The Circle
6 actors | 90 minutes
It’s a high school garage party. Amanda is a genius. Ily is a drug dealer. Kit is a runaway. Mutt is a mess. Will is a shit disturber. Daniel doesn’t know what he’s doing there.
Everyone’s a little too drunk and a little too stoned and a little uncomfortable in their own skin, but it’s better than being alone on a Friday night in suburbia.
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“As I watched The Circle with all its verbal, physical and emotional violence, I kept thinking this must have been what it was like back in 1956 at London’s Royal Court Theatre for the premiere of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, a play that ushered in and defined a generation.”
Louis B. Hobson, The Calgary Sun
“It’s hard not to like The Circle… a script that is very real, very now and unexpectedly poetic.”
J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail
Daniel Ellis, Jake Vanderham, Brian Soloman, Jacob Ehman, Vivien Endicott-Douglas, & Nikki Duval at the Tarragon Theatre (2017) • Set by Patrick Lavender • Lighting by Rebecca Picherack • Costumes by Joanna Yu • Direction by Peter Pasyk • Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann
Andrew Chown & Natasha Mumba at the New Words Festival (2014) at the National Theatre School of Canada • Set by Coral Coughlan • Costumes by Jordan Wieben • Lights by Brian Kenny • Direction by Anne-Marie Kerr • Photo by Maxim Cote
2014 - Production at New Words Festival, National Theatre School of Canada, Directed by Anne-Marie Kerr
2015 - Professional premiere at Alberta Theatre Projects, Directed by Anne-Marie Kerr
2016 - Awarded a Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play
2016 - Production at Tarragon Theatre, Directed by Peter Pasyk
2017 - Publication by Scirrocco Drama
2020 - Production at The Globe (Regina), Directed by Andrew Ritchie (presented online due to COVID-19)
The Circle was developed with support from the National Theatre School of Canada. Dramaturgy by Jonathan Garfinkel and Evan Medd.
Leanne Govier & Geoffrey Simon Brown at Alberta Theatre Projects (2015) • Set & Lighting by Narda McCarroll • Costumes by Jennifer Lee Arsenault • Direction by Anne-Marie Kerr • Photo by Matt Hall
Brian Soloman & Nikki Duval, at the Tarragon Theatre (2017) • Set by Patrick Lavender • Lighting by Rebecca Picherack • Costumes by Joanna Yu • Direction by Peter Pasyk • Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann
Daniel Ellis & Jake Vanderham at the Tarargon Theatre (2017) • Set by Patrick Lavender • Lighting by Rebecca Picherack • Costumes by Joanna Yu • Direction by Peter Pasyk • Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann
Nikki Duval, Alex De Jordy, Andrew Chown, & Natasha Mumba at the New Words Festival (2014) at the National Theatre School of Canada • Set by Coral Coughlan • Costumes by Jordan Wieben • Lights by Brian Kenny • Direction by Anne-Marie Kerr • Photo by Maxim Cote
Andrew Chown at the New Words Festival (2014) at the National Theatre School of Canada • Set by Coral Coughlan • Costumes by Jordan Wieben • Lights by Brian Kenny • Direction by Anne-Marie Kerr • Photo by Maxim Cote
Elisa Benzer, Geoffrey Simon Brown, & Joe Perry at Alberta Theatre Projects (2015) • Set & Lighting by Narda McCarroll • Costumes by Jennifer Lee Arsenault • Direction by Anne-Marie Kerr • Photo by Matt Hall