Let the artists speak for themselves

Peter Hinton introduces the 06-07 Season
Peter Hinton on Frida K.

On the day of her first and only solo exhibition in Mexico, painter, iconoclast and revolutionary Frida Kahlo excavates her life in painting, politics and love. Critically acclaimed but never particularly famous while she lived, Kahlo was the wife of Mexican mural painter Diego Rivera, whose public life and large work often overshadowed her own. Daughter of an epileptic Hungarian Jew forced to emigrate to Mexico, Kahlo suffered polio as a child and was nearly killed in a bus accident in her teens. Nonetheless, she lived a passionate life, never allowing herself to be seen as a victim. Her story is one of survival and defiance in the face of insurmountable pain. Frida K. celebrates the triumph of Kahlo’s experience and her creative transmutation of that pain into beauty.

"My mother gave me the play for my birthday. I don't know what else you do when your mother gives you a play --- I had to do it. We started at the Toronto Fringe Festival and it just grew from there. It's become a really interesting journey as it keeps changing in each incarnation. You learn a lot from playing in different cultures. First in Canada, where very few people had ever heard of her. Then in New York City where many people knew her work and where she was attaining something like a pop icon status in some artistic and feminist circles. And then, of course, playing her in Mexico was intriguing, if not a bit frightening at first. But they received it so well, which I wasn’t quite prepared for. It's funny… in Mexico a Spanish-language version of The Belle of Amherst was playing at the same time, it reminded me how art can successfully cross borders of culture and language." Allegra Fulton

Ten years after the original production, the dynamic Allegra Fulton revives the role of a lifetime. In celebration of the centenary of Frida Kahlo’s birth, this coproduction with Go Diva Productions Inc.(Los Angeles) and the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) pays tribute to an artist who brought to the world of international painting the face and reality of women’s experience.

"When Diego divorced me I painted the two Fridas – the Mexican Frida he loved and the other Frida inside me he couldn’t seem to love at all. I wanted to tear the heart out of that Frida Diego didn’t want. I tried to, God knows. I tried every way I could to kill her off. But she wouldn’t die. She kept right on there inside me, yelling her obscene truths, demanding to be heard! She’s the one who suffers inside me. Without her I don’t exist at all. It’s her life I paint." Gloria Montero, Frida K. "The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb." Andre Breton

"Fulton was made to play this role" Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail "Fulton’s performance is mesmerizing, and utterly convincing" The New Yorker "Allegra Fulton plays [Frida] with hypnotic, impeccably calibrated intensity" New York Magazine "One of the most remarkable performances on the New York stage" Village Voice

Allegra Fulton
Photo: Laird Mackintosh
Illustration: Lino

Artist (s)	By Gloria Montero (a Torontonian in Barcelona) Starring Allegra Fulton Directed by Peter Hinton Set and Costume Design by Ken Garnhum Lighting Design by Bonnie Beecher Sound Design by Troy Slocum
House	Theatre
Seating Plan	Theatre - 100k
Ticket Information	Single tickets $30 to $63
On Sale Date	Single Tickets on sale September 5th
Company	A NAC English Theatre/Go Diva Productions Inc.(Los Angeles)/Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) coproduction
Group Information	Groups of 10+ receive great discounts! For more information contact grp@nac-cna.ca.
Season	2006-2007

Performance Schedule	Time(s)	Buy Tickets Online
Tuesday, January 09, 2007	19:30
Wednesday, January 10, 2007	19:30
Thursday, January 11, 2007	19:30
Friday, January 12, 2007	19:30
Saturday, January 13, 2007	14:00
Saturday, January 13, 2007	19:30
Tuesday, January 16, 2007	19:30
Wednesday, January 17, 2007	12:30
Wednesday, January 17, 2007	19:30
Thursday, January 18, 2007	19:30
Friday, January 19, 2007	19:30
Saturday, January 20, 2007	14:00
Saturday, January 20, 2007	19:30
Tuesday, January 23, 2007	19:30
Wednesday, January 24, 2007	19:30
Thursday, January 25, 2007	19:30
Friday, January 26, 2007	19:30
Saturday, January 27, 2007	14:00
Saturday, January 27, 2007	19:30

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