Charles Dickens meets Choose Your Own Adventure
February 16 – March 3, 2012
Metro Theatre
by Rupert Holmes
With permission by Tams-Witmark
“Rupert Holmes’ achievement is little short of astonishing …“ – Variety
Directed by Ryan Mooney
Music Direction by Vashti Fairbairn
Choreography by Dawn Ewen
Starring Alex McMorran as John Jasper
This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper’s nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve-but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit? The giddy playfullness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one of DROOD’S most talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale!
What Ryan Says: I’m thrilled to be doing this show that I have wanted to return to for five years ever since I directed a concert version for APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert. I’m thrilled to return to the Metro Theatre where I first got my start in Vancouver 10 years ago. I’m thrilled to be bringing Alex McMorran back to a Fighting Chance show. Don’t miss this show.
