CanStage Canada
The Overcoat
Barbican Theatre
Tue 20 - Sat 24 Jan 7.45pm
£7, £12, £16, £21, £26, £30 (booking fee)
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Can clothes change your life? Find out in this intricate, stylised and beautifully choreographed comedy of splendour and madness set in 19th century Russia. Based on Nikolai Gogol's classic short stories The Overcoat and Diary of a Madman, and set to the sweeping music of Shostakovich, this multiple award winning production tells the tale of an ordinary office worker whose life is transformed when he acquires a fabulous new overcoat. With its dynamic mix of music and thrilling physical theatre, this play without words evokes Keaton, Chaplin and the masters of silent film. Each element of the show - 22 strong cast, spectacular set design, haunting lighting and striking period costumes - combines to create a magical world.

'Dazzling, hilarious, enchanting, beautiful and haunting... It will make you laugh and send shivers down your spine. In a word, spectacular'. The Globe and Mail
'I loved it. Visually stunning and definitely not the norm. Brilliant.' Colin Farrell
'A seamless piece of dance theatre that operates on a grand scale'. Variety

Recommended age range: 7 and above

Runs approx 90 mins without interval

The Canadian Stage Company. A CanStage Production Created by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling. Produced by CanStage, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Glynis Henderson Productions. Presented in association with BITE:04

BITE:04 and LIMF gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canadian High Commission and the Canada Council.

The Overcoat tour is made possible via funding from the Canada Council, the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

LBC 97.3FM is the official media partner of The Overcoat

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