Award-winning theatre artist Gregory Prest (Soulpepper, Mirvish) makes his playwriting debut this fall with the world premiere of Bremen Town, a rural folk tragicomedy about what happens when we outlive our use. Bremen Town will premiere as part of the Next Stage Festival with six performances from October 19 to 29, 2023 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St). For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://fringetoronto.com/next-stage/show/bremen-town.

After forty-five years of hard work and dedication, Frau Esel (Palk), the longest serving housekeeper of Völksenhaus, has been fired and sent out to pasture. In a rage, she sets out on a winding journey to Bremen to live with her estranged son, meeting a host of trying characters along the way (and doing her best to avoid the stupid Kite Festival). 

Loosely based on a collection of folk tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, Bremen Town is greatly inspired and influenced by writer and director Prest’s time working in a seniors’ home in his hometown of Pictou, Nova Scotia and witnessing his grandmothers’ end of life journeys. Bremen Town picks away at our assumptions and fears about aging, survival, and the process of letting go. 

Bremen Town Collective Presents: Bremen Town at The Next Stage Theatre Festival
Written and Directed by Gregory Prest
Featuring: Tatjana Cornij, Oliver Dennis, Simon Gagnon, Farhang Ghajar, Deborah Grover, Veronica Hortiguela, Nancy Palk, and William Webster.

Bremen Town is generously supported by Donald and Gretchen Ross and Soulpepper Theatre Company.

Bremen Town is a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association production under the Festival Policy.Ticketing questions can be sent to general@fringetoronto.com.

Performance Schedule:
Thursday, October 19th – 9 p.m.

Saturday, October 21st – 2 p.m.

Monday, October 23 – 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 26 – 9:15 p.m.

Friday, October 27 – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 29 – 4 p.m.

Length:
90 minutes, no intermission

Audience Recommendation:
18A