Release Date

03 Nov, 2003

Runtime

00:37: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

18/3

Synopsis

RUN, do not WALK, to watch SLINGS & ARROWS

This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and artistic miracles that happen behind the scenes.

Original Title

Slings & Arrows

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Season 1

03 Nov, 2003

Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre—the site of his own acting triumph and career-ending meltdown—to assume the artistic directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. Believing that theatre is meant to provoke not anesthetize, Geoffrey takes on the suits who want to turn the festival into a theme park, a director who runs amuck with Hamlet, and his own demons, including Oliver—who returns to haunt him.

Season 2

27 Jun, 2005

In season two, Geoffrey is now ensconced as artistic director of the New Burbage theatre festival, and must stage the cursed play Macbeth to fulfill the vision of his deceased predecessor Oliver. The lead actor engages in a titanic clash of egos with Geoffrey, while Oliver weighs in from the grave. A financial crisis forces the CEO to engage in some risky business, while leading lady Ellen endures a life-altering tax audit.

Season 3

24 Jul, 2006

Season three sees the festival planning to stage King Lear, as well as a contemporary new musical, in an attempt to top the critical and financial success of its last production. But creative director Geoffrey Tennant finds himself seized by fits of uncontrollable weeping—among other, more intimate maladies.

Created By

Bob Martin

Susan Coyne

Mark McKinney

Actors

Paul Gross

Stephen Ouimette

Martha Burns

Susan Coyne

William Hutt

Seán Cullen

Chris Leavins

Sarah Polley

Graham Harley

Don McKellar

Mark McKinney

Leon Pownall

Aaron Abrams

Crew

Mark McKinney

Bob Martin

Susan Coyne

Niv Fichman

Niv Fichman

Sari Friedland

Daniel Iron