Eatdrink #63 January/February 2017

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№ 63 | January/February 2017
theatre
Theater in Winter
Some Joy, Some Madness, and More
By JANE ANTONIAK
Looking for an escape from the dark
winter nights? Getting a bit of cabin
fever? Then consider a night out
being entertained by live theatre.
Kick off 2017 and beat the winter blues,
challenge your mind and support the arts in
our area.
To set the mood for 2017 comes Reefer
Madness from the King’s Players at King’s
University College. While Canadians
contemplate legalized marijuana this is
a hilarious look at how marijuana use
was regarded in decades past. This is a
live musical version of the 1936 film of the
same name. The Players are alerting the
audience that this is a “highly stylized and
satirical political commentary that contains
adult humour, religious parody, drug use
as well as suggested violence and sexual
explicitness — inappropriate for younger
audiences.” Reefer Madness runs from
January 25–28th
in the Joanne
and Peter Kenny
Theatre at King’s
University College.
This is a large cast
production with
a nine-piece jazz
band.
The Grand
Theatre in London
presents Lions in Winter January 10th to
28th. This drama about the life of Henry II
promises to intrigue fans of Game of Thrones
and House of Cards in a bizarre Christmas
setting.
The play
takes the
audience
back in
time, 800
years, as
Henry and
his wife
battle for
power.
Directed by Krista Jackson, who asks the
question, “what shall we hang ... the holly or
each other?”
In February, The Grand
lightens up the mood with
the Tony Award-Winning Best
Play, Art. It runs from February
21st to March 11th. Originally a
French play, it was translated
into English and wowed theatregoers
in London’s West End and
Broadway. This introspective