wednesday & thursday april 27 & 28 | 8 pm

$45 | $30 student/senior

The Salome Dancer

King Street Theatre |36 King Street West in Kitchener

presented by NUMUS in collaboration with Bradyworks

KW’s first home-grown opera (developed in KW over the last five years)! A new & startlingly fresh electric guitar-driven opera by Tim Brady, composer and John Sobol, librettist featuring Anne-Marie Donovan, director; Paul Pulford, conductor; John Price, film and video; Lea Carlson, set and costume design, Renee Brode, lighting design: and Marie-Josee Chartier, choreography. This fully staged opera is a mythic tale of prime-time murder, madness and stardom - the conflict of public celebrity and personal creativity as seen through the morbid lens of contemporary media culture.

Cast:
Tamara Hummel, The Dancer
Terence Mierau, The Preacher
Michael Donovan, The Reporter
Ian Funk, The Cop

Band:
the Bradyworks Ensemble:
Tim Brady, electric guitar
Phil Hornsey, percussion
Pamela Reimer, piano/sampler
André Leroux, saxophone
Lori Freedman, bass clarinet
Catherine Arsenault, viola

Creative Team:
Tim Brady, composer
John Sobol, libretto
Anne-Marie Donovan, director
Paul Pulford, conductor
John Price, film and video
Renée Brode, lighting design
Lea Carlson, set & costume design
Marie-Josée Chartier, original choreography
Production Team:
Jennifer O’Connor, stage manager
Alysha Johnson, assistant stage manager
Lori Anderson, assistant to the designer
Tracy Inskter, technical director
Michael Leblanc, film & video coordinator
Charmaine Martin, rehearsal pianist
Anne-Marie Donovan, dramaturgy
Gil Lesperance & Fraser Smith, set building
Kathe Gray, graphic design
NUMUS Inc., producer

Many people contributed ideas to “The Salome Dancer” over the years. Tim Brady and John Sobol want to thank all of them. Thanks to Julia Aplin, Leslie De’Ath, Ken Freeman, Kimberley Enns-Hildebrand, Heidi Gallas, Michael Gianfrancesco, Lisa Godwin, Joel Greenberg, Suzanne Haines, Annie Hillis, Tracy Inkster, Dion Mazerolle, Peter Oleskevich, Michael Pulford, Jennifer Razor, Michael Reason, Darlene Spencer, Jenny Such, Curtis Sullivan, Catrina von Radecki. Also: Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University; Drama Department, University of Waterloo.

This original tale is inspired by The Salome Dancer, Maud Allen (1873-1956).

Felix Cherniavsky - author The Salome Dancer: The Life and Times of Maud Allan (1991) McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Special thanks to Felix for his support of this project during its long development.