The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden is a joyous story about the growth and blossoming of the earth and the human spirit. With lovable characters, and a beautiful musical score throughout, it’s sure to be a garden of delight for the ears and the imagination. Mary and Colin, whose natures have been badly warped, thrive with the discovery that selflessness opens a secret door to happiness, as a father reunites with his son and a young orphaned girl finds belonging and experiences a magical transformation.

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 PRESS & MEDIA

CBC Radio’s All In A Day interview with flautist & Robin, Valerie Lalonde.

Radio promotion of The Secret Garden.

George Dutch, Sarah Stapleton & Valerie Lalonde (June, 2012)

COMMENTS FROM OTTAWA AUDIENCES

“An absolute delight! Our whole family thoroughly enjoyed it. We will look forward to seeing your next production.”   -|-   “Beautiful acting! Simple and effective costumes and stage design.”   -|-   “Excellent casting; imaginative staging.”   -|-   “The Secret Garden was a wonderful adventure for young and old.”   -|-   “This show brought back my love for theatre.”    -|-   “A wonderful production of a favourite childhood book – thank you!”   -|-   “Great interaction of music and theatre.”   -|-   “Outstanding acting! I loved the music and the characters.”

Liam Smallman & Sarah Stapleton (june, 2012)

ARTISTIC TEAM

RYAN ACHESON (Sound Designer) | KYLE AHLUWALIA (Lighting Designer) | LILLIAN CULUMOVIC (Scenic Artist) | JENN DONNELLY (Set Designer) | JONATHAN HARRIS (Director) | EVELYN JOST (Assistant Director) | BONNIE MACDIARMID (Musical Director) | ARIANE ROY (Costume Designer) | MISHELLE STOTT (Hair & Make-up Designer) | PATTI VOPNI (Properties Designer)

GEORGE DUTCH, LIAM SMALLMAN, DARREN EMERY & SARAH STAPLETON (JUNE, 2012)

CAST & MUSICIANS

DAVID BENEDICT BROWN (Doctor Craven, Archilbald Craven) | DARREN EMERY (Colin Craven) | GEORGE DUTCH (Ben Weatherstaff) | EMILY KRONBERG (Cello) | VALERIE LALONDE (Flute, Robin) | BONNIE MACDIARMID (Piano) | ANGELA PELLY (Mrs. Medlock) | LIAM SMALLMAN (Dickon Sowerby) | SARAH STAPLETON (Mary Lennox) | ROBIN THOMAS (Martha Sowerby)

Sarah Stapleton & Liam Smallman (june, 2012)

PRODUCTION TEAM

LAURA BARKLEY (Assistant Stage Manager) | DALE COBURN (Assistant Set Builder) | DIANNE DROOGH (Hair & Make-up Artist) | KATE GOVER (Front of House Manager) | CLAUDE HACHÉ (Production Photographer) | JONATHAN HARRIS (Producing Artistic Director) | PETER LEYENAAR (Principal Set Builder) | SUSAN MARRINER (Graphic Designer) | MAGGIE MATIAN (Apprentice Stage Manager) | LOGAN MILLER (Assistant Stage Manager) | KEITH MORSE (Assistant Set Builder) | NADYA POHRAN (Second Assistant Stage Manager) | DIANE ROY (Seamstress) | DAVE SMITH (Assistant Front of House Manager) | RACHEL-DAWN WALLACE (Production Stage Manager) | ANDRÉE-ANNE WILLIAMS (Costume Assistant, Community Development Director)

SARAH STAPLETON, LIAM SMALLMAN, DARREN EMERY, DAVID BENEDICT BROWN & ANGELA PELLY (JUNE, 2012)

VOLUNTEERS

DAVID BENEDICT BROWN, JONATHAN HARRIS, LOGAN MILLER, ARIANE ROY, RACHEL-DAWN WALLACE (Set Painting) | CHRYSTAL CANN, TIMOTHY HESS, ARIANE ROY (Promotion) | JIMMY LY (Front of House) | KATHERINE DERMOTT, DILLON ROGERS (Lighting Hang) | ED VOPNI, PATTI VOPNI (Set Transportation)

CAST OF THE SECRET GARDEN (JUNE, 2012)

SARAH STAPLETON, DARREN EMERY & DAVID BENEDICT BROWN (JUNE, 2012)

LIAM SMALLMAN, SARAH STAPLETON, DARREN EMERY & GEORGE DUTCH (JUNE, 2012)

Sarah Stapleton & Darren Emery (june, 2012)

Valerie Lalonde & Sarah Stapleton (june, 2012)

George Dutch & Sarah Stapleton (june, 2012)

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FOUR: A Story of Love

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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DANCE

The concept of FOUR is created and directed by 9th Hour’s Director of Dance, Mishelle Stott. She shares her vision and passion for the project with us here:

“For our first dance show we have chosen to create a piece that is drawn from the life of an inspiring man and his family. That man was Rob Hall. Rob passed away on February 22, 2011 in Zambia, Africa. Through the beauty and passion of dance and movement, we want to provide a window into a life of love, sacrifice and hope. As it is the 50th anniversary of C.S Lewis’ death this year, and to celebrate his great literature we will be presenting the story with the influence of his work “The Four Loves”.

When searching for a choreographer to bring this story to stage through dance, Tressa Wilson’s name was foremost in my mind. Anyone who has worked with the brilliant choreographer knows that to Tressa it is more than just performing. With Tressa, it’s all about taking the audience on an emotional journey and expressing the raw emotions of the piece fully through creative movement. I am excited to be working with her on this beautiful life changing story.

We hope you will be a part of this journey by partnering with us to help bring this inspiring story to an Ottawa theatre in October of this year. We are grateful for all your support and look forward to telling the story with you.”

Visit the SHOW’S PAGE or the Indiegogo funding CAMPAIGN PAGE for more information about this exciting upcoming project.

Subscribe to 9th Hour by emailing subscribe at 9th-hour.ca or check back to our AUDITIONS PAGE to hear about upcoming dance auditions for this production.

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