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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance By John Arden
TheatreFIRST - Oakland’s Professional Theatre
Pictured
from Left to Right: David Fierro (Constable), Rowan Brooks (Sparky),
Noah Butler (Hurst) and Chris Ayles (Serjeant Musgrave)
Regarded as a classic since it was written in 1959, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is a striking theatrical response to the dubious morality of a war being fought on a distant land for debatable reasons (sound familiar?). Four soldiers arrive in a mining town in the grip of a strike, and in the dead of winter. Their apparent mission – to recruit more soldiers for an unpopular foreign war – masks their actual intent: to confront its people with the realities of warfare.
“This is a spell-binding, mind-challenging drama that touches greatness, and what is more, it is written in that wonderful Arden language that seems to be hewn out of granite” Michael Billington – The Guardian
Featuring: Chris Ayles*, Rowan Brooks*, Noah Butler*, Ekow Daniels, Mitchell Field, David Fierro, Norman Hall, Emily Jordan, Larry LePaule, Lindsey Murray, Garth Petal, Tom Reilly, Mike Vaughn* (*Members, Actors’ Equity Association)
Dates and location:
Old Oakland Theatre
481 Ninth Street (at Broadway), downtown Oakland
Preview: Thursday, May 3rd – 8pm
Opening: Friday, May 4th – 8pm
Run: Thursday – Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm, through May 27th.
Ticket prices: Thursday,
Sunday $21; Friday, Saturday $25; Preview $10
Under 25’s: Always half price.
Seniors, students, TBA members: $3 discount
Box Office and
Information: 510 436 5085
