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Print this document in PDF format* School for ScandalRenowned Canadian director Miles Potter will direct George Brown Theatre School's graduating class of 2006 in Richard Sheridan's 18th century masterpiece SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. A sparkling comedy of manners, blending the brilliant wit of the Restoration with 18th-century sensibility, The School for Scandal affectionately satirizes fashionable society with its materialism, gossip and hypocrisy. Slander and clandestine love affair never go out of style which makes Sheridan's play as timely as ever. This sophisticated romp combines elegant language with earthy comedy to create a deliciously wicked world. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the master of the satirical comedy of manners, was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre where he had a great influence on the theatre of his time. School for Scandal is studied around the world in high schools and theatre schools making him one of the well-known traditionalist playwrights second to Shakespeare. He later became a distinguished parliamentary orator. Miles Potter, a theatre icon, has been acting, directing and teaching in the Canadian theatre for almost thirty years. He began his career at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille helping create and performing in plays like The Farm Show, 1837: the Farmers Revolt, the Donnelly's and The West Show. He has taught at the University of Ottawa and the University of Missouri at Kansas City as well as at The National Theatre School. Miles is The Festival of Classics' first Consulting Artistic Director. Last year, Potter directed The Comedy of Errors, earning the Festival its first five-star review. Most recently he has directed several productions for The Stratford Festival (Medea, Good Mother, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Orpheus Descending) and The Festival of Classics (The Tempest, Comedy of Errors). The creative team also includes: Kelly Wolf (set and costumes); Steve Lucas (lighting). For nearly 30 years, George Brown Theatre School has been training talented young people for professional careers in Canada's entertainment industry. The school's reputation for excellence attracts students from across Canada and the United States for its conservatory-style actor training course. The Theatre School's recent move to the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto's Distillery Historic District provides students with an educational experience unparalleled in North America. WHAT: SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL directed by Miles Potter WHERE: Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Distillery District, 55 Mill St, Building 49 WHEN: February 8 -18, 2006 TICKETS: $18.00 adult; $16 students & seniors; BOX OFFICE: 416.866.8666
About George Brown CollegeToronto’s George Brown College has established a reputation for equipping students with the skills, industry experience and credentials to pursue the careers of their choice. From its two main campuses located across the downtown core, George Brown offers 148 full-time and 1,600 continuing education programs across a wide variety of professions to a student body of approximately 63,000 (including those enrolled in full-time, part-time and continuing education programs). Students can earn diplomas, post-graduate certificates, industry accreditations, apprenticeships and four-year bachelor degrees. -30- For more information, please contact: Paul Zanettos Return to: News Releases - George Brown College View also: Latest News at George Brown College Upcoming Events at George Brown College
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