Have a Summer Fling
New theatre festival offers nine shows in six venues
By Patrick Langston, The Ottawa Citizen
Sarah McVie plays the free-spirited Susan, a.k.a. Rita, in the Arts Court Production of Educating Rita. The ambitious production was made famous by the 1983 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters.
Sarah McVie plays the free-spirited Susan, a.k.a. Rita, in the Arts Court Production of Educating Rita. The ambitious production was made famous by the 1983 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters
Thanks to a summer fling, Ottawa actor Sarah McVie can breathe a little easier about her mortgage.
McVie plays the title role in Educating Rita, Willy Russell’s two-person comedy-with-a-dark-side opening today at Arts Court Theatre. The play launches Summer Fling — A Theatrical Affair!, the new performing arts festival running until Aug. 28 in downtown Ottawa. Consisting of nine shows in six venues, the festival is a joint effort between the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation and the Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Association.
For McVie, the gig means income during the summer, a normally fallow period for many in Ottawa’s professional theatre community. And since the 32-year-old recently bought a house — a brave move in a profession where bodies seriously outnumber paying roles and where McVie says she supports herself “with great difficulty” — the chance to play Rita is a good thing both financially and artistically.
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Tags: Downtown Rideau BIA, Educating Rita, Ottawa Citizen, Patrick Langston, SUMMER FLING
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