August 31, 2011

Considered one of Toronto’s great plays, Judith Thompson’s White Biting Dog is the tale of Cape Race, a lawyer prevented from committing suicide by a small white dog as he readies himself to jump from the Bloor Street Viaduct. The dog convinces Cape to save his father’s life rather than taking his own. For the remainder of the play, Cape, and a new-found friend called Pony, endeavor to unite his father with his estranged wife.

Thompson won a Governor-General’s Award for Drama in 1984 for this Toronto play, which comes to life all over again via Soulpepper Theatre Company. Tonight’s performance of White Biting Dog starts at 8pm at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $31.65 for students, and range from $50.86 to $67.81 for adults. Purchase tickets and find out more about this stellar production at www.soulpepper.ca.