Thou Art Here Theatre | The Artery | 2015
Death. Honour. Beer. Everything is on the line as Falstaff struggles to achieve greatness in the face of an impending war, a failing friendship and a crippling addiction. Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1 re-mastered as a roving theatre performance throughout the Artery. True to Artery style, a new local musical act hits the stage every night.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Poins: Alyson Dicey
Bardolph: Jesse Gervais
The Messenger: Katie Hudson
Prince Hal: Neil Kuefler
Henry IV: James MacDonald
Mistress Quickly: Nancy McAlear
Falstaff: Troy O’Donnell
Chief Justice/Hotspur: Ben Stevens
Director: Andrew Ritchie
Video Designer: Julia Grochowski
Stage Manager: Al Gadowsky
Costumer Designer: Neil Kuefler
Promotions Designer: Tynan Boyd
Musicians/Bands:
Skunk Coat, Bass Desires, Erin Kay & Ken Stead Music, Oh, Dear, Revenge of the Trees, Eva Foote & Braden Gates, Success 5000,Luke Thomson and the Junkyard Angels, Tall Tales & the Tinkerbox, Lindsey Walker, BIG BEN and Koschmyoozik, Joel Crichton, Jack Accident
AWARDS
Nominated Outstanding Multi-Media Design – Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award 2015 (Edmonton)
SELECTED PRESS
“What I especially liked about Ritchie’s production, an affair of great comic zest and invention, is that Neil Kuefler’s Prince Hal deftly avoids the role’s queasy potential underpinning of manipulation and calculation” – Liz Nicholls, Edmonton Journal (Read the full review here)
“The Falstaff Project a great show you can enjoy with a beer in hand. The integration of video in the form of news broadcasts which work surprisingly well in Shakespearean prose was a really creative use of multimedia” – Jenna Marynowski, After the House Lights (Read the full review here)
“An immersive theatre experience that is a good one to start with” – Louise Mallory, Ephemeral Pleasures (Read the full review here)
“one of the last performances in the space… The Artery is the perfect bar for this play… it has so much spirit and soul in the nooks and crannies” – Jenna Marynowski, After the House Lights (Read the full preview here)
“navigating unexpected situations is part of the challenge and the fun for Thou Art Here. Blocking is loose, and in the tradition of early Shakespeare performances, there is room for improv.” – Josh Greschner, The Gateway (Read the full preview here)