Don Juan coming to Vancouver in December at the Cultch

If you're a fan of theatre, you should mark your calendar for a very cool event coming up at the end of December in Vancouver; Blackbird Theatre Productions is putting on a rendition of Moliere's Don Juan set to hit the stage from December 26th to January 26th at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

If you're unfamiliar with the story, here's a little bit from their release:

At the onset of Molière’s telling, Don Juan is freshly married to Elvira, a beautiful nun he has enticed away from her convent. Quickly growing restless, the incorrigible Don begins plotting to abandon Elvira so he may woo his friend's fiancée - much to the horror of his highly moral servant, Sganarelle. The ensuing tale follows Don Juan through seductions, duels, narrow escapes, and a supernatural reckoning, accompanied as ever by his exasperated servant. Like most of his canon, Molière’s Don Juan borrows heavily from Italy’s Commedia Dell’Arte traditions; the theatrical style is instantly recognizable for its range of familiar masked characters, wordplay and physical antics. Blackbird Theatre’s production will honour these commedia roots, while bringing fresh innovation to the age-old tale.

The tale of Don Juan is a classic and I'm looking forward to seeing some good fight scenes as well as some excellent acting.

Academie Duello has entered into a promotional partnership with BlackBird theatre and one of the perks of this is that we have a couple free tickets to give away in a contest, which will start on November 28th. Keep posted for details.

The Director of Don Juan, John Wright, has also offered up his talents for an acting and stage combat master-class that will be open to members of our stage combat program. More on this soon as well.

You can read more about the play on the Blackbird Theatre website here. 

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