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Beauty & The Beast: My Life


  • The Erratics Indie Arts Club 625 11 Avenue Southwest Calgary, Alberta, T2R 0E1 Canada (map)
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Pick Your Price Tickets: Keeping with our commitment to financial accessibility, ticket prices range from $15 to $40. Ticket price does not effect your seat selection, we encourage everyone to chose a price that feels most appropriate. 

About:

Beauty and The Beast: My Life (BBML) is part fantasy, part reality, with huge dollops of whimsy, Niall McNeil’s work transports audiences into a vibrant realm that references Disney and Cocteau but charts its own unique narrative path through Niall’s experiences and multi-faceted art practice.

Niall McNeil identifies as a practising multidisciplinary artist with Down Syndrome. Beauty and the Beast: My Life marks
Niall’s directorial debut, in addition to creating the story and visual art in the play. Niall has assembled an incredible team of collaborators and performers who have come together to centre his unique approach to art-making.

BBML is a celebration of movement and the power of imagination, combining Niall’s dialogue, lyrics and paintings, with the performers swirling through space and time, to a seriously catchy musical score by Veda Hille, that’s sure to challenge your perceptions and delight audiences of all ages. This is a highly original interdisciplinary performance, the
likes of which you’re unlikely to experience on stage again any time soon.

Credits:

  • WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NIALL MCNEIL

  • Produced by: Niall McNeil Productions

  • Key Creative Collaboration and Choreography: Billy Marchenski

  • Performers & Collaborators: Billy Marchenski, Sophia Mai Wolfe, Kate Franklin, Peter Anderson, Elizabeth Barrett

  • Director Mentor: Debbie Patterson

  • Composer: Veda Hille

  • Lighting Designer: Itai Erdal

  • Costume Designer: Christine Reimer

  • Sound Designer: Mishelle Cuttler

  • Set & Props Designer, Technical Director: Paula Viitanen Aldazosa

  • Pre-Show Projection Design: Candelario Andrade

  • Dramaturge: Michele Valiquette

  • Production Manager: Jessica Han

  • Stage Manager: Jillian Perry

  • Surtitles Designer and Audio Describer: Anika Vervecken

  • Producers: Joan McNeil, Brian Postalian, John Dippong

  • Public Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver.

  • Niall McNeil Productions Artistic Director: Niall McNeil

  • Manager & Creative Director: Joan McNeil

  • Producer: John Dippong

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