A fun way to see history come alive.

That from Director Rod Carley on the Gateway Theatre Guild’s latest production ‘1837: The Farmer’s Revolt’ which is on stage this week at Widdifield Secondary School.

He says this is a Canada 150 commemoration project, with song and music and silliness.

“It’s a funny, scrappy piece. When it was first written, it was a new wave of plays that were starting to define the Canadian identity and actually have Canadians write about Canadians,” he says.

He also says it’s not your everyday history lesson.

“This piece certainly takes Canadian history and throws it out of the history text and it makes it come alive kind of like a series of Monty Python sketches,” he adds.

There’s a cast of about 25 involved in the family-friendly production.

‘1837: The Farmer’s Revolt’ by Rick Salutin is on stage Wednesday, November 22nd through Saturday, November 25th.

Check out www.gatewaytheatreguild.ca for ticket information.

About the production:
1837: The Farmer’s Revolt, a 1973 play about the Upper Canada Rebellion led by William Lyon Mackenzie. A modern Canadian classic about the uprising that paved the way for nationhood. This play is a vivid popularization of Canadian history which won the Chalmers Outstanding Play Award. Rick Salutin is one of Canada’s most experienced authors, a playwright and editor and columnist for the Globe and Mail.

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