Old Age Ain't for Sissies - On Stage NOW!
Mixed Company Theatre’s new show Old Age Ain’t for Sissies is on stage now at the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace! Don’t miss your chance to see a spectacular performance tackling relevant and current issues around getting older in today’s day and age! Get your tickets here!
For audiences both young and old, this play highlights the inevitable changes within a family during retirement-- the increasing needs of our aging parents and the stress of finding employment in our current economic situation.
Come out and take part in an interactive dialogue and discover ways to deal with these issues that affect us all!
More testimonials from our audience:
"It was wonderful to see Mixed Company Theatre making a difference in the lives of so many seniors; and the discussion that ensued was a wonderful way to bring the issues in the play to life. Congrats to all!"
- Brian Goldenberg, Founder and Artistic Director of Angel Walk Theatre
"I found the show relatable to myself as a younger audience member because it helped me see what kinds of challenges my parents were facing when my brothers and I had left home."
- Audience Member
"I would like to say that the messages in the play seemed to speak to everyone in the audience - older, middling, and younger, and the audience participation was dynamic, genuine, and enlightening.
And there were lots of laughs!"
- Audience Member
How to buy tickets:
Box office: (416) 531-1827
Online: https://tickets.tarragontheatre.com/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent379.html
Old Age Ain’t for Sissies
Tarragon Theatre Extraspace
Nov 27 – Dec 1 2013
Evenings @ 8:00 PM, Sun Mat @ 2:30 PM, Preview Nov 26
About the Show
The Cline couple will experience all the pitfalls and frustrations that confront older adults in their retirement years. Will they negotiate the shoals and reefs successfully? Will their marriage survive? Will they survive?
Old Age Ain’t for Sissies was written by Chalmers Award winner Rex Deverell and created in consultation with over 150 seniors across Toronto and the GTA. The play begins with a retirement party. For some the party heralds a glorious new era of freedom and adventure. For others it sounds a peal of doom. The drama is punctuated with songs resonating with the determination of seniors who want neither to be dismissed nor forgotten. The skillful facilitators of Mixed Company Theatre will engage with the audience to bring hope and light into what could otherwise be a crisis of despair.
The production stars older actors with an array of backgrounds and experiences. If you’ve never experienced a piece of forum theatre, this is your chance to see how it works. This interactive play invites the audience to come on stage, take on the role of one of the characters and explore possible options to the issues presented.
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