This page was exported from Shelburne Free Press [ https://shelburnefreepress.ca ] Export date:Wed Jul 3 13:17:05 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Theatre Orangeville presents: Elvis & Mavis --------------------------------------------------- Theatre Orangeville presents – Elvis & Mavis, a play by Jeff Pitcher, and directed by David Nairn, starring Maria Dinn, Darren Keay and Jane Spence from March 27 to April 13 at 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville presents a story that resonates with honesty and humour as Elvis, from the south coast of Newfoundland, contemplates the unimaginable – blowing up the Churchill Hydro Dam in Labrador unless the contract between Newfoundland and Quebec is renegotiated. Meanwhile, his wife Mavis, sits at home ashamed and embarrassed, ready to strangle her husband. Her only soothing relief is a nice “cup a' tea”. Elvis and Mavis has many themes that will resonate with people where the tug of the big city dreams runs into rural areas. An in the 1990's when this play is set, the cod fishery is gone so trying to earn a living in Newfoundland's outports is harder than ever. Elvis (Darren Keay) has just lost his job at the Roddington fish plant and is frustrated with the general loss of control of Newfoundland's resources, so he decides to blow up the dam at Churchill Falls unless the unfair contract with Quebec can be renegotiated. His wife Mavis (Jane Spence) wants to leave rural Newfoundland and head to Ontario where she can go to university and get a ‘real job'. Maria Dinn plays Rose who is the ‘supportive' neighbor who tries to comfort Mavis through it all. --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2014-03-19 15:32:34 Post date GMT: 2014-03-19 19:32:34 Post modified date: 2014-03-26 14:02:16 Post modified date GMT: 2014-03-26 18:02:16 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com