The Good Soldier Schweik

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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Theatre Inconnu presents The Good Soldier Schweik by Michael John Nimchuk Sept 26 – Oct 14

Theatre Inconnu continues it’s 2017 all-Canadian season in celebration of our country’s 150th birthday with this rediscovered treasure! Nimchuk’s adaptation of Czech novelist Jaroslav Hašek’s 1923 great anti-war satire was a model of experimentation in the early heyday of Canada’s alternative theatre movement when it was first produced by Toronto Workshop Productions in 1969.

Hašek died having completed only four volumes of his planned six-volume masterpiece, but Nimchuk has expertly woven together highlights from this work in such a way that we are immediately flung into the constantly evolving story of Joseph Schweik, with a momentum that refuses to abate. Schweik is either an idiot or a genius, and we are never sure if his survival and success are the result of the former or the latter. As with other great comic characters he remains oblivious to approaching doom, and it is this ignorance that proves his greatest ally.

Schweik’s escapades with the army and with the established church represent Hašek’s indictment of both institutions, and – as is the case with most long-standing institution – his observations ring as true today as they did almost a century ago. “Clarity, charm and great style… daring.” Globe and Mail (1969) Directed by Don Keith Staged Managed by Kathy Macovichuk Costumes by Pearl Arden Props by Maureen Colgan Sound and projection design by Don Keith Cast (alphabetically): Anton Brakhage, Kara Flanagan, Julie Gray, Pati-Ann Lawe, Justin Muirhead, Ken Yvorchuk.

Preview: Sept 26 @ 8pm 8pm shows: Sept 27, 28, 30, Oct 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 2pm show: Sept 30, Oct 7, 14

Reservations and Ticket Sales Through TICKET ROCKET: ticketrocket.co or 250-590-6291 (surcharge will be added). Directly through THEATRE INCONNU: Phone (250) 360-0234 or by Email: [email protected] (no surcharge).

Ticket prices: $14 regular, $10 seniors (60+) /students/unwaged Sept 26 – Preview is $7 Tuesday Oct 3 is Pay-What-You-Wish admission

The show is about 90 minutes long, including one intermission. Theatre Inconnu is located at 1923 Fernwood Road (across the street from the Belfry Theatre). For parking we suggest the side streets west of Fernwood Road as these do not have parking restriction signs. We are wheelchair accessible. www.theatreinconnu.com