From Jan. 26 to Feb. 10 Gloria’s Guy will be on stage at the Guelph Little Theatre. This is the theatre’s Western Ontario Drama League Festival entry.
Summer breezes induce a nostalgic mood when four former high school friends return to their hometown for a wedding. Now 40, they seize the opportunity for a boisterous reunion, in a boat house apartment where they partied in the past.
But, 40 is a time for reckoning. Absurd antics and mistaken assumptions may suggest light domestic comedy, but a closer look unearths darker shades, reminiscent of Alice Munro’s thesis that “people’s lives are dull, simple, amazing and unfathomable – deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum.”
Enter one former beau, the lingering mystery of a prom night heartbreak, and a somewhat irascible old busybody, to reveal elements of disappointment and renewal, loss and redemption.
Tickets are $22 and can be purchased at 519-821-0270 or at guelphlittletheatre.com/tickets.
Evening shows begin at 8pm and matinees begin at 2pm.
