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Ambushed
Written by Karen Wikberg
First Produced June 1998,
Gastown Globe Theatre:
Starring Brahm Taylor, Lisa
Bayliss, Donnard MacKenzie, and Nicolle Nattrass
Directed by Pam Johnson
Set Design by Craig Hall
Costumes by Tyler Tone
Lighting by Del Surjick
Sound by Attila Clemman
“A whole
lot of tension, and surprisingly much humour, keeps Ambushed
clicking along. Directed by Pam Johnson with a very simple
but effective set by Craig Hall, Ambushed is powerfully
honest.”
The Vancouver Courier
"Ambushed
touches on highly charged issues such as sexual abuse of
children and the effects of addiction on the family. It
also reveals the complex nature of the disease where denial
is part of the family package. Ambushed packs a powerful
punch. It is a piece of stagecraft the successfully underscores
the company’s mandate of creating works with a social and
community purpose as well as being artistically exciting
and challenging”
The Celtic Review
IT'S WORTH
GETTING AMBUSHED
"It’s one of the strongest
most complete productions I have seen in a good long while.
…(The Cast’s) interaction together is super sharp, but what
is truly revealing are the individual solique playwright
Wikberg gives each character. Usually addressed to some
social services bureaucrat, they uncover a clockwork of
dysfunction and a system that patronizes and disempowers
the economically disatvantaged.”
The Westender
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Photos

Donnard MacKenzie
and Nicolle Nattrass

Publicity Still
(left-right) Brahm Taylor, Lisa Bayliss, Donnard MacKenzie
and Nicolle Nattrass
photos by
Janet Baxter
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