AGE OF AROUSAL Brings Its Uncensored Story To Stage 3/24

Centaur Theatre Company invites you to enter the boldly uncensored world of loosened corsets as five Victorian women pursue a new age where erotic and economic freedom reign supreme. It's 1885, and the typewriter is invented, a population imbalance leaves London flooded with half a million more women than men and an escalating suffrage movement has ushered in a rip-roaring New Age where virtue is barely holding down its petticoats!

Featuring a stellar cast that includes some of Montreal's most sought-after actresses, this tale of passion, confusion and courage "finds the perfect balance between intelligence and sensuality" (FFWD Weekly, Calgary). Mary Barfoot (Clare Coulter), an ex-militant suffragette, runs a school for secretaries with her beloved Rhoda (Alison Darcy).

The school's invasion by three spinster sisters (Diana Fajrajsl, Gemma Jenna-Smith and Leni Parker) and a charismatic cad named Everard (Julian Casey), creates a
catalyst for political, sexual and emotional explosion. Ideas and libidos clash for dominance, as each character confronts the meaning of revolutionary courage. Sexy, fresh, and vibrantly funny, Age of Arousal is a modern look at forbidden Victorian desires on the brink of explosion.

"...one of Canada's originals, known not only for the quality of her work, but for the sheer range of her career" (Maclean's Magazine), playwright and actress, Linda Griffiths is the winner of five Dora Mavor Moore awards, a Gemini award, two Chalmer's awards, the Quizanne International Festival Award for Jessica, and Los Angeles' A.G.A. Award for her performance in John Sayles' film Liana. She has twice been nominated for the Governor General's Award for playwriting. Her plays include, Alien Creature: a
visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen, The Darling Family, Maggie and Pierre and The Duchess: a.k.a. Wallis Simpson, among others.

Centaur's production is directed by Sarah Garton Stanley, whose Centaur credits include Forever Yours, Marie-Lou and Glorious! with assistant director Caitlin Murphy. The period set and Costumes are designed by Michael Eagan and illuminated by lighting Designer Leigh Ann Vardy. Age of Arousal is stage managed by Merissa Tordjman with assistant Sarah-Marie Langlois.

Previews: March 24 & 25
Opening: Thursday, March 26
Closing: April 19
Evenings: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm*
*Except Thursday April 16 at 7pm
Sunday 7pm: April 5
Matinees: Saturdays - 2pm: March 28, April 7, 4, 11, 18
Sundays - 2pm: March 29, April 12, 19
Wednesday - 1pm: April 1
High School Matinees: April 8 & 15