PuSh Festival presents Old Goriot
By ZoeQ on January 15, 2008 - 11:21pm
January 17–26, 2008, 7:30pm
Telus Studio Theatre, The Chan Centre
Preview
January 16, 2008, 7:30pm
Post-show Talkback
January 22, 2008
No show Sunday
Tickets $25/$20/$15
Theatre at UBC Box Office
604.822.2678
Western Gold Theatre and Theatre at UBC present the premiere of James Fagan Tait’s adaptation of the novel Old Goriot, by Honoré de Balzac.
This theatrical adaptation of Balzac’s utterly gripping masterpiece builds on the success of Tait and composer Joelysa Pankanea’s unforgettable adaptations of Crime and Punishment and A Christmas Carol. The world premiere of this innovative co-production christens UBC’s 100th Anniversary year.
Balzac has been called the Shakespeare of the novel and with Old Goriot he sets the stage for a modern counterpart to King Lear, a father so blindly devoted to his undeserving daughters that his tragic realization—'I loved them too much for them to love me at all'—comes too late. A key novel in his Comédie Humaine, Old Goriot is a witty and profound treatment of two consuming obsessions: money and love. Original music by Joelysa Pankanea deftly illuminates this timeless tale, from the depths of sorrow and despair to moments of great beauty and transcendence.
Western Gold Theatre aims to expand and enrich the lives of senior performers and their diverse audiences and to serve as a creative role model for our expanding senior population. We commission new work addressing the concerns of aging in a social and family environment and exploring creative answers to these concerns. Western Gold offers classes and workshops for senior performers and community adults, and has for the last twelve years performed an annual series of public staged readings in diverse venues. Western Gold’s productions inspire all people, young and old, to engage life to its fullest potential. www.westerngoldtheatre.ca.
Theatre at UBC is a renowned training program that has produced some of Canada's most innovative artists and theatre practices for over 50 years. See the future of theatre today—see Theatre at UBC! www.theatre.ubc.ca.
For full event line-up: www.pushfestival.ca
For more information on the PuSh festival, contact Zoe Quinn: groups@pushfestival.ca
