The Drowsy Chaperone

Plays

Nov 22 - Dec 27

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Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison / Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Directed by Max Reimer
Musical Direction by Lloyd Nicholson

Cast:

Jay Brazeau as Man in Chair
Gabrielle Jones as Drowsy Chaperone
Nora McLellan as Mrs. Tottendale
David Marr as Underling
Debbie Timuss as Janet van de Graaf
Lauren Bowler as Ensemble
Laird Mackintosh as Robert
Mark Burgess as Feldzieg
Nathalie Marrable as Kitty
Neil Minor as Gangster
Thom Allison as Adolpho
Timothy Gledhill as Male Ensemble
Tsholo Khalema as Trix
Ryan Reid as George
Shawn Macdonald as Gangster

MUSICIANS:
Percussion: Nick Apivor
Clarinet, Saxaphone: Tom Colclough
Trumpet: Derry Byrne
Trombone: Rod Murray

Production:

Choreographer and Assistant Director:
Dayna Tekatch
Set Design: JC Olivier
Costume Design: Phillip Clarkson
Lighting Design: Gerald King
Sound Design: Lucas Cooper
Stage Manager: Jan Hodgson
Assistant Stage Manager: Peter Jotkus
Apprentice Stage Manager: Susan Miyagishima

watch clip 1:41min on Canadians Celebrating Culture youtube.com channel

LATEST REVIEWS

"…packs more fun into one act than most shows do in two." The Vancouver Sun

"… a sure-fire hit for the holidays." The Province

"Big, brassy and stupidly fun – you won’t be disappointed." The Globe and Mail

"...one of the best shows of the season..." The Georgia Straight

"...Charming musical romp anything but drowsy..." Vancouver Courier

"...The Drowsy Chaperone one of the season's best shows..." The Georgia Straight

PAST REVIEWS

"Here is a musical that frankly sets itself up as a short (1 hour 40 minutes), happy exercise in escapism, adorned with just enough postmodern footnotes to make you feel all insiderly. It’s sort of like being able to eat your cake and diet too." The New York Times

"Irresistible! A witty, winning, refreshing cocktail of a show." Variety

"An evening of happy hilarity and dizzy delight." Sunday Express

"Wonderfully smart and funny." Sunday Times

The Drowsy Chaperone at The 5th Avenue Theatre | watch clip (3:49)

Open on a drab apartment on a dull day. A middle-aged man pulls out his favourite cast album from the 1928 musical 'The Drowsy Chaperone'. He drops the needle into the groove, and suddenly his apartment is magically transformed into the show itself in all its roaring glory.More