New Edinburgh Players 31st Season “A little over half of the Player's life has been spent in their "new" home, being MacKay United Church where we moved from the former Crichton Street School in 1992. And we are looking forward to many more joyful events at these premises.” Ingrid McCarthy, Director and Producer In January of each year the New Edinburgh Players start rehearsing for the annual production. Tickets are sold by various groups with the proceeds benefiting charitable organizations. St. Bartholomew’s Church supports Harmony House and The Bale (adult literacy programme); ECOEQUITABLE INC. (a work training program aimed mainly at immigrant women); Jane Caskey distributes tickets to Amethyst House (women’s treatment centre for drug and alcohol abuse), Serenity Renewal for Families (addiction treatment centre), the Breast Cancer Network and Citizen Advocacy; Salus (supporting housing for disabled); and especially MacKay which is a major beneficiary.
| Getting Married a Comedy by G. B. Shaw directed by Joe O'Brien "Getting Married: A Conversation" is the name by which G. B. Shaw calls his play which opened in May, 1908 at the Haymarket Theatre in London. At that time, "Getting Married" was considered a singularly unconventional comedy. In it, Shaw's characters try to find various substitutes for marriage, but find none. At its premiere, the play received what is customarily known as "a mixed reception". The audience shook with laughter at the brilliance of its dialogue, and at the end, some folk applauded and some folk hissed. Critics called "Getting Married" the most remarkable dramatic effort London has seen for many years. And, in some ways it continues to be one of the most remarkable plays ever written. More than one hundred years later, the play still has audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter over matrimonial dilemmas and arguments for and against marriage. MacKay Fundraising Performances April 22 & 30, 2010 at 7:30 pm Tickets $20, available at the office |