October 27 – November 13, 2016
Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen Street East
Toronto’s only theatre company specializing in demented takes of horror and the uncanny, told with live actors, puppets, the magical arts, and an anarchic soul of giddy ghoulishness opens a NEW terrible tale on October 27th
Eric Woolfe and Samara Nicholds formed Eldritch Theatre in 1999 and has since been nominated 15 times for Dora Awards for their outstanding horror productions. Eldritch shows are “Toronto’s Spookiest Stage Shows” (Torontoist) and in “Toronto’s Top 5 Shows To See” (Culture Trip). This fall make Eldritch Theatre a tradition as it’s a “great way to continue the Halloween spirit,” (NOW Magazine).
“An eerie tale of unholy larceny and Klondike gold. Based on the sworn testimony of the miserable souls who survived this terrifying ordeal…. Strange things loom in the midday moon, where lost men moil for gold.”
The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy is a new play by Eric Woolfe (House at Poe Corner, Doc Wuthergloom’s Haunted Medicine Show) who uses puppets and close-up magic based on the Faust Legend. Our hero, Brimstone, is caught up in the Canadian Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. An alchemy of historical fact, ancient legend, true stories of Old West grifters and card sharps, the works of HP Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood and Robert Service, and a good deal of heartbreak and whimsy, this epic tale tells the story of a two-bit conman and how he lost his true love to the dark spirits of the North as a result of his greed and lust for gold and “the sure thing” game.
“In the world of punk-tinged, Victorian-gothic puppeteering, Eric Woolfe must rank near the very top.” – The Globe & Mail
Directed by Dylan Trowbridge (Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage) who came to rehearsals, “Looking for fun and danger and sin… to lure the audience in, then blindside them the darkness of our world.” With sound by Jude Haines and lighting by Kaitlin Hickey, the design of your experience is led by Melanie McNeill (Dora Award for Madhouse Variations) which is to evoke a Den of Sin.
Presented at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen Street East Toronto, October 27th, 2016 to November 13, 2016. Tickets start at $25 in advance and can be purchased at our website www.eldritchtheatre.ca or http://harrowing.brownpapertickets.com/ or for $35 at the door.
Try your courage with enhanced ticket option of the post-performance demonstration of Gambler Cheats and Confidence Tricks both Natural and Supernatural held in the Creepy Basement of the Theatre.