Neptune Theatre, the largest theatre company in the so-called “Atlantic bubble,” had planned to reopen tonight with, its first live show produced on stage to in-person audiences since March 13. As I was writing this newsletter, however, I gotinforming me that Neptune had cancelled the holiday production’s run due to “rising cases of COVID-19 in our community.”
Will Alberta be the next province to have the rug again pulled out from under shows running to in-person audiences ? Its provincial government is holding a news conference later this afternoon on the subject of new restrictions – and it doesn’t look promising.at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton on Nov. 28 to physically present audiences.
I love the idea behind this production: Stephen Massicotte much-produced First World War romance has received a new adaptation by the playwright Tai Amy Grauman that has transformed it into, according to the subtitle, “A Métis love story” – with Grauman and fellow Indigenous actor Todd Houseman set to star as Mary and Charlie. is “a little up in the air at the moment.”
Hopefully, whatever restrictions Alberta puts into place this afternoon will treat performing arts equally to the film and television industry – and, if sets remain open, rehearsal and the capturing or livestreaming of performance remains permitted as well.
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