MUNSCHA MIA
based on the books by Robert Munsch
adaptation by Debbie Patterson
March 5th - 27th, 2011 at the Waterfront Theatre
DIRECTOR Carole Higgins
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Benjamin Elliott SET DESIGNER Drew Facey
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
LIGHTING DESIGNER Darren Boquist
STAGE MANAGER Benjamin Cheung
APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER Anthony Liam Kearns
Cast:
MIA MAYBEE Samantha Currie
ACE the ACCOMPANIST Benjamin Elliott
LOTTA MUNSCHA Laura Jaye
Five beloved Robert Munsch stories (Stephanie’s Ponytail, Down the Drain,
Aaron’s Hair, Jonathan Cleaned Up, then He Heard A Sound [or Blackberry Subway Jam] and The Sandcastle Contest) are brought to life (and music) by two very competitive girls and their able accompanist "Ace", necessitating some fast changes, vibrant colours, and loads of imagination.
Director Carole Higgins handed me gold with such versatile performers who could take little more than a hat or apron or a wig and transform it into a character, Benjamin Elliott often performed changes while seated at the piano... playing!
Bright hospital scrubs became the basis for the costumes, skirts were attached to coats and children's tutus and dresses became bell bottoms all in keeping with the dress-up "let's put on a show" nature of Munscha Mia!
Photography by Tim Matheson
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
based on the books by Robert Munsch
adaptation by Debbie Patterson
March 5th - 27th, 2011 at the Waterfront Theatre
DIRECTOR Carole Higgins
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Benjamin Elliott SET DESIGNER Drew Facey
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
LIGHTING DESIGNER Darren Boquist
STAGE MANAGER Benjamin Cheung
APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER Anthony Liam Kearns
Cast:
MIA MAYBEE Samantha Currie
ACE the ACCOMPANIST Benjamin Elliott
LOTTA MUNSCHA Laura Jaye
Five beloved Robert Munsch stories (Stephanie’s Ponytail, Down the Drain,
Aaron’s Hair, Jonathan Cleaned Up, then He Heard A Sound [or Blackberry Subway Jam] and The Sandcastle Contest) are brought to life (and music) by two very competitive girls and their able accompanist "Ace", necessitating some fast changes, vibrant colours, and loads of imagination.
Director Carole Higgins handed me gold with such versatile performers who could take little more than a hat or apron or a wig and transform it into a character, Benjamin Elliott often performed changes while seated at the piano... playing!
Bright hospital scrubs became the basis for the costumes, skirts were attached to coats and children's tutus and dresses became bell bottoms all in keeping with the dress-up "let's put on a show" nature of Munscha Mia!
Photography by Tim Matheson
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
