“The Mousetrap is about a group of eccentric guests gathered at a guesthouse in Southwestern England in 1952. They’re trapped by a snowstorm and they find it is likely one of them is a murderer when one of them is murdered,” director Eric Low summarized.“I’ve directed it before — just over 20 years ago. I wanted to get it right this time,” laughed Low, who is enjoying working with an enthusiastic young cast of eight including four university of Lethbridge drama students. Most of the cast are new to the Playgoers.
“We’re lucky to have a very talented group of actors. Every time we give them something to do, they do it and say ‘what else?’” he said adding he was inspired to give the Mousetrap another shot after seeing an episode of Dr. Who featuring the character of Agatha Christie which reminded him how entertaining her characters are.
“Playgoers have been doing a lot of farces lately, so we thought we’d do a murder mystery that was a farce,” he said describing the characters as eccentric and entertaining.
course of a couple days, he loses it all — his first wife dies, he loses his job and his brother dies,” said director Alan John
son who is in his last year of his BFA. The seven cast members , Terry Ecklund (who plays Reuben), Corey Joyce (Paul), Jennifer Le Blanc (Donna), Kelly Malcolm (Sara), Emma Sinclair ( Liz), James Wade and Greg Wilson (Phil) have been rehearsing for the production since December and following a three week Christmas break, since Jan. 5.
llenge finding a logical way to bring together flamenco dancing, modern Aboriginal dancing, improv theatre and opera all on the same stage,” Mikuliak enthused, adding having Jeff Carlson on board as master of ceremonies for the program helped bring everything together. The show takes the format of a Ed Sullivan style TV variety show.
