BEGGARS WOULD RIDE
By Shane Birley on January 12, 2007 - 5:45pm
This original play by Conrad Alexandrowicz is a raunchy musical satire about power, class, greed and lust… and a rebellion that goes wrong. The show features Damon Calderwood, Jeff Gladstone, Karin Konoval, Tamara McCarthy and Allan Morgan with design by Itai Erdal (lighting), Bryan Pollock (set), Barbara Clayden (costumes) and Patrick Pennefather (sound/composition). Beggars Would Ride is a satellite presentation of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and part of the See Seven series."Wishes, wishes... If wishes were horses then beggars would ride, as they say. Wishes are nothings!"
Morley and Ravinia, the two decadent aristocrats who own the estate, spend every waking moment gorging on a parade of impossible dishes brought them by their staff of three servants, whom they also abuse and exploit in various other ways. The servants are Rufus, his sister Zinna, and Frank, the latest addition to the house. Rufus, who is the most full of rage at their abuse, is determined to drive a wedge between Morley and Ravinia in order to stage a coup and take over the house. He determines that sex should be the instrument that will achieve the goal of bringing the couple, already in discord, into outright conflict. But for this he needs to enlist the services of Frank, who is most unwilling to serve as sexual bait.
Written and directed by Conrad Alexandrowicz, BEGGARS WOULD RIDE is the follow-up to award-winning productions such as The Wines of Tuscany, The Singer Falls Silent and Dance, Little Lady! Wild Excursions was founded in Vancouver in January of 1995 by director, writer and choreographer Conrad Alexandrowicz, who continues his explorations into theatre and dance, and that mysterious territory where they overlap. Go to www.wildexcursions.ca for more info and to buy tickets!
BEGGARS WOULD RIDE
Jan 24 – 28, 2007 (preview January 23)
Waterfront Theatre
1412 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver
MATURE CONTENT
Tickets
Tues - Sat, 8PM; Sat & Sun, 4PM
2-for-1 preview: Jan 23
Tickets: $22/18
Single tickets at Tickets Tonight: 604.231.7535 OR www.ticketstonight.ca
