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Thorneloe Theatre promises thrilling 2015-16 lineup

Thorneloe Theatre Arts and the Cambrian College Technical Theatre Production Program have released the lineup for their 2015-2016 season.
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Jenny Hazelton's original play, The Dead Mess, will be staged by Thorneloe Theatre Arts and the Cambrian College Technical Theatre Production Program this year. Supplied photo.
Thorneloe Theatre Arts and the Cambrian College Technical Theatre Production Program have released the lineup for their 2015-2016 season.

“From dizzy drag queens to a murdering daughter, and including a newly-created piece by Encore Theatre’s Jenny Hazelton, the season will thrill, fulfil and chill you while offering laughter and tears and plenty of passion,” a press release said.

The season opens with “Drag Queens on Trial,” written by Sky Gilbert, Canada’s foremost LGBTQ playwright. Marlene, Judy and Lana are on trial for being drag queens. Their defence is outrageous and fabulous.

Performances take place Sept. 18-20 and 25-26 in the Ernie Checkeris Theatre at Thorneloe University on the Laurentian University campus. Please note this production is for mature audiences only.

The second production of the season and the fall mainstage production is a newly-devised piece by Hazelton, one of the directors of Sudbury’s Encore Theatre, entitled “The Dead Mess.”

This physical theatre piece is about loneliness and disconnection and our search for friendship and love in the daily grind. Performances are Nov. 19-22 and 26-28, in Thorneloe’s Ernie Checkeris Theatre.

The closing production, and winter mainstage, is Sharon Pollock’s “Blood Relations,” the story of Lizzy Borden and her 40 whacks with an axe. Did she really do it? Come and find out. Performance dates are March 3-6 and 10-12, 2016 in the Ernie Checkeris Theatre.

“Join us for a season of outrageous, exciting and fun theatre,” the press release said.

For more information, contact Ian Maclennan at 705-673-1730, ext. 501 or [email protected].

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