Christopher David Gauthier
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PictureSimon Webb as King Lear
KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare
February 23rd - March 17th, 2012 at The Havana Theatre

A production of the Honest Fishmongers
DIRECTOR Kevin Bennett
SET DESIGNER  Shizuka Kai
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
ORIGINAL MUSIC  Benjamin Elliott
CHOREOGRAPHER Lisa Goebel
STAGE MANAGER Susan Currie

Cast:
KENT David Bloom
GONERIL Renee Bucciarelli
OSWALD/Duke of BURGUNDY Chris Cochrane
EDMUND Evan Frayne
CORDELIA/FIRST SERVANT Katherine Gauthier
GLOUCESTER Anthony F. Ingram
FOOL/King of FRANCE Sebastian Kroon
EDGAR Julie McIsaac 
LEAR'S SOLDIER/OTHERS Adele Noronha
CORNWALL Ashley O'Connell
ALBANY Joel Stephanson
REGAN Emma Slipp
LEAR Simon Webb

LEAR takes place in a dark world. Bestial, pagan, both wholly unnatural and yet fully natural. Children and parents turn against each other, and yet the only light in the play comes from children (or fools) who love their parents and are loved in return. 
Fur (& fur that looks like feathers), leather and snakeskin, textured knits and sheers blended. Each character had an animal token, chosen for it's traits (but possibly not the ones we are used to).
Director Kevin Bennett both stripped the play down, focusing hard on the clarity of the text while at the same time unleashing its fury at close range on an audience forced to become part of it, sitting not outside but within the world created by set designer Shizuka Kai. The costumes attempted to echo that, and the dark fairy tale that is Lear, at once inviting the senses to touch the fabrics on display, and also unnerving them with a riot of juxtapositions.

1st set of Photos by Emily Cooper
Please click on photo to see it full sized.

David Bloom as KENT, Even Frayne as Edmund and Anthony F Ingram as GLOUCESTER
Simon Webb as Lear
Joel Stephanson as ALBANY and Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Simon Webb as Lear, David Bloom as KENT and Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia
Simon Webb as Lear, David Bloom as KENT and Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia
Simon Webb as Lear, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia, Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE, and Chris Cochrane as BURGUNDY
Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE
Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE
Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE
Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE
Emma Slipp as Regan, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Evan Frayne as Edmund
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril and Chris Cochrane as Oswald
Simon Webb as Lear
Simon Webb as Lear and Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril and Sebastian Kroon as the Fool
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril and Sebastian Kroon as the Fool
Joel Stephanson as ALBANY and Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril and Joel Stephanson as ALBANY
Sebastian Kroon as the Fool and Simon Webb as Lear
Sebastian Kroon as the Fool and David Bloom as Caius (KENT)
Evan Frayne as Edmund and Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL
Chris Cochrane as Oswald
Emma Slipp as Regan
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL, Evan Frayne as Edmund, Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER, and David Bloom as Caius (KENT)
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL and Emma Slipp as Regan
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL and Emma Slipp as Regan
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL and Emma Slipp as Regan
Emma Slipp as Regan
Simon Webb as Lear and Julie McIsaac as Poor Tom (Edgar)
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL and Emma Slipp as Regan
Julie McIsaac as Poor Tom (Edgar)
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Anthony F Ingram as Gloucester and Julie McIsaac as Edgar
Simon Webb as Lear
Simon Webb as Lear and Anthony F Ingram as GLOUCESTER
Sebastian Kroon as Guard 1, Simon Webb as Lear, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia and Ashley O'Connell as Guard 2
Julie McIsaac as Edgar
Julie McIsaac as Edgar, Joel Stephanson as ALBANY and Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Julie McIsaac as Edgar
Simon Webb as Lear, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia, and Adele Noronha as Lear's Soldier
David Bloom as KENT, Simon Webb as Lear, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia, Adele Noronha as Lear's Soldier and Julie McIsaac as Edgar
David Bloom as KENT, Simon Webb as Lear, Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia, Adele Noronha as Lear's Soldier and Julie McIsaac as Edgar
2nd set of Photos by Andrew Kounitskiy
Please click on photo to see it full sized.
Simon Webb as Lear, David Bloom as KENT, and Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia
David Bloom as KENT
David Bloom as KENT and Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia
Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE and Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia
Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE
Katherine Gauthier as Cordelia, Sebastian Kroon as FRANCE and Chris Cochrane as BURGUNDY
Simon Webb as Lear
Emma Slipp as Regan and Simon Webb as Lear
Emma Slipp as Regan
Emma Slipp as Regan
Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril
Evan Frayne as Edmund
Evan Frayne as Edmund
Sebastian Kroon as the Fool
Julie McIsaac as Edgar (Poor Tom)
Julie McIsaac as Edgar
Joel Stephanson as ALBANY
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL
Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER
Evan Frayne as Edmund and Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER
Simon Webb as Lear, Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER, and Adele Noronha as Lear's Soldier
Simon Webb as Lear, Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril, and David Bloom as Caius (KENT)
Emma Slipp as Regan, Renee Bucciarelli as Goneril, and Chris Cochrane as Oswald
David Bloom as Caius (KENT), Chris Cochrane as Oswald, and Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL
Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER
Emma Slipp as Regan, Anthony F. Ingram as GLOUCESTER, Adele Noronha as Second Servant, and Katherine Gauthier as First Servant
Joel Stephanson as ALBANY and Emma Slipp as Regan
Ashley O'Connell as CORNWALL, Joel Stephanson as ALBANY, Katherine Gauthier as First Servant and Emma Slipp as Regan
Katherine Gauthier as First Servant and Emma Slipp as Regan
David Bloom as Old Man and Anthony F Ingram as Gloucester
Anthony F. Ingram as Gloucester and Julie McIsaac as Edgar
Evan Frayne as Edmund and Joel Stephanson as ALBANY
Sebastian Kroon as The Fool and David Bloom as Caius (KENT)
Sebastian Kroon as The Fool and David Bloom as Caius (KENT)
Sebastian Kroon as The Fool
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