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Announcing the
2009/10 Season
  
new ways to tell great stories  

Theatre Kingston is thrilled to unveil an innovative and
literary-themed season beginning this fall. 
 

Forms of Devotion (September 25-October 10, 2009) is adapted from local author Diane Schoemperlen’s book of short stories, and explores our yearning for beauty, purpose and divinity. Director Mark Cassidy of Toronto’s Threshold Theatre presents his latest variation of this moving play that presents Toronto-based artists with Kingston roots.  

The Year of Magical Thinking (April 21-May 8, 2010) is a remarkable one-woman show adapted from the best-selling memoir by the U.S. writer Joan Didion. Theatre Kingston’s Artistic Director, Kim Renders, will portray Didion’s struggle to make sense of life after the sudden death of her husband. Visit a Joan Didion fan page.  

Goblin Market (November 18 – 28, 2009) is an award-winning musical interpretation of the Christina Rosetti poem that weaves a tale of sisterly love, forbidden fruit and female sexuality. Adapted by Peggy Harmon and Polly Pen, this Canadian premiere is directed by Tim Fort, head of drama at Queen’s University.  Read a review in The New York Times.

The King’s Conscience (February 3-20, 2010) is Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a twist. A tortured, young prince finds solace in rap music and the potential of language that yields a combination of hip-hop, comedy, tragedy, skull-juggling, and some of the bard’s greatest soliloquies in this new theatrical event by Salon Theatre Productions.  
Read about the play at Montreal Arts Uncovered.
All shows performed at the Baby Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St.