The Blyth Festival explores the world of fringe theatre with two works that garnered rave reviews at last year's SummerWorks. The Hanging of Francoise Laurent, a drama written by Kate Cayley, opens August 23 and runs until August 27 and Miss Caledonia, a light-hearted comedy written by Melody A. Johnson, opens September 1 and runs until September 3. Both Productions play in the intimate Phillips Studio - the Blyth Festival black-box space - located at 209 Dinsley Street in Blyth.
The Hanging of Francoise Laurent, A Stranger Theatre Company production is set in Montreal in 1751. Francoise Laurent is sentenced to death for stealing a pair of gloves. According to the law, a woman could escape death if she could persuade the hangman to marry her. But at this time, there is no hangman. In prison, Francoise hears the voice of a young solider from the next cell. She speaks. He answers. We all meet our fate...yes?Videos