{"id":18478,"date":"2019-10-25T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18478"},"modified":"2019-10-25T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:49:57","slug":"blue-bridges-39-steps-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/10\/25\/blue-bridges-39-steps-a-huge-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bridge\u2019s The 39 Steps<\/em> a huge success"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boisterous jaunt from start to finish, Blue Bridge Theatre\u2019s The 39 Steps<\/em>\u00a0is a must-see piece of theatre. Patrick Barlow\u2019s satirical adaptation of the classic Hitchcockian thriller of the same name manages to create real suspense while pulling big laughs from the audience from the moment it starts.<\/p>\n

The idea is that the entire cast of the show has come down with food poisoning, but the show must go on, so three actors from the crowd are pulled up on stage to recreate the adapted film. From the moment Christopher Mackie, playing Alfred E. Hitchcock\u2014the great-nephew of the man himself\u2014walked on stage, I was enthralled.<\/p>\n

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Blue Bridge’s The 39 Steps<\/em> is a must-see (photo by Theodore Sherman).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This play requires absolute commitment from the actors, and this group is up for the task. Every line and every joke are perfectly delivered. With the satire so thick, it\u2019s impossible to tell if any of the missteps are real\u2014I\u2019m inclined to think every moment is planned and executed with precision.<\/p>\n

As Richard Hannay, Gabriel Macdonald is delightful. He brings an air of confidence ideal for the character and his voice is truly memorable.<\/p>\n

Amanda Lisman\u2014playing Annabella, Margaret, and Pamela\u2014is accomplished and wildly funny. Seductive in some scenes, and splendidly icy in others, Lisman is the perfect Hitchcockian blonde\u2026 and brunette\u2026 and redhead.<\/p>\n

Mackie, as Clown 1, has impeccable timing. His physical comedy and nearly flawless accents bring each of his characters thoroughly to life. The final man to join the cast on stage, Rod Peter Jr.\u2014Clown 2\u2014is just as remarkable. One of his characters, Mr. Memory, is an apt name for him, with lines for nearly 15 distinct personalities.<\/p>\n

Spinning, sometimes quite literally, between roles, Peter and Mackie bring a deftness and grace to their characters that make the perfect imperfections\u2014like visible facial hair during a quick costume change\u2014as much a part of the show as the window they can\u2019t seem to get through after each one of Hannay\u2019s escapes.<\/p>\n

The 39 Steps<\/em>\u00a0is performed joyfully and the audience feels it the entire way through. It\u2019s a spectacular success.<\/p>\n

The 39 Steps
\n<\/em>Various times, until Sunday, November 3
\nVarious prices, The Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre
\nbluebridgetheatre.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A boisterous jaunt from start to finish, Blue Bridge Theatre\u2019s The 39 Steps\u00a0is a must-see piece of theatre. Patrick Barlow\u2019s satirical adaptation of the classic Hitchcockian thriller of the same name manages to create real suspense while pulling big laughs from the audience from the moment it starts. The idea is that the entire cast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18481,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions\/18481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}