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Frost / Nixon

Sep 13 - Oct 4

Frost/Nixon

by Peter Morgan
Directed by Ted Dykstra
A co-production with The Canadian Stage Company

Cast:

Starring Len Cariou and David Storch
With: Damien Atkins, David Bloom, Edwina Cheer, Ari Cohen, Michael Healey, Tom McBeath, Lissa Neptuno, Shaker Paleja, Andrea Runge, Alec Willows

Production:

Set and Costume Design: Patrick Clark
Lighting Design: Alan Brodie
Projection Design: Jamie Nesbitt
Sound Design and Original Music:
Creighton Doane
Stage Manager: Rick Rinder
Assistant Stage Manager: Jessica Chambers


"Thank you SO MUCH for that WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING and captivating evening executed with such attention to Style and Movement and regard for the Best there is. I couldn't stop myself from LEAPING to my feet and shouting in far too loud a manner BRAVO many times. I think about 7 or 8. It was an evening that bodes well for the Payhouse that has been struggling for far too long on many fronts Cheers and many thanks." Nicola Cavendish

"...It's fast and it's sexy and it definitely tells the story..." CBC News

"Canadian legend Len Cariou’s performance wonderfully gripping" The Vancouver Sun
"…fascinating piece of political theatre" The Vancouver Sun

"…from delightfully frivolous to penetratingly political..." The Province

"Len Cariou and David Storch star in the riveting Playhouse stage production of Frost/Nixon." The Vancouver Courier

"A victory! Nail-biting, fast and fluid, Frost/Nixon has the momentum of a thriller and the zing of a comedy." The New York Times

"Peter Morgan's play lights up on the stage with theatrical firework." Rolling Stone

"Thrilling! It's hard to resist inching forward in your seat to bask in the radiant glow!" Daily New

"A prize fight you’ll watch with the kind of fascinated delight rare in the theatre" The New York Post

"One of the year’s best plays. Smartly crafted by Peter Morgan, this compelling and terrific new play is riveting, thrilling theatre, sure to command your attention every single minute. Not since Doubt has a Broadway drama so mesmerized viewers. See it by all means." The Star Ledger

"For new junkies and anyone else with a brain, Frost/Nixon is really fun! This fascinating and tautly written pas de deux fits real historical figures into a dramatic yarn, and a mighty good yarn it is! Peter Morgan is an extremely smart writer who has done his homework. You’ll have a great time!" The Journal News

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Peter Morgan’s Tony Award-winning play, soon to be a new Ron Howard film, explores the thrust and parry between two of the most intriguing and iconic figures of the Seventies, as a commentary on the complex and often fickle relationship between politics and the media.Back