RCAT’s 2023-24 season continues with The Heat Play by Marie Pike Productions running from February 22 to February 25, 2024, at the LSPU Hall in St. John’s, NL.
Tickets are available on the LSPU Hall website at tickets.lspuhall.ca or by calling The Hall at 709-753-4531.
Synopsis
The Heart Play is a quick-witted comedy about becoming yourself featuring a host of local talent. After losing her nan, Venus finds a black hole in her apartment but it’s ok, the doctor said there was a cream for it, or maybe pills? And her best friend did some witchcraft so it should clear up any day now. Plus her boyfriend said she was just overreacting and of course her boss has her working two jobs now so there isn’t time to dwell on something as insignificant as a black hole in the middle of her life. Venus is the yes man but is finding it harder and harder to know what it is she actually wants. It takes falling into the hole itself and coming face to face with her own heart to figure it out.
became kind of obsessed with my Venus in Scorpio astrology placement – the planet of love in its sign of detriment. I wondered, is that why my relationships are twisted? Then I thought about the relationship I had with myself, and what my heart would look like if it
Director and Playwright, Marie Pike, on The Heart Play
came to life, what would it say? Turns out it’s a Robert Smith-inspired nan, and the cure is in the pain. So is the humor.”
The Heart Play cast and crew
Playwright: Marie Pike
Director: Marie Pike
Stage management: Lisah Nsanzugwanko
Set design: Colleen Best
Lighting design: Bob Stamp
Sound design: Shauna Gilpin
Costume design: Grace Pike
Featuring: Andrya Duff, Ian Foster, Wendi Smallwood, and Bridget Wareham
Accessibility
The LSPU Hall is committed to providing an accessible venue. See www.lspuhall.ca/accessibility for more information. Live Stream tickets are available at tickets.lspuhall.ca.
Assistive Listening Systems are available upon request, funded in part by the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Newfoundland & Labrador and Cultural Spaces through Canadian Heritage.
About RCA Theatre Company
RCA is proud to be the Theatre Company that cultivates, enriches and promotes a unique perspective of the culture of our province. When audiences buy a ticket for a show at the Hall, they are supporting essential, live performances in their community, as well as important programs and resources for the artists who create them.
Press Contact:
August Carrigan
Communications and Marketing Manager
communications@lspuhall.ca