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<B>Nightswimming<BR>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I>The Frozen Deep</I> by Don Druick<BR>
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produced by Naomi Campbell<BR>
piano accompaniment by David Matheson<BR>
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<B>Friday November 2 * 3:00pm * PWYC<BR>
Tarragon Theatre Studio * 30 Bridgman Avenue * Toronto<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Don Druick's new play takes us to the last rehearsal and first performance of the 1857 melodrama <I>The Frozen Deep</I> by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Set in Dickens' London home and performed by his friends and family, <I>The Frozen Deep</I> tells the story of two arctic explorers (played by Dickens and Collins) in love with the same woman (played by Dickens' wife Catherine). As Dickens and Collins furiously rewrite their script, two dangerous love stories play themselves out - on and offstage.<BR>
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Featuring:<BR>
<B>Julian Richings</B> as Dickens, <B>Caroline Gillis</B> as Catherine and <B>Graeme Somerville</B> as Collins; with Pierre Brault, Christine Brubaker, Pippa Domville, Tracey Ferencz, Tony Nappo, Liisa Repo-Martell and Bruce Vavrina<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Hope to see you there,<BR>
Brian Quirt, Artistic Director and Naomi Campbell, Producer<BR>
Nightswimming<BR>
</FONT>Information and RSVP: Please contact Naomi at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>naomic@interlog.com<BR>
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<B>Nightswimming also congratulates Jason Sherman on his Governor General's Award nomination for AN ACRE OF TIME: the play, inspired by the book by Phil Jenkins. <BR>
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Commissioned by Nightswimming in 1997, this hilarious and moving play tells the story of one acre of what is now the Lebreton Flats in downtown Ottawa. In her study of the acre, a surveyor named Julia finds a passageway not only to the history of the place, but to her own personal history as well. Tracing the land's story through its Aboriginal, French, English and finally Canadian residents and owners, AN ACRE OF TIME is a theatrical microcosm of Canadian history. "Jason Sherman's most poetic and poignant play." -- CBC Radio<BR>
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<B>AN ACRE OF TIME was commissioned and developed by Nightswimming in association with the Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa) and the Tarragon Theatre (Toronto). It premiered at GCTC in 2000; a revised version premiered at the Tarragon in 2001. <BR>
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Nightswimming also congratulates two of its recent collaborators for their Governor General's Award nominations: Michael Redhill (for his play BUILDING JERUSALEM) and Jane Urquhart (for her novel THE STONE CARVERS).<BR>
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<B>Nightswimming</B> is a dramaturgical company which develops new plays, performance works and dance. We commit to long-term relationships with our writers and provide them with the tools they need: substantial commissions; readings and workshops as required; high calibre casts; research; colleagues from the areas of design, choreography and music; on-going dramaturgical support; and a developmental process that is uniquely suited to their requirements. We believe this approach has and will continue to inspire these artists to create some of their best work.<BR>
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Recent projects have included the following commissions: Jason Sherman's AN ACRE OF TIME; Brian Quirt's adaptation of Jane Urquhart's novel, THE WHIRLPOOL (Tarragon Theatre); Ned Dickens CITY OF WINE trilogy; and Julia Sasso's choreographic piece, BEAUTY, which will premiere next June at the Canada Dance Festival.<BR>
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Nightswimming is generously supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, The City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, The Laidlaw Foundation and many private patrons and donors. Our work on <I>The Frozen Deep</I> has been supported by the National Arts Centre (Ottawa).<BR>
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