Photo by Barry Wallace
The Pavilion was one of the best pieces of dramatic theatre I have ever attended. It was the closing performance of a play by, long-time acclaimed playwright Craig Wright performed at King Township's Pine Orchard Farms stage. The drama was put on by the King Theatre Company and Pine Farms Orchard in a charming outdoor setting just north of the village of King City.
It was a 90-minute, non-stop performance by a cast of just three actors, Ian Ottis Coff, and his wife Alexa Higgins plus Josh Palmer, performed under the artistic direction of Chloe Rose Flowers.
The play was about time, set at a 20 year high school reunion in the small town of Pine City. The play asked the audience to consider the people they were, they people they hoped they could become, and the people they turned out to be. The play asked how do people reconcile what they hoped they might be with who they were in the present, going on to ask how one made peace with ambitions endured, and the ones that did not materialize.
The dramatic journey was painfully revealing, profane and highly emotional... stunning, even shocking at times.
It was a night to remember...an extraordinary production...in a remarkable setting.
If you were there, please comment if you wish.
Barry Wallace
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