Oh, What a Lovely War!
Hart House Theatre
Feb 28 – Mar 7, 2020
By Ted Allan and Charles Chilton and Joan Littlewood and Gerry Raffles
Directed by Autumn Smith *
A clownish look at the foibles of combat, Oh, What A Lovely War! is a satire with songs that questions humanity’s glorification of battle and the cycle of violence.
This modern staging will take this classic, WWI themed play and place it firmly in 2020, within the world of gamers and mega-violent video games, to force a look at how we pass along warlike thinking to the next generation. This show is presented in association with Hart House’s 100th Anniversary and salutes the House’s historic connection to the military efforts in the Great War.
For this project, Toasterlab coordinated the use of Motion Capture for the creation of the John Bull avatar in addition to the digital content production across the .
Cast
Rebecca Bauer
Avatar 4 / Austria-Hungary / Fr. Aide / Captain Ian Hamilton
Simon Bennett
Player 2 / Burt Higgins
Ethan Curnett
Player 3 / Jack Smith
Raechel Fisher
Avatar 7 / Britain / Douglas Haig
Kristiaan Hansen
Player 1 / John Fraser
David Jackson
Player 6 / Edward Davies
Mackenzie Kelly
Avatar 6 / Germany / Kaiser Wilhelm
Mark McKelvie
Player 5 / William Robinson
Katie Ready-Walters
Avatar 2 / Serbia / Violinist / Wilson / Chaplain
Jillian Robinson
Avatar 5 / Russia / Pankhurst / Homefires / Noel Des Enfants soloist
Patrick Teed
Player 4 / George Hiscox
Khira Wieting
Avatar 1 / France / Lanzerac / British General / Percussion
Production Team
- Director – Autumn Smith *
- Music Director- Justin Hiscox
- Projections Designer – Ian Garrett
- Assoc. Projs Designer – Alexandra Caprara
- Costume Designer – Yasaman Nouri
- Lighting Designer – Ella Wieckowski
- Sound Designer – Kelly Anderson
- Stage Manager – Mary Keenen
- Scenic Artist – Edith Nataprawira
- Head of Properties – Elizabeth Friend
- Head of Wardrobe – Janelle Stewart
- Assistant Director – Dhanya Ashley Dass *
- Assistant Stage Manager – Hareem Haider
- Assistant Stage Manager – Mackenzie Horner
Production Photos: Scott Gorman
Other Images: Ian Garrett