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Evil Dead 1&2: The Musical |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7th to August 23rd, 2003 Beyond Chutleigh Productions
presents:
Evil Dead 1&2: The Musical
Five teenagers away for
the weekend…an old abandoned cabin in the woods…What could possibly
go wrong?
It’s the old familiar story that we know and love; Boy
meets Girl, Boy unleashes ancient Evil Spirit, Girl turns into zombie, Boy must
fight to survive until dawn as his friends turn into undead around him. Before
Spiderman or A Simple Plan, Sam Raimi directed the low budget horror film Evil
Dead. Realising that the film was more comic than scary, a large following
quickly sprung up around the film as well as its two sequels, Evil Dead II, and
Army of Darkness. “The trilogy delves further and further into farce and
camp”, says director Chris Bond, “turning them into a musical was
just the next logical step.” StudioCanal and Anchor Bay Entertainment
(proprietors of the two films) both leapt to support a project to bring Evil
Dead to the stage with new music, new songs and a new script. When the musical
premieres in Toronto in August, numbers like “Cabin in the Woods” and
“Do the Necromonacon!” guarantee that this hilarious romp through
these campy horror classics will be a huge success.
George Reinblatt,
a local writer who has made his name working at the Just For Laughs Festival in
Montreal, and writing comedy for the likes of Denis Leary, Wayne Brady, Rick
Mercer, Bill Maher, and The Tonight Show, joins forces with Christopher Bond, a
director and performer who is currently appearing in Second City’s Tony
& Tina’s Wedding, to bring bold new life to this cult classic.
Beyond Chutleigh Productions is very excited about this upcoming
collaboration. The company was formed in Herstmonceux, England in 1997 as an
independent company of up-and-coming theatre professionals with the mandate to
create unique and diverse performance pieces and to engage emerging theatre
professionals in a supportive and stimulating company environment. Beyond
Chutleigh has recently drawn capacity audiences with their Toronto debut, a
comedy/drama Pick-Up Bras and Long Term Shorts at the 2003 Fringe Festival and
is looking forward to following up that success with this original musical.
Evil Dead 1&2: The Musical
Written By: George Reinblatt
Created By: Christopher Bond & George Reinblatt
Presented by Beyond
Chutleigh Productions
Directed by CHRISTOPHER BOND
Featuring:
Ryan Ward, Pat Brown, Ashley Callaghan, Tim Evans, Daniel Krolik, Mackenzie
Lush, Danielle Meierhenry, Victoria Nestorowicz & Matt Olmstead
THE TRANZAC CLUB, 292 Brunswick Avenue
August 13-16, 20-23 @ 8:00pm
Additional Late Shows August 16 & 23 @ 11:00pm
TICKETS: $17 /$15
Students
Reservations: 416-723-EVIL
Media contact: Shivani
Lakhanpal (416) 459-6084
www.evildeadthemusical.com
Posted aug 2 2003
by dem
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