Lend Me a Tenor<\/em> (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cSo it\u2019s a classic \u2018the show must go on\u2019,\u201d says McIsaac. \u201cThe assistant to the general manager of the company has to step up and fill the role and put on a costume and go out there. He ends up being quite good, so people really do mistake him for the real guy, and that\u2019s where all the mistaken identity ensues. There are six doors on the set, so they\u2019re constantly coming in and out and slamming the doors, and it\u2019s quite fast-paced and funny. We\u2019re having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sounds like a good time; also sounds like an episode of Three\u2019s Company<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d says McIsaac. \u201cIt\u2019s very sitcom-esque at moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sitcom vibe is just part of the reason why McIsaac feels that farce can still appeal to college-aged people today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just delightful, there\u2019s just an energy to it that\u2019s really appealing,” she says. “It has a life force of its own. We always see it happening when we get into the second act of the piece. You\u2019ve taken care of the exposition and all the pieces are in place, and you just need to knock down that first domino, then everything just happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
And everything happens with great timing thanks to, according to McIsaac, the training of the students involved in the play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese students have great training, they\u2019re very musical, and they\u2019ve got training in dance and choreography as well, so they\u2019re very really adept at assimilating rhythmic elements of the farce, and the physical elements, the physical comedy, because they\u2019re very much used to working in that musical way with phrasing and rhythm and that sort of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
And who exactly are the students involved? They\u2019re from a two-year training program in performing arts at the Canadian College of Performing Arts, where students get trained in dance, singing, acting, and other aspects of production and career management, McIsaac explains. Company C is the final part of that program.<\/p>\n
\u201cCompany C is a third-year program, just half the year, and opposed to taking classes, they become theatre companies and produce three shows back to back. They also market them, build the sets, and sew the costumes, and also perform in them. So they\u2019re the cast and producing company at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lend Me a Tenor
\n<\/i>7:30 pm Friday, October 4
\n2 pm and 7:30 pm Saturday, October 5
\n2 pm Sunday, October 6
\n$7.50 student rush tickets at the door\/$15 in advance
\nCCP Performance Hall, 1701 Elgin Road
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