Rebecca Northan's 'Blind Date' Opens at Harbourfront 2/23 - 3/12

Blind Date is a unique theatre experience that began as a ten minute burlesque-clown piece at The Spiegel Show at Harbourfront Centre in 2007. It quickly became a crowd favourite and Rebecca Northan expanded it into a full ninety minute piece, where she has a simulated date with a different audience member each night. In the show, she plays Mimi, a young Parisian woman waiting for a blind date in a café somewhere along the banks of the Seine. When she is stood up, she turns to the audience to find someone brave enough to step in and go on a date with her.

Blind Date's last run in Toronto was completely sold out, with the Toronto Star raving that it was "...a flight of theatrical fancy that is absolutely magical. Four stars out of four." World Stage is bringing the popular show back for two weeks at Harbourfront's York Quay Centre, and it opens tonight.

Audiences can expect a completely different type of theatre experience. "Mimi" mingles with the audience prior to the actual show in an attempt to get a feel for the various people in the crowd so that she can select her "date" for the evening. What transpires from that point onward depends entirely on the man chosen. Each night and each show will be completely different, with no way of knowing how everything will end.

The whole idea of live theatre combined with improv got me thinking a bit about the Olympics. Everyone in Canada seems to be really enjoying watching our country host the Games, and part of the appeal is the whole notion that with live sporting events, one never knows what might or could happen. The same is true with "Blind Date". Because Rebecca doesn't know her "date" at each show and everything is improvised, neither herself nor the audience can ever really truly know what is going to happen. And it's that uncertainty that will make for such a fun and exciting evening of theatre.

For more information about the show you can also read our interview with Rebecca here. I encourage people to get out and see this show, it's not very often that one gets to have an experience like this one.

When and Where?
Rebecca Northan in Blind Date
Harbourfront Centre's York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Performance Schedule:
February 23rd-27th, March 2nd - 12th

All shows at 8PM with doors at 7PM

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in person at the box office, by phone at 416-973-4000 or at www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage

For more information, please visit the website at http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage0809/blind.cfm

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