Tuesdays with Morrie
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre presents
Tuesdays with Morrie

3 Mar 2015 to 15 Mar 2015

By: Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
Based on the book by Mitch Albom

Director: Liz Bradley

Presented by: Queanbeyan City Council

Featuring:

Multi-award winning Canberra actors: Graham Robertson as Morrie (Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) awards Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Featured Role) and Dave Evans as Mitch (CAT Awards 2 x Best Actor in a Musical)

 

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom is the true account of Albom's interactions with Morrie Schwartz and how they impacted his life. Morrie Schwartz was Albom's college professor at Brandeis University where the two formed a special bond. Over the years Albom loses touch with Schwartz until he learns Morrie is dying from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), which prompts him to rekindle their friendship. Mitch visits with Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. This new relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

 

Now the best-selling memoir of all time, Tuesdays with Morrie began as a modest labour of love to help pay some of Schwartz's medical bills. Today, the book has sold more than 15 million copies in more than 50 editions around the world.

 

‘An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend.’ ~ Tampa Tribune

‘An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death.’ ~ Boston Globe

‘One of those stories that kind of sneak up and grab people’s hearts over time.’ ~ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Venue
The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
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2 hours no interval
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Cast Dave Evans
   
Dave Evans
Mitch

Dave is an award-winning actor who has performed on stage and screen in countless comedy, drama and musical productions – most recently as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and as a member of the I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change ensemble.

His other notable credits include Curly in Oklahoma!, Leo Bloom in The Producers, Munkustrap in CATS, Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and as Captain Tempest in Return to the Forbidden Planet.

Playing the title role in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, and as Jerry in The Full Monty, Dave is a previous back-to-back Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) Award winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Dave is now a proud member of the judging panel for the CAT Awards, which provide recognition for the enormous contribution made by non-professional groups to the performing arts in Canberra and the region.

Catch Dave as Mitch Albom in Queanbeyan City Council’s 2015 production of Tuesdays with Morrie or follow his antics on Twitter @NotDaveEvans.

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