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King Arthur’s Night
Visual Story for visitors at the Relaxed Performance
Sunday June 18th at 2:00pm
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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The show is being performed in the Berkeley Street Theatre. Here are photos of the outside of the theatre, and the front doors.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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There is a ramp up to the front door too.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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Inside the doors is the foyer, with the box office on the right and a place to sit on the left.
You could buy a drink or snack at the bar.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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Ushers are people who check your tickets for the theatre.
They can help you if you have a question.
Here is a picture of an usher.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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This is one of the doors into the auditorium
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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Here is a picture of the patio outside the foyer.
This is the second way into the theatre.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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Here is a picture of the second way into the theatre, the back foyer and the entrance to the washrooms
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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The washroom entrance is in the back foyer.
There is a special entrance to the auditorium for anyone who uses a wheelchair. You will be accompanied to the theatre through backstage
About the Show
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How long is the show? The show is 80 minutes long. There is no break.
Quiet areas: There is a quiet space in the back foyer where you can go to relax. You can ask an usher to show you where it is.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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This is the auditorium where the show is being performed. These are the seats for you.
The Berkeley Street Theatre
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This is a picture of the stage for King Arthur’s Night, before it is finished. It will be different when you come to see the show. This is where the actors perform.
Meet the Performers
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Marcus plays Merlin
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Niall plays King Arthur
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Billy plays Lancelot and a goat
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Anton plays Mordred
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Matthew plays Magwich, and plays the drums
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Lucy plays Galahad and a goat
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Andrew plays Saxon
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Amber plays Gelibel and a goat
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Nikki plays Morgana
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Tiffany plays Guinevere
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Amber, Lucy and Billy also play the goats
Meet the Band
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Christine plays the keyboards
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Barry plays the Drums
Meet the stage managers
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NOTE: These people work behind the scenes, so you might not see them.
DorothyStage manager
YvonneAssistant Stage Manager
LucyArtist support
Ear protection for loud sounds
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If you are bringing your own ear protection, look out for James who will be showing you when to put your ear protection on, and when to take them off.
About the story
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What is the story of this play with music?
• The story is all about King Arthur. He has a trusted advisor called Merlin.
• He has sister called Morgana.
• King Arthur and Morgana have a son called Mordred.
• Mordred and Morgana want make Mordred king instead of Arthur.
• King Arthur loves Guinevere, and they live in a castle in Camelot. Guinevere has a lady in waiting called Gelibel.
• Guinevere is also loved by Lancelot. Lancelot is one of the Knights of King Arthur’s round table.
• Galahad, another Knight does not approve of Lancelot’s love of Guinevere
• King Arthur also hates goats, as he had a bad experience as a child.
• Saxon is Mordred’s supporter and Knight. He trains the goats to go to war. He has a friend called Magwich, who herds the goats.
• King Arthur’s Camelot goes to war against Saxon’s army.
The set and the performers
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Here are all the performers on the set, with the musicians on the left.
About the show
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Things to look out for:
• There will be lots of music during the show. You can see the musicians playing the instruments to the side of the stage.
• Sometimes there are very loud sounds, shouting and music – look for James, who will show you when to put your ear protection on (and take them off!).
• Sometimes the sounds are very deep and you might feel the vibration.
• In the show there is fighting – but the actors are not really angry at each other or hurting each other, they are acting. And even though some of the characters die in the story, you can meet the actors after the show.
• The actors play different parts, and sometimes wear different costumes. A costume is the name of the clothes that actors wear on stage.
• Sometimes the actors change costume by the side of the stage.
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More things to look out for:
• Throughout the performance, there will be fog. This is not real fog, and it is made of water. If you are sitting near the stage, it might come near you.
• There are pictures projected on to the fog.
• There are lights under the stage which will come on, from time to time.
About the show
These people created the show
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Written by Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef with Original Music Composed by Veda Hille
Directed by James Long
Produced by Neworld Theatre (Vancouver, BC)
Choreography by Josh Martin, with Tiffany King and Andrew Gordon
Costume design by Christine Reimer
Set and prop design by Shizuka Kai
Lighting design by Kyla Gardiner
Sound design by Nancy Tam
Video design by Parjad Sharifi
Stage management by Dorothy Jenkins
These people helped pay for the show
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• Commissioned by Luminato, Co-produced by the National Arts Centre (with the NAC Collaborations Program), with the major support of Stratford Festival and Bard On the Beach Shakespeare Festival. Community Partner: Down Syndrome Research Foundation of BC. Associate Presenter: Why Not Theatre.
• Neworld Theatre Society acknowledges the support of the Performing Arts Residency program at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The Playwrights acknowledge the assistance of the 2016 Banff Playwrights Colony – a partnership between The Banff Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts. We are grateful for the support of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, who provided a Production Residency.
• Neworld Theatre acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, the Vancouver Foundation, the Hamber Foundation, the Koerner Foundation, Vancity, Inclusion BC, and our many individual and private donors.
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