The 10th Anniversary Liverpool International Theatre Festival officially opens!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 • 8:30
Krapp’s Last Tape By Samuel Beckett
(DRAMA)
Revelstoke Theatre Company
Revelstoke, BC Canada
A classic Beckett play dramatizing the human desire to achieve greatness.
THURSDAY, MAY 20 • 7:00
Lovestruck Adapted from the work of William Shakespeare by Ben Cole
Bard-To-Go
Michigan, U.S.A.
This collage of some of Shakespeare’s most famous love scenes is an exciting and engaging way to explore
the Bard.
THURSDAY, MAY 20 • 8:30
11:11 By Jessica Barry, Rebecca Falvey, John Han, Meghan Hubley & Kristin Slaney
(PLAY WITH MUSIC)
Once Upon a Theatre Collective
Halifax, NS Canada
What happens when your wish to grow up comes true earlier than it was supposed to? And what do you
leave behind?
FRIDAY, MAY 21 • 7:00
Her Wake By Frank Macdonald
(COMEDY)
River Hill Players
Inverness, NS Canada
This biting social satire has had audiences in stitches all over Nova Scotia, revealing a slice-of-life in rural
Cape Breton.
FRIDAY, MAY 21 • 8:30
Fin and Euba By Audrey Cefaly
(DRAMA)
The Barnstormers Theater
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Fin and Euba explores the themes of friendship, unfulfilled dreams and the angst of a situation that could
change two friends lives forever.
SATURDAY, MAY 22 • 2:30
Last Tango in Liverpool By David Tristram
(COMEDY) (Strong Language)
Winds of Change & Blackwood Little Theatre
Liverpool,
NS and Wales
Four amateur actors try to bring a dwindling audience back to their shows by spicing things up a bit.
SATURDAY, MAY 22 • 7:00
The Swan Song By Anton Chekov
(DRAMA)
Appunti e Scarabocchi
Italy
This one-act sketch, written by Chekov in 1903, is about the end of an aging actor’s career.
SATURDAY, MAY 22 • 8:30
Through the Ears of Autumn
(DRAMA) (RATED 14+ not suitable for younger audiences)
Good Coffee Theater
Prague, Czech Republic
A Finnish tango on the male and female sides of ourselves.
SUNDAY, MAY 23 • 1:00
Alone By Nick Jupp
(DRAMA)
Theatre Arts Guild
Halifax,
NS Canada
The state of being alone is explored through five separate scenes: the beginning, growing up, the proposal,
life together, and the end.
SUNDAY, MAY 23 • 2:30
NEW**** The Alive Statue By Missoum Medjahri
(DRAMA)
Theatre Ibn Sina Algeria
A vagrant and a wise man fight over the statue of a great man, revealing their misery, and longing for relief from their shattered lives.
SUNDAY, MAY 23 • 7:00
Les Pas Perdue By Denis Bonal, adapted by Pascale Roger-McKeever
(COMEDY/DRAMA)
Ca cloche dans ma caboche
Halifax, NS Canada
Set in a French train station, characters with conflicting schedules and emotions arrive and depart to the
amusement of the station’s two cleaning women.
SUNDAY, MAY 23 • 8:30
Closing Ceremonies / Awards
LITF Festival 2010 closes, topped off with a glittering awards ceremony.
SUNDAY, MAY 23 • 10:00
Closing Gala Tickets $20
Join us as we send off our new theatre friends in fine style. Hosted and sponsored by Best Western
Liverpool. Music provided by the Hupman Brothers.
