The Barber of Seville

"From the slightest gesture to the smallest prop, every opportunity for a laugh is exploited in a hugely detailed production. It takes a great deal of control to create the appearance of reigning confusion on stage - Theatre Columbus has plenty"
-- Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail

Freely adapted by Michael O'Brien
Music by John Millard adapted from Rossini
Directed by Leah Cherniak
Set Design by Glenn Davidson
Costumes Design by Cécile Bélec
Lighting by Andrea Lundy
The company: Donald Adams, Todd Duckworth, David Fox, Paulina Gillis, Martin Julien, Alisa Palmer, Martha Ross, Luis Ochoa, Dragoslav Tanaskovic, Martin van de Ven

Freely plundering from Rossini’s opera, John Millard’s adaptations from the arias and his original songs take us to Spain, on the eve of the French Revolution. A lovesick nobleman, played byTodd Duckworth, seeks the woman of his dreams (Paulina Gillis), but to win her, he must enlist the help of the mercurial Figaro (a gleeful Martin Julien). The audience is led into a madcap spiral of deceit, disguise, trickery and mayhem.

Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female: Paulina Gillis
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Sound or Music: John Millard
Nomination for Outstanding Costume Design: Cécile Bélec
Nomination for Outstanding Performance for a male: David Fox
Nomination for Outstanding Perfomance in a Musical: Martin Julien