DOUBLE BILL:
GREAT CATHERINE & ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS
Shoestring Players

Colin Jackson Studio Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange
3rd Floor, Portage Place, 393 Portage Avenue

 “Woman reduces us all to the common denominator.”

GREAT CATHERINE: In this madcap historical romp, Shaw depicts the "enlightened" 1776 Russian court with foolery and fun. He bases his lively farce on the notoriety of both Empress Catherine II and her advisor General Patiomkin. An English officer becomes the bewildered victim of Patiomkin's buffoonery and political strategy and, even more outrageously, of Catherine's renowned libido. Hilarity prevails.

ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS: "The only one of your works that is not too long," a friend remarked to Shaw after seeing the play. Shaw himself declared that he wrote it "in an attempt to escape the awful legitimacy of the highbrow theatre," and described it as "a turn." Indeed, it is refreshingly compact.

Great Catherine
Director Katherine McLennan
Cast Rhonda Kennedy-Rogers, Bernard Boland, Joe Stratton, Carol Stephens, Angela Rajfur, Mike Seccombe, David Pruden, Linda Meckling, Marilynn Slobogian, Karl Eckstrand, Paul Warkentin, Allyson Brown, Naomi Cronk, Lauren Sellen, Janet Taylor

Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
Director Maureen Taggart
Cast Jennifer Gottwald, Jean-Marc Blanc, Ian Scott, Paul Warkentin, Karl Eckstrand

PERFORMANCES
Sun Jan 22 4:00pm
Mon Jan 23 8:15pm
Tue Jan 24 8:30pm
Wed Jan 25 8:15pm
Fri Jan 27 8:30pm
Sat Jan 28 1:30pm
Sun Jan 29 1:00pm
Sun Jan 29 6:00pm

Wheelchair accessible | Capacity 110 | 105 mins

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
Tickets: $15.00 | Students/Seniors $12.00

At the door: Cash/Cheque/ShawPass. Box office opens 45 minutes before showtime. For show info and to reserve tickets, call 475-6821.