roses. It’s easy to do and imagine you could:
3 Sponsor Grades:
A- Sponsor : $25-$100 helps arrange a bus for students.
A Sponsor : $300 sponsors a under-serviced class to attend a show.
A+ Sponsor : $1,200 sponsors an entire theatre of students!
To make a charitable tax-receipted donation visit our partner organization, Breakaway Addiction Services on the Canada Helps Site below. Remember to include your details and sponsor grade so we can issue you a tax receipt and let you know exactly how your donation helped! Visit the below link, click the “Donate Now” button and enter your donation amount. If you’d like to donate in another method, please email us info@theoriginalnorwegian.com
Made Possible by
The Ontario Trillium Foundation and Canada Council For The Arts
Rebecca Applebaum, Alex Fiddes, and Peyson Rock in Guns & Roses.