{"id":25230,"date":"2013-11-06T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=25230"},"modified":"2013-11-06T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T14:35:01","slug":"drama-department-opens-season-with-twelfth-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/11\/drama-department-opens-season-with-twelfth-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama department opens season with Twelfth Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_25231\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/twelfth-night-promo-img_2555cr.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25231\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25231 \" title=\"twelfth-night-promo-img_2555cr\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/twelfth-night-promo-img_2555cr-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"(From left): Sean Rintoul, Chris Chapman, Bri Lidstone perform in the Department of Dramatic Arts production of Twelfth Night, which opens Nov. 7 at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. \" width=\"504\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left): Sean Rintoul, Chris Chapman and Bri Lidstone perform in the Department of Dramatic Arts production of Twelfth Night, which opens Nov. 7 at the Sean O&#39;Sullivan Theatre. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Imagine Shakespeare traded in his British accent for a twang.<\/p>\n<p>In the Department of Dramatic Arts&#8217; latest production of the Bard&#8217;s work, it takes Twelfth Night from Elizabethan times to the 1950s and an era of soul-searching country blues, with the fool Feste heading up a country band to put a southern spin on the more than 400-year-old play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are performing Twelfth Night using music rooted in contemporary culture,&#8221; said co-director Gyllian Raby. &#8220;So although this production is not a musical, music is threaded throughout the play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raby shares directing duties with Danielle Wilson and is assisted by Keavy Leach. Twelfth Night is the first main-stage production of the <a title=\"Department of Dramatic Arts\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/humanities\/departments-and-centres\/dramatic-arts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Dramatic Arts&#8217; <\/a>2013-14 season and it showcases the talents of students in the undergraduate program.<\/p>\n<p>The play runs Nov. 7-9, nightly at 7:30, in the Sean O&#8217;Sullivan Theatre. A matinee performance will happen Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $18 for adults; $15 for seniors and students; $12 for groups; and $5 for the eyeGo high school ticket program. Available from the Centre for the Arts Box Office: 905.688.5550 x3257.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine Shakespeare traded in his British accent for a twang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":25231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[90,656,548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25233,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25230\/revisions\/25233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}