Instructions to any future socialist government WISHING TO ABOLISH CHRISTMAS

 

By Michael Mackenzie

A Co-Production with Centaur Theatre

With the collapse of Lehman Brothers began the final exposure of a world of staggering complexity held together with bluster, bravado, arcane mathematics and, often, bare-faced lies.

As one of the world’s financial giants fell to its knees, a hedge fund manager sits in his Toronto office waiting for the overnight lending rates to arrive. The elevator below noiselessly ascends to his office on the top floor carrying a brilliant but troubled young woman responsible for the company’s staggering success. She is determined to see him again. She needs to understand what happened between the two of them. And most importantly she is looking for a reason, any reason, not to kill him.

Internationally celebrated playwright Michael Mackenzie - author of The Baroness and the Pig and last season’s Geometry in Venice – returns to Crow’s Theatre with an electric two-hander that examines the shifting and suspect forces behind the the global financial system.

 

Direction	Chris Abraham
Performance	Ted Dykstra
	Gemma James Smith
Sound Design	Antoine Bedard
Set & Costume Design	James Lavoie
Lighting Design	Luc Prairie

Performance Dates

Centaur Theatre
March 1 - April 3, 2011

Box Office: (514) 288-3161
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Instructions to any future socialist government wishing to abolish Christmas was developed during the 2009/10 Season at Crow's Theatre where Michael has been a Writer in Residence through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.