GHOST QUARTET
Crow’s Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Music, Lyrics and Text by Dave Malloy
Directed by Marie Farsi
Produced by Crow’s Theatre and Eclipse Theatre Company
Featuring Beau Dixon, Hailey Gillis, Kira Guloien and Andrew Penner
A haunted song cycle about love, death and whiskey.
A camera breaks and four friends drink, in interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries: a warped fairy tale about two sisters, a treehouse astronomer and a lazy evil bear; a retelling of Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher; a purgatorial intermezzo about Scheherazade; and a contemporary fable about a subway murder.
Murder ballads, doo-wop, jazz noise, and raucous campfire drinking songs collide in the Canadian premiere of this surreal chamber musical from Dave Malloy, composer of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
Winner of The Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award
for Best Director of a Musical
Winner of the Dora Award for Outstanding Direction
in the Musical Theatre division
“★★★1/2 - A whiskey-fuelled jam session with dreamlike logic and visuals... another win for Crow’s Theatre.”
“A spellbinding and spooky evening of song, perfect for Halloween month... pure bliss.”
Photos by Dahlia Katz and Production Design by Patrick Lavender