Playgoers of Lethbridge are ready to “Hurry Hard” at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre, Feb. 7-10. So sweep up your tickets at the Enmax or Yates Theatre box office and get in the house as this new Canadian play will rock and make you laugh, so you’d better not skip it.
“You don’t have to understand curling to enjoy the play,” said director Greg Wolcott, who makes his directing debut with Playgoers of Lethbridge.
He is enjoying directing Kristen DaSilva’s comedy which he described as a “slice of Canadian life” about a group of friends who want to win one last bonspiel before their club closes.
The play is about a couple Bill and Sandy, whose curling team splits up along with their marriage.
But they reconcile for one last bonspiel.
“The couple have been divorced for seven years. And one of the characters has never won a bonspiel so he really wants to win one before the club closes,” Wolcott said
“Hurry Hard” was first produced in 2019.
“It takes place in Ontario, but it could be any small town in Canada,” Wolcott said.
“It all takes place on the second floor of a curling club. The audience is the ice they’re looking down at, so that’s a neat concept that breaks the fourth wall,” he said.
“Hurry Hard stars some familiar faces including Trevor Loman, Teresa Huszar, plus Jason Lisburn, Genevieve Saunders and Nic Barker.
Wolcott has directed many plays for high school, but has never worked with adults.
“It’s moving along very well,” he said.
“ I’m used to working with students, and a set rehearsal space and a set set, but we‘re rehearsing in different spots every day with a makeshift set. It’s been challenging working around work schedules and family which I never had to do before,” he said adding he is excited to help bring Playgoers of Lethbridge into their 101st year.
“ It’s quite an accomplishment for Playgoers to be going for 100 years, he said.
“ I wanted to do a a Canadian comedy. ‘Hurry Hard’ is relatively new,” he said.
“I hope people will enjoy themselves for two hours with this play.
“ It’s a very funny play. It’s very well written,” he said.
Tickets are available at the Yates Theatre and Enmax Box Office for $27.
The show is at 7:30 p.m. each night.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. beat editor
