Fly By Night Theatre Presents - The Selkie Wife
Fly By Night Theatre Company proudly presents The Selkie Wife by Kelley Jo Burke Directed by Tom Haxell TORONTO, ON - Fly By Night Theatre is thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of The Selkie Wife, opening on August 18th
Online, July 31, 2010 (Newswire.com)
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Fly By Night Theatre Company proudly presents
The Selkie Wife by Kelley Jo Burke
Directed by Tom Haxell
TORONTO, ON - Fly By Night Theatre is thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of The Selkie Wife, opening on August 18th and running until August 21st at the Village Playhouse.
Hailed by critics as a beautifully-written story of love, longing and identity, The Selkie Wife is a strikingly original, bold and contemporary take on an ancient Celtic myth played out at the centre of a modern Canadian family.
Mary has it all, a great family with her husband Callum and daughter Brigit and a life that she's built for herself - but when she gets a surprise visit from an old friend, Gen, a secret begins to surface about Mary's past that threatens to change everything. Mary is a Selkie, a seal who is able to shed her skin to come on land in order to mate with a human and then return to sea with her offspring. Years have passed and now Gen, a fellow Selkie, has come to bring Mary back to the deep waters. Gen has also brought Dylan, another Selkie, whose immediate connection to Brigit becomes a nightmare for Callum. Will Mary choose to leave the world she's built with Callum and Brigit or will she stay and shun her old family in their time of utmost need? Is it only Mary that Gen is after? The Selkie Wife is filled with laughter and tension as the characters face questions of love and sex, freedom and oppression and ultimately a decision that will forever change their lives.
The Selkie Wife - August 18-21, 2010
Directed by: Tom Haxell
Starring: Tayves Fiddis, Peyton LeBarr, Laura MacDonald, Paolo Santalucia, and Shannon Shura
August 18-20: 8:00pm
August 21: 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Tickets: $20 (Adults), $18 (Students / Seniors), $15 (Matinee)
The Village Playhouse - 2190E Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M6S1N3
For ticket info: www.flybynighttheatre.ca
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Founded in 2007, Fly By Night Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing innovative, thought-provoking theatre to the Greater Toronto Area with a core mandate to donate all proceeds to a charitable cause. Fly By Night currently has a multi-year pledge to support Royal Seed Needy Home, an orphanage of over 50 children in Ghana.