David Heron's ECSTASY:
2 weekends of Ecstasy in October
David Heron’s first full length stage play is a romantic comedy about an unlikely but passionate affair that develops between a light skinned Jamaican 'uptown boy' employed to a top advertising agency, and an ebony coloured exotic dancer from 'the wrong side of the tracks.' A funny but realistic look at issues of race, colour and class in Jamaica as well as the emergence of the still popular 'dancehall' culture, Ecstasy became one of the longest running plays in Jamaican history after its premiere.
Starring: Deon Silvera, David Heron, Nadia Khan, Al St. Louis & Flower Pryce. Directed By: Douglas Prout. Produced by: Kingston 6 Entertainment Associate Producer: Roots International Arts Theatre
Set in the boardrooms, bedrooms and dance halls of modern day Jamaica, Ecstasy is the romantic comedy that successfully launched the play-writing career of Jamaican David Heron.
It also made a bona fide star of Jamaican leading lady, Deon Silvera.
The story follows the turbulent relationship between two very different Jamaicans - Richard Foster-the handsome, light skinned, upwardly mobile advertising executive raised in wealth an...d luxury, and Jewel Brown - the sexy, ebony coloured nightclub dancer fighting for love and respectability.
At once comic, dramatic and romantic, Ecstasy is an all too true analysis of a society in which social graces are but skin deep and issues of colour, class and social status continue to dominate the human psyche at every level.
Set to the driving rhythms of the Jamaican dancehall, the stage play remains a cultural phenomenon and a landmark in Jamaican theatre - one of the longest running and most popular Jamaican plays in the nation’s history.
Written by: David Heron
Directed by: Douglas Prout
Starring: Deon Silvera, Nadia Khan & David Heron
Locations & Showtimes
NORTH YORK
Jamaica Canadian Association, 995 Arrow Rd
Oct 15 8:00pm
BARRIE
Georgian College Theatre, 1 Georgian Drive
Oct 16 6:00pm
MISSISSAUGA
Glenforest Secondary School, 3575 Fieldgate Dr.
Oct 17 6:00pm
AJAX
J. Clarke Richardson College, 1355 Harwood Ave. N
23 Oct 8:00pm
BRAMPTON
Central Peel Secondary School, 32 Kennedy Road N
BUY TICKETS:
$30 Advance, $40 Door
ONLINE Ticket Deals:
www.ticketweb.ca
$10 Social media special - online only use promo code XME10
$20 Early Bird Special - online only use promo code XME20
OUTLETS:
Big It Up locations visit
http://www.bigitup.com/pages.php?pageid=10
Maple - Vaughn Mills Mall, Entrance 5
North York -Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Toronto - Eaton Centre
Brimz -321 Queen St. West.
Ajax - Beryl's Pepper Pot 467 Westney Rd. S
Brampton - Loc N Twist 105-49 Hillcrest Avenue
Mississauga - Majestic 289 Dundas St. East Unit 6
Scarborough - Nicey's 54 Morecambe Gate
Toronto - Loc N Twist 14 St Andrews Rd
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.ecstasy-theplay.com
Visit the site for your chance to win free tickets, find out more info on the players and people behind the scenes.
GIVING BACK:
Part proceeds to the Somaly Mam Foundation
For more info visit http://www.somaly.org/
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