THEATRE NEWS: Ballet comes to the Sony;
casting set for The Test

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency
12 MAY/11

TORONTO - The Alberta Ballet will bring its acclaimed production of Love Lies Bleeding  — a ballet inspired by and featuring the music of Elton John — to the Sony Centre for six performances Nov. 8 through 13, in a presentation by  David Mirvish, as part of the 2011/12 Sony season announced Tuesday. The ballet, which premièred last year in Alberta, will make its Toronto debut hot on the heels of a Vancouver engagement in October.

An appearance  by the Bolshoi Ballet, performing Swan Lake, May 15 through 19, is also on the Sony program. For ticket information and a complete rundown of the forthcoming Sony season, visit  www.sonycentre.ca

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Complete casting has been announced for  Lukas Barfuss' The Test, the first production in the Company Theatre's three year participation in the Berkeley Street Project with Canadian Stage. Gord Rand and Sonja Smits will join the previously announced cast of Eric Peterson, Liisa Repo-Martell and Phillip Riccio, all under the direction of Jason Byrne.

The Test runs at the Berkeley Street Theatre Oct. 31 through Nov. 27.