Tarragon's Remounted LUNGS Opens Tonight

Tarragon Theatre presents the remount of its award-winning, critically acclaimed production of Lungs, written by British playwright Duncan Macmillan, directed by Weyni Mengesha, and starring Lesley Faulkner and Brendan Gall. Winner of a Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Production of a Play in the 2013-2014 Toronto season, and nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore awards, this celebrated drama opens tonight, December 31 2014 and runs to Sunday, January 25 2015 in Tarragon's Extraspace.

A bare stage, a man, a woman, a conversation and - infinite possibility. Lungs gives us a no-holds-barred look at a lifetime of love in a time of global anxiety and political unrest. What will be the first to destruct - the planet or the relationship?

Tarragon's Artistic Director Richard Rose said of the show: "Lungs resonated with so many people and garnered such an astounding reaction from audiences, it is an honour to remount it for an even wider audience."

Duncan Macmillan is an award-winning British writer and director whose work has been produced in the U.K. and abroad to critical acclaim. Lungs was first produced in a rolling world premiere with Studio Theatre, Washington DC and the Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres (U.K.) in 2011 and subsequently presented by the National Theatre in 2012 in London where it won Best New Play at the Offies. He is currently writing new plays for the National Theatre, Paines Plough and BBC Radio. His co-adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 with Rob Icke for Headlong/Nottingham Playhouse recently concluded a UK tour and was produced at the Almeida Theatre in the spring of 2014. He is currently in rehearsal for The Forbidden Zone, directed by Katie Mitchell, for the Saltzburg Festival.

Award-winning director and dramaturge Weyni Mengesha started her career directing trey anthony's da Kink in my hair across North America and in London; and composing its Dora-nominated score. She directed Kim's Convenience for Soulpepper which has since gone on to play across Canada and is in negotiations to tour internationally. For Tarragon, she directed The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs which won her a 2012 Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Director. She is also the recipient of a Harry Jerome Award, the Toronto Arts Foundation's Emerging Artist of the Year Award, a Harold Award, and has been nominated for four Dora awards.

Set and costume design is by Ken Mackenzie with lighting design by Kimberly Purtell and sound design by Thomas Ryder Payne. The stage manager is Lindsay McIntosh.

Tarragon Theatre presents the return engagement of Lungs Toronto Theatre Critics' Award winner back by popular demand from the 2013/14 season! Written by award-winning British playwright Duncan Macmillan Directed by Weyni Mengesha Starring Lesley Faulkner and Brendan Gall Set and Costume Design by Ken Mackenzie Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne

Opens December 31, 2014 and runs to Janaury 25, 2015 Tarragon Theatre's Extraspace, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2:30pm For tickets, call Patron Services at 416.531.1827 or visit www.tarragontheatre.com Tickets $37-$52 (Discounts for students, seniors and groups.) Rush tickets sold for $15 cash only, in person at Tarragon two hours before each performance, subject to availability. Tickets can be purchased through Patron Services at 416.531.1827 or by visiting www.tarragontheatre.com

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