Rabbit in a Hat Productions Brings PARADISE LOST to Toronto Fringe
One performer. One hour. One story you will never forget. Fresh from sold out runs and critical raves from the Edinburgh Fringe, New York Frigid Festival, Atlantic Fringe, and Just For Laughs' Zoofest, Paul Van Dyck's extraordinary retelling of the fall of Adam and Eve is like nothing you have ever seen.
Winner "Best Production"
New York Frigid Festival & Atlantic Fringe Festival
Rabbit in a Hat Productions proudly presents John Milton's PARADISE LOST, July 6-15 at the Toronto Fringe Festival. This new adaptation of the greatest epic poem ever written contains spellbinding puppetry, dazzling computer animation, and a hell of a lot of rock n' roll.
The story begins moments after the battle of heaven, as Satan finds himself and his followers cast into hell. Full of rage at his banishment, Satan travels to the Garden of Eden to exact his revenge upon God's new favourites: Adam and Eve.
Having amazed Milton scholars with presentations at McGill and Western University, Paradise Lost has also enthralled audiences around the world who are experiencing the 17th century poem for the first time. While rooted in ancient mythologies, this story is widely accessible through the struggles of its characters, the disillusionment at the loss of innocence, and the redemption found in love and charity. Paradise Lost is a timeless metaphor for the human experience.
Created, adapted, and performed by Toronto/Montreal actor/director/playwright Paul Van Dyck (2013 Shaw Festival, Neil Munro Intern Directors Project; Oroonoko - Winner: Best Director, Montreal English Theatre Awards; Revelation Award Winner - Montreal English Critic Theatre Awards), with CGI projections from Jeremy Eliosoff(principle animator on X-Men: Days of Future Past, 300, and Watchmen), puppets by Lynn Paquette (Founder/Artistic Director, Talisman Theatre; Stratford Festival) and lighting by Jody Burkholder (multi Montreal English Critic Theatre Award recipient).
Paradise Lost
Theatre Passe Muraille - Mainspace
16 Ryerson Ave. Toronto ON. M5T 2P3
July 6th, 8:00 pm; July 7th, 4:00 pm; July 9th, 3:15 pm; July 11th, 5:45 pm;
July 12th, 12:00 pm; July 14th, 11:00 pm; July 15th, 3:15 pm
Phone: 416-966-1062
www.rabbitinahatproductions.com
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