Week 3 so far

We got cultured

The Roommate and I went to go see a play at the Gladstone on Tuesday.

Neither of us had been to the Gladstone and we were pleasantly surprised by how cozy the theater is. You can see that a lot of TLC has gone into this theater.

For those of you who don’t know where the theater is, it’s on Gladstone at Preston. It used to be the GCTC until they moved to their new building at Wellington and Holland.

Be forewarned, there is no parking at the Gladstone itself, and the parking lots surrounding it belong to the restaurants. Be prepared to park on the street or in the city lot beside the Yoga studio.

The play was very entertaining. It was comedic and yet did bring up some very important issues women of the time, and of today face. Issues such as feeling inadequate and having those feelings dismissed, or how to we measure the success of being a woman.

All in all a great evening. I highly recommend seeing the play. It’s called “In the next room or the vibrator”. It’s at the Gladstone until June 1^st.

Ticket: $15, Parking: $8, Gas: $1.50    Total: $24.50, right under the wire.

Week 3

We get a little cultured

The roommate and I are going to see a play tonight.

We're going to see :
In the Next Room or the vibrator play, by Sarah Ruhl

From the website:

By Sarah Ruhl 

Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg

Imagine a time when electricity was a novelty and female "hysteria" was considered a treatable problem. Now imagine what happens when they both come together…

Sarah Ruhl's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-nominated comedy is set in a genteel, Victorian-era spa town where Dr. Givings specializes in treating hysteria with a mysterious, electrically powered device, but is blind to the state of his own unfulfilling and sterile marriage. As patients arrive for their electrically powered, secret treatment, his wife Catherine becomes curious… and jealous. What is going on in the next room?

Ruhl's play is at once a deftly comic skewering of societal repressions and a lyrical exploration of love. It has been staged across North America and Europe and has been translated into Spanish, Hebrew and German.

Featuring Rideau Award nominated actors Michelle LeBlanc and Sarah Finn.

"In the Next Room or the vibrator play" is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Tickets for tonight's preview are $15