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A CHRISTMAS CAROL SOMETIMES, OUR HIGHEST HEIGHTS HAPPEN LONG BEFORE TAKEOFF Proud Sponsor of Shaw Festival 2018 A CHRISTMAS CAROL SOMETIMES, OUR HIGHEST HEIGHTS HAPPEN LONG BEFORE TAKEOFF Proud sponsor of Shaw Festival 2018. sometimes i think we must be crazy. In an age where attention spans are meas- urable in seconds, the theatre says to the world “Come and concentrate for two or three hours!” When people can’t stop texting even to drive a car, the theatre asks them to switch off their phones altogether, sometimes for a whole hour. How do we expect to attract an audience? And yet this weakness is really our greatest strength. The world is finally waking up to the danger of perpetual distraction. The fact that internet executives will not let their children have screens of any sort says it all: they know the power of the digital media to keep us all in a state of continuous click-through. It is time to reclaim our attention. We get to choose whether our time is well spent or wasted; and we know that being in the same room with other people, listening to them and being heard by them, is what keeps us human. So when the announcement comes to switch off ourphones, let’s celebrate: Hurrah! At last, for a while, we get to be present. Together. tim carroll, artistic director YEAR-END GIVING MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE Through the generosity of an anonymous donor you can make your gift count twice. Help us to continue generating thoughtful, engaging theatre! All NEW or INCREASED* donations or pledges to membership, up to a total of $50,000 received, will be matched until December 31, 2018. *Increases up to the next membership level will qualify New Friends: donate today and your ENTIRE for matching along with gift donation will be matched and recognized. increases of $1000 or more. CALL 1-800-657-1106 ext 2556 or EMAIL [email protected] GOVERNORS COUNCIL 1-800-657-1106 ext 2213 Allan Louis in Oh What a Lovely War. or [email protected] Photo by David Cooper Photography. sandwiches fresh bread pastries 905.934.9797 [email protected] 118 Queen Street, Box 1211 Niagara-on-the-Lak118 Queene, StL0S 1J0 905.934.9797 @bakewells@bakewells 2018 Ensemble ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tim Carroll EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tim Jennings ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kate Hennig DIRECTORS Philip Akin • Molly Atkinson • Kevin Bennett • Tim Carroll • Selma Dimitrijevic • Craig Hall • Peter Hinton • Eda Holmes • Ravi Jain • Kimberley Rampersad • Anita Rochon MUSIC DIRECTORS / COMPOSERS / SOUND DESIGNERS Ryan deSouza • John Gzowski • John Lott • Thomas Ryder Payne • Debashis Sinha • Paul Sportelli • Claudio Vena CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT / PUPPETRY / FIGHT DIRECTION Parker Esse • Élodie Gillett • Alexis Milligan • Valerie Moore • Mike Petersen • John Stead DRAMATURG Guillermo Verdecchia DESIGNERS Judith Bowden • Gillian Gallow • Jennifer Goodman • Peter Hartwell • Camellia Koo • Tamara Marie Kucheran • Sue LePage • Christine Lohre • Steve Lucas • Dana Osborne • Douglas Paraschuk • Teresa Przybylski LIGHTING DESIGNERS Bonnie Beecher • Alan Brodie • André du Toit • Kevin Fraser • Louise Guinand • Mikael Kangas • Kevin Lamotte • Steve Lucas PROJECTION DESIGNERS Nick Bottomley • Cameron Davis • Howard J. Davis • Jamie Nesbitt STAGE MANAGEMENT Sara Allison • Beatrice Campbell • Bradley Dunn • Kate Hennigar • Ashley Ireland • Amy Jewell • Diane Konkin • Meredith Macdonald • Leigh McClymont • Annie McWhinnie • Alison Peddie • Théa Pel • Andrea Schurman • Ken James Stewart • Allan Teichman • Dora Tomassi THE ENSEMBLE David Adams • Shawn Ahmed • Damien Atkins • David Ball • Neil Barclay • Kyle Blair • Kristopher Bowman • Andrew Broderick • Fiona Byrne • Kyla Cook • Julia Course • Ryan Cunningham • James Daly • Starr Domingue • Kristi Frank • Stephen Fry • Rong Fu • Patrick Galligan • Élodie Gillett • Cameron Grant • Martin Happer • Deborah Hay • Jeff Irving • Patty Jamieson • Claire Jullien • GBS, 1893. Krystal Kiran • Madelyn Kriese • Jani Lauzon • Andrew Lawrie • Allan Louis • Emily Lukasik • Yanna McIntosh • Marla McLean • Patrick McManus • Jeff Meadows • Natasha Mumba • Matt Nethersole • Sarena Parmar • Gray Powell • PJ Prudat • Kimberley Rampersad • David Andrew Reid • Ric Reid • Tara Rosling • Ben Sanders • Kiera Sangster • Vanessa Sears • Travis Seetoo • André Sills • Gabriella Sundar Singh • Pamela Sinha • Graeme Somerville • Jeremiah Sparks • Steven Sutcliffe • Sanjay Talwar • Jonathan Tan • Jacqueline Thair • Michael Therriault • Jay Turvey • Kelly Wong • Jenny L. Wright ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITI Jackie Maxwell • Christopher Newton • Paxton Whitehead IN MEMORIAM William M. Clarkson • Laurence A. Levite • Cindy Maude • Jonah McIntosh • Sean Mulcáhy • George F. 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