REFERENCE EVENT – TO BE REMADE

REFERENCE EVENT – TO BE REMADE

By COLLEEN MURPHY

The worst revenge is the best revenge
REFERENCE EVENT – TO BE REMADE

Theatre Network is pleased to welcome The Society For The Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius. With their shockingly dark and deranged humour, this award-winning troupe is known to get audiences laughing so hard they lose their minds. “The worst revenge is the best revenge,” in a hilarious and unforgettable adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.


Warning: Clowns at work! Grotesque story-telling and many, many bloody body parts used for parody. Not for the faint of heart.


Featuring
Robert Benz, Helen Belay, Hunter Cardinal, Bobbi Goddard, & Marguerite Lawler


Director Bradley Moss

Bouffon Coach Michael Kennard

Set & Costume Designer Tessa Stamp

Lighting Designer Scott Peters

Composer/Sound Designer Darrin Hagen

Stage Manager Gina Moe

Photo credit Ryan Parker Photography

Director’s Statement

Director’s Statement

About the Play

About the Play

Director’s Notes

Director’s Notes

Artist Interview

Artist Interview

CAST & CREW

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Colleen Murphy

Colleen Murphy was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and raised in Northern Ontario. Her play PIG GIRL won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama as well as the 2014 Carol Bolt Award. THE DECEMBER MAN / L’HOMME DE DÉCEMBRE won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, the CAA/Carol Bolt Award and the…

Sob/Titus

Robert Benz

Robert was in Theatre Network’s WHERE THE BLOOD MIXES, as well as the Roxy Series shows THE REALISTIC JONESES and 10 OUT OF 12 (Wild Side). In Edmonton, he has worked with Freewill Shakespeare, most recently in THE WINTER’S TALE and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA; Firefly Theatre & Circus (INFERNO); Citadel …

Boots/Aaron

Helen Belay

Helen Belay is an actor and storyteller that has been playing with words and obsessed with all things beautiful since she was a wee babe in Bedford, England. Thrilled to making her Theatre Network debut, she would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support. Credits include: CINDERELLA (The Globe), VIDALIA (Teatro la Quindicina), …

Fink/Saturninus & Bassianus

Hunter Cardinal

Hunter is an actor and Indigenous myth-architect. He is Co-Founder and Director of Story at Naheyawin, an agency based in Edmonton, Alberta, that serves as a bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. In 2018, he was recognized by his community as Edmonton’s Best Actor and awarded a place in Edmonton’s esteemed …

Drag

REVIEWS


Shakespeare’s murderous revenge play meets comic chaos at theatre network’s new show

Review: Liane Faulder, Edmonton Journal


Evil clowns slaughter shakespeare in disturbing new play

Review: Colin Maclean, gigcity.ca


Titus bouffonius is all good unwholesome fun

Review: Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ★


★★★★★

Review: Chelsea Novak, Daze Magazine



Spies, suicide, and a wide blood-splash zone

Review: I Don’t Get It podcast


Bouffoning around with titus bouffonius

Podcast: Mel Priestley interviews Colleen Murphy


Ketchup ketchup everywhere! The fearless colleen murphy revisits shakespeare’s grisliest play

Preview: Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca


The society for the destitute presents titus bouffonius is not for the faint of heart

Preview: Anna Borowiecki, St Albert Gazette


PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Photos by Ian Jackson/Epic Photography Featuring Helen Belay, Robert Benz, Hunter
Cardinal, Bobbi Goddard, & Marguerite Lawler


PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Pre-Production Photos by Ryan Parker Photography Featuring Robert Benz


TRAILER #2

INTERVIEW WITH COLLEEN MURPHY


PRODUCTION SPONSORS


Imperial Equities Inc.


Canada Council for the Arts


Burke Group



Duchess Bake Shop


McQueen Creative


Edmonton Arts Council