ASPECT Inc is thrilled to announce our first production of 2025...
17th - 25th January 2025
Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale
In a show critics call Hollywood meets Downton Abbey, Relative Values is a three-act comedy by Noël Coward.
A satire of snobbery in all its guises, it follows the young Earl of Marshwood, who announces that he is engaged to a Hollywood film star. Countess of Marshwood, his mother, is appalled by the decision, but Moxie, her personal maid, is even more upset about the prospect and threatens to leave Marshwood and return to the status quo.
Moxie’s reasons for leaving are soon revealed, and the Countess engages in plotting and scheming to upend the marriage and keep her maid around.
CAST:
Crestwell: Stephen Howe
Alice: Sarah Hollins
Mrs Dora (Moxie) Moxton: Katie Coy
Felicity, Countess of Marshwood: Janine Howe
Lady Cynthia Hayling: Margot Sephton
Peter Ingleton: Phil Koolen
Admiral Sir John Hayling: Colin Sephton
Nigel: Finn Childerley
Miranda Frayle: Maddison McDonald
Don Lucas: Mason Frost
Coming 12th - 22nd June 2025
Created by Jonathan Larson, RENT is a rock musical that tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village during the late 1980s and early 1990s, amidst the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
The musical centres around Mark, a filmmaker, and Roger, a musician, who are roommates and best friends. Other key characters include Mimi, an exotic dancer and Roger's love interest; Maureen, a performance artist and Mark's ex-girlfriend; Joanne, Maureen's lawyer girlfriend; Angel, a drag queen percussionist; and Tom Collins, a philosophy professor.
Through their interconnected lives, the characters deal with love, loss, friendship, and the pursuit of their dreams.