RICHARD III Opens Hart House Theatre 2010/11 Season, Runs 9/15-10/2

Hart House Theatre is proud to present Shakespeare's brutal and dramatic history, Richard III running from September 15 to October 2, 2010.

Hart House Theatre has a reputation of being a downtown destination for strong classical theatre showcasing emerging artists, and this fall is no different. The 2010/2011 Season opens with Shakespeare's delightfully bloody and brutal history of Richard III. Richard III follows the corrupt path of a twisted man with equally twisted ambitions. Richard manipulates, marries and murders his way to the top with unmatched charm and zeal. Suave, calculating and brutal, this September Hart House Theatre invites you to meet one of Shakespeare's greatest villains.

Under the direction of Hart House Theatre's new Artistic Director, Jeremy Hutton (Director of last season's A Midsummer Night's Dream) expect new and great things from Shakespeare's tragic history. This show promises to deliver audiences a twisted distortion of an Elizabethan setting as seen through the eyes of Richard's villainous and nightmarish mind.

Hutton has cast Andre Sills (the Stratford Festival, The Canadian Stage Company, St. Louis Black Repertory Company) in the title role. The two first worked together when Sills played the title role in Othello for Hart House Theatre's 2004/2005 Season. On working with Mr. Sills, Mr. Hutton says: "I am thrilled to have Andre back on the Hart House Theatre stage as Richard. In his return he brings with him a depth of professional experience, a magnetic personality and a commanding stage presence."

Part epic history, part horror and part in-depth study of one man's evil, Jeremy Hutton's masterful, contorted, dream-like production is sure to thrill.
Richard III
"Conscience is but a word that cowards use"

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Jeremy Hutton
Dramaturgy by Susan Bond
Set Design by Scott Penner
Costume Design by Brandon Kleiman
Lighting Design by Siobhan Sleath
Stage Managed by Laura Cournoyea

Starring:Andre Sills* as Richard
*appearing with the permission of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association

Andre Sills Bio:
For Hart House Theatre: Title role in Othello.

Recent theatre credits include: Taming of the Shrew with Theatre By The Bay, A Midsummer Night's Dream with Shakespeare In Action, The Nile at the Toronto Fringe Festival, The Overwhelming with Studio 180 and The Canadian Stage Company.

André has spent the past four seasons working at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival acting in the following shows: Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet,Love's Labour's Lost, Caesar & Cleopatra, Henry IV, Part 1,The Duchess of Malfi and Pentecost. (Caesar & Cleopatra was also filmed for the Bravo Network.) André is a graduate of the Birmingham Conservatory under David Latham. He made his American theatre debut recently playing the title role in Othello, and the lead Harmond Wilks in Radio Golf with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company.
Other theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Canadian Stage), and Titus Andronicus (Canopy Theatre).
André is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School.

Upcoming theatre: Soulseek for Birdland Theatre, and Ruined for Obsidian Theatre.

Andre is very pleased to be returning to the Hart House Stage after six years.

Richard III also featuring:

Claire Acott as Queen Elizabeth
For Hart House Theatre: Panacea in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West/Woman 3/Voice 1 in Thirteen Hands

Selected Credits Include: Alex and Evil Jenny in Double Double (Toronto Fringe), Emilia in The Bards Betrayal, Sandra in Weightless (New Ideas Festival, Alumnae Theatre), Tina in Pieces (Smashing Bat Theatre), Olivia in Twelfth Night (Forward Theatre), Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing (Canopy Theatre).

Neil Silcox as Buckingham
For Hart House Theatre: Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edgar in King Lear, Protean(s) in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Selected Credits: For Canopy Theatre: Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Oliver in As You Like It, Brion in Love's Labours Lost and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Erindale), Big Jule in Guys & Dolls (The Grand Theatre), Johnny Casino in Grease and Johnny in The Saga of the Steamer Atlantic (Original Kids Theatre). Neil has also appeared on The Smart Woman's Survival Guide for W Network.

September 15 - October 2, 2010

3 Week Run:
Week 1: Wed to Sat @ 8pm
Week 2: Wed to Sat @ 8pm
Week 3: Wed to Sat @ 8pm + Sat 2pm

Tickets:
Adults $25
Students & Seniors $15
$10 Student Tickets every Wednesday Night!

call UofTtix Box Office for more details 416.978.8849