One year after a tragedy, two families sit down to dinner. Far from finding the closure they seek, the dinner strips bare their good intentions to reveal layers of parental, sexual, and political hypocrisy. Written with sensitivity and humour, Late Company is both a timely and timeless meditation on a parent’s struggle to comprehend the monstrous and unknown in their child. The smash hit of the 2013 Summerworks Festival.
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Late Company was first produced in 2013 by Suburban Beast and surface/underground theatre in the SummerWorks Performance Festival (Toronto). Late Company is produced by permission of the Author and Marquis Entertainment Inc. www.marquisent.ca
Written by Jordan Tannahill
Directed by Peter Pasyk
Set & Lighting by Patrick Lavender
Sound by Andy Trithardt
Featuring Liam Sullivan, Rosemary Dunsmore, John Cleland, Richard Greenblatt and Fiona Highet
Stage Managed by Chantal Hayman
Set & Costume Design by Joanna Yu
Photography by Dahlia Katz
“Best New Play” “Best Production” “Best Director” “Best Ensemble”
“The final play in The Theatre Centre’s November Ticket triptych is its most intimate look at grief and loss–and the most optimistic.”
“The entire ensemble, under the very precise direction of Peter Pasyk, is brilliant”
“Late Company is first-rate theatre, searing but holding out a touch of hope and connection in its last moments.”
