The Black Hole Theatre Company Presents

The House of Bernarda Alba

By: Federico Garcia Lorca

March 8^th-12^th, 15^th-19^th* at the Black Hole Theatre

The Black Hole Theatre Company is wrapping up its 2010/2011 season with a Spanish based drama, The House of Bernarda Alba written by Federico Garcia Lorca.

The House of Bernarda Alba is the story of a tyrannical, self righteous, and passionless mother, who rules her unmarried daughters with an iron rod, imposing on them an eight-year period of mourning after the death of their father. In an all female cast, Lorca’s characters are fuelled by an explosive desire to be free of their constraints, to experience their natural sexual energy, and the joy of living. The character of Adela, written to be a projection of Lorca himself, tries desperately to separate herself from the restraints of her life by secretly having an affair with a man; her words so powerfully illustrate this:

“Leave me alone! Awake or asleep, it’s no affair of yours. I’ll do whatever I want with my body.”

(Adela, The House of Bernarda Alba)

The House of Bernarda Alba is a powerful and prophetic story of intolerance and its consequences.

Federico Garcia Lorca’s (1898-1936) The House of Bernarda Alba is his last play. It was written the year he was killed, just two months before his execution. Lorca lived and wrote through the most troubling times of modern Spain; he is considered by the English-speaking world as the best-known and most frequently performed Spanish Dramatist of the Twentieth Century.

Brenda McLean is very please to be directing The House of Bernarda Alba and directing at the Black Hole Theatre for the first time. She has had the opportunity to costume design numerous times including Headspace and Romance. She also teaches Introduction to Theatre for the program. Outside of the University, Brenda is Co-Artistic Leader of Theatre Incarnate (www.theatreincarnate.ca).

Performances at the Black Hole Theatre, lower level of University College.

*7:00 pm March 8^th and 15^th

8:00pm March 9^th-12^th, 16^th-19^th

Tickets: $15 Adults, $12 Students and Seniors

Tickets can either be purchased at the door or in advance.

For reservations and group discounts contact the 24hr Box Office at 474-6880.

For interview requests please contact Erika Mann and Dana Smith, Publicists, at 474-7655

or by email: publicity@bhtc.ca

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