Let Newton Be! Friday, April 15th @ Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo

[Sherilee Diebold-Cooze]

Friday, April 15th, Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo

Isaac Newton - heretic, alchemist, scientist. An iconic figure whose shadow looms large, while remaining a mystery to many.
A devout, difficult, obsessive man who sought and found God in universal laws of light and motion.

Theatre of the Arts, 7:30pm
Tickets available at the box office and at the door. $15.00 per person
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Let Newton Be!<file:///C:\Users\sdiebold\Desktop\Newton.pdf>
by Craig Baxter

Isaac Newton...
farm boy, scholar, politician
theologian, alchemist, scientist


In spring 2011 Menagerie Theatre Company's play LET NEWTON BE! will begin a tour of the UK and the US.


Let Newton Be! brings the complex and controversial character of Sir Isaac Newton to life. Theatrical and entertaining as well as informative, the play gives a different way to see the world of science.  As a man, Newton remains a mystery to many.  This play explores the life and thought of a genius whose scientific theories still provide the foundations for our understanding of the Universe.


Playwright Craig Baxter shows the clash between scientific discovery and religious fanaticism, using only Newton's word and those of his contemporaries to tell a story of obsession and possession.   Let Newton Be! is a verbatim play, with a script drawn entirely from letters, notes, published and unpublished works.


The show is directed by Patrick Morris (Associate Artistic Director of Menagerie) and uses 3 actors, video and clever stage design by Issam Kourbaj  the Artist in Residence at Christ's College, Cambridge, to bring Newton alive for a 21st century audience.  Let Newton Be! is accessible for both specialist and general (16+) audiences.



Trained as a scientist himself, playwright Craig Baxter weaves a compelling narrative to show Newton in many different lights.  Theatrically simple and powerful, three incarnations of Newton battle with each other for their place in history.



Let Newton Be! has been commissioned by The Faraday Institute at the University of Cambridge, after seeing Menagerie's play Re:Design about Charles Darwin which was commissioned by the Darwin Correspondence Project in 2008.



Let Newton Be! was previewed last year in Cambridge, and was reviewed in Science Magazine:
            Can theatre be a platform for science? In the hands of Baxter and Menagerie Theatre -
yes, spectacularly yes... Baxter creates a unified Newton who will awe and move modern
audiences.                                                                          Science, vol 326, 13.11.09


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