[BCMA] Craigdarroch Castle Halloween Theatre

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Please find attached our Press Release.

Elisabeth Hazell
Assistant Manager, Operations and Development
Craigdarroch Castle
1050 Joan Crescent
Victoria, BC V8S 3L5
ehazell at thecastle.ca<mailto:ehazell at thecastle.ca>
250.592.5323 ext. 32
www.thecastle.ca<http://www.thecastle.ca>
http://www.elocallink.tv/vp6/spon-fcsa_a.php?fvm=1&sponid=CT1UZFE0VDsBNA==&vid=UWVebA5uUD5XbFFt


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1050 Joan Crescent, Victoria, BC V8S 3L5
www.thecastle.ca<http://www.thecastle.ca> ~ 250-592-5323 ~ info at thecastle.ca
October 10, 2011
Craigdarroch Castle Presents "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Giggling Iguana Productions
Victoria, BC, Canada - Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society celebrates the second decade of its Halloween Theatre program.  This October, Giggling Iguana Productions resurrects its legendary site-specific production of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher at Craigdarroch Castle from October 21 - 31.
 "We started our Halloween shows at Craigdarroch Castle in 2001 with House of Usher," says Iguana's Ian Case who wrote and directed the original production and will helm this year's production.  "It seemed fitting to start our second decade of Halloween productions with the show that started it all."
 Case promises this will be both a familiar and completely new take on the company's first site specific hit, "So much technology has become available since 2001; wireless speakers, miniature digital projectors and so much more.  Plus, peoples' aesthetic has changed.  While the script is still very much Poe's House of Usher, we'll be working to bring returning audiences new chills and surprises while delighting those who are new to the Castle and to our version of Poe's classic tale of familial horror."
Staged 'environmentally' in Victoria's number one heritage house museum, audiences experience a walking tour of the Castle's interior and exterior as scenes of Poe's tale unfolded around them.  "The Castle is the ideal setting and the set that no theatre company could ever afford to build," says Case.
The Fall of the House of Usher takes place at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Crescent, October 20 at 8pm, October 21 and 22 at 7pm and 9pm, October 23, 26 and 27 at 8pm, October 28 and 29 at 7pm and 9pm, and October 30 and 31 at 8pm.
Tickets available in person, online and by phone on August 1, 2011 via Ticket Rocket, Victoria's Community Box Office: www.ticketrocket.org<http://www.ticketrocket.org/>, 250-590-6291, #2 - 1609 Blanshard Street (at Fisgard). Reservations are recommended.  Tickets are $25 general admission and $22 for Castle Members (prices include HST). Tickets must be purchased in advance.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a seated performance. Craigdarroch Castle is a historic house museum.  There are 87 stairs and NO ramps or elevator - it is NOT wheelchair accessible.
Contact:
Elisabeth Hazell
Assistant Manager of Operations and Development
(250) 592-5323 x32
1050 Joan Crescent
Victoria, BC, Canada
ehazell at thecastle.ca<mailto:ehazell at thecastle.ca>



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