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2021\/2022 Season Productions<\/h1>\n

Morpheus Theatre is excited to welcome our patrons, subscribers, artists and volunteers back to LIVE THEATRE for our 27th Season of Shows Worth Seeing!<\/p>\n

In the year ahead we will be presenting lots of laughter and familiar stories – some with a twist – as we return to the stage at the Pumphouse Theatre.\u00a0 To ease us in, our fall production will have limited capacity and physical distancing.\u00a0 For those not ready to join us live, and in-person, all other productions will include an option to purchase an online ticket and view the show from the comfort of your home.\u00a0 We look forward to seeing you at the theatre!<\/p>\n

MORE THEATRE PASS \u2013 Season Subscriptions (DOWNLOAD SEASON ORDER FORM<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nSeason Tickets go on sale Monday July 26, 2021, with early bird pricing through August 31st<\/sup>, subscribers can save up to 26% off regular ticket prices.
\nSingle Tickets go on sale Wednesday September 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Many subscribers from our 2019\/20 season have a credit on their account for unused Flex Passes or tickets to The Pirates of Penzance. Please contact our box office to apply the credit when you are ready to make your purchase this year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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No Sex Please, We’re British<\/a><\/h2>\n

October 8 to 16, 2021 (limited capacity with Physical Distancing)
\nBy Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot
\nDirected by Jay Newman<\/p>\n

A young bride who lives above a bank with her husband who is the assistant manager, innocently sends a mail order off for some Scandinavian glassware. What comes is Scandinavian pornography. The plot revolves around what is to be done with the veritable floods of pornography, photographs, books, films, and eventually girls that threaten to engulf this happy couple. The matter is considerably complicated by the man\u2019s mother, his boss, a visiting bank inspector, a police superintendent, and a muddled friend who does everything wrong in his reluctant efforts to set everything right, all of which works up to a hilarious ending of closed or slamming doors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n

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Robin Hood & His Merry Men<\/a><\/h2>\n

December 10 to 18, 2021 (Online version Dec 16 to 18)
\nA pantomime by Robin Bailes & Jonathan Hales
\nDirected by Jason Bakaas & Gad Gijon<\/p>\n

Jim, a young girl, is desperate to join up with Robin Hood and become a Merry Man. Meanwhile the evil sheriff is up to no good, raising taxes and imprisoning Jim\u2019s parents. He kidnaps Robin\u2019s sweetheart Maid Marian and determines to marry her. All of which sets up the glorious finale when the Merry Men conceive a cunning rescue plan. A refreshing new take on the old legend, with Robin and his (very) campy followers, the Merry Men, two villians in the evil Prince John and the even eviller Sheriff of Nottingham, and an outrageous dame, Jemima Gusset. An enjoyable evening for the family with a hilarious mix of fun, music and adventure that is guaranteed to please.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

January 28 to February 12, 2022 (Online version Feb 10 to 12)
\nBy Ann-Marie MacDonald
\nDirected by Colleen Bishop<\/p>\n

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is an exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare\u2019s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It takes us from a dusty office in Canada\u2019s Queen\u2019s University, into the fraught and furious worlds of two of Shakespeare\u2019s best-known tragedies, and turns them upside-down. Constance Ledbelly is the beleaguered \u201cspinster\u201d academic, and\u00a0 unlikely heroine who embarks on a quest for Shakespearean origins and, ultimately, her own identity. When she deciphers an ancient and neglected manuscript, Constance is propelled through a very modern rabbit hole and lands smack in the middle of the tragic turning points of each play in turn. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a gender-bendy, big-hearted and crazily intelligent romp, where irony and anger sing in perfect harmony with innocence and poignancy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Pirates of Penzance<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

April 29 to May 14, 2022 (Online version May 12 to 14)
\nBy Gilbert and Sullivan
\nDirected by Paige Fossheim, Music Direction by Winnifred Hume, Choreography by Karen Iwanski<\/p>\n

Strike up the band for one of Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s most beloved operettas! The Pirates of Penzance combines whimsy, light-hearted satire and piratical characters with stirring music, including the iconic \u201cMajor-General\u2019s Song\u201d. This is the play that cemented the comic-pirate theme in popular culture, a theme that has lasted through more than a century and spawned countless movies and novels. Jam-packed with sentimental, swashbuckling pirates, a completely dotty Major General and a bumbling bunch of hopeless but hilarious policemen, what could possibly go wrong?\u00a0 To add to the topsy-turvy nature of G&S, Morpheus will be flipping the genders of all your favourite characters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

Special Co-Production: Wind in the Willows <\/strong><\/h2>\n

With Untold Stories Theatre<\/a>, Directed by Gad Gijon & Jason Bakaas
\nApril 15 to 23, 2022
\nSeason Subscribers receive 20% off tickets.<\/p>\n

Based on Kenneth Grahame\u2019s best-selling classic of children\u2019s literature, and with a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and songs by Olivier Award-winning composers and lyricists George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is a wild, thrill-seeking tale about what it truly means to be a friend.\u00a0 This riotous comedy follows Mole, Rat, Badger, and the impulsive Mr. Toad, whose insatiable need for speed lands him in serious trouble. Full of humor, wit, a gorgeous, soaring score, and heartwarming lessons of friendship, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is the perfect fit for audiences everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n

Morpheus G&S Junior Theatre School Program<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Morpheus Theatre is pleased to announce that the G&S Junior Theatre School program is finally returning for it’s 10th Season!<\/p>\n

Junior Class: ages 9 to 12 years Senior Class: ages 13 to 17 years
\nRegistration for returning students begins August 9, 2021
\nRegistration for new students begins September 7, 2021<\/p>\n

Both classes will run Saturday mornings from 10:00-11:30 beginning in mid-October. Classes include professional instruction in Acting and Voice and the program will culminate in two youth performances on the set of our mainstage production in the Victor Mitchell Theatre at the Pumphouse Theatre.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":172,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe 27th Season - Morpheus Theatre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=4978\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 27th Season - Morpheus Theatre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=4978\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morpheus Theatre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-22T21:39:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=4978\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=4978\",\"name\":\"The 27th Season - 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