Irish director returns to Watermark
Tsonos begins second season as artistic director
Watermark Theatre in North Rustico welcomes back director Alan Kinsella this season. He will direct “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” after his staging of “Blithe Spirit” last year.
The theatre added extra performances of the play to accommodate the high demand that this rollicking comedy warranted.
The production was a major reason Watermark had a 31.4 per cent increase in individual ticket sales last year.
While Kinsella directs the George Bernard Shaw drama this summer, artistic director Robert Tsonos tackles Neil Simon’s comedy “Barefoot in the Park.”
A reversal of sorts, since Tsonos directed the drama of last summer, “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. “Switching things up, keeps everyone on their toes,” says Tsonos. “Audiences will get to see another side to Alan’s work, and I get to bring a light comedic sensibility to our stage.”
Kinsella is a native of County Wexford, Ireland, who began his career as an actor at the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
He settled in Canada in 2013, and over the past four years has directed over 25 Canadian productions in Toronto including “The Woman in Black,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and “Hair.” Originally from Montreal, Tsonos enters his second season as artistic director after building an international theatre career acting in, or directing, over 60 productions across Canada, Japan, England, Venezuela, Hong Kong, and Australia.
He began as an actor with Watermark appearing in “An Ideal Husband,” “The Rainmaker,” “The Lion in Winter,” and “Romeo & Juliet” as well as directing the tour of “Canada 300.”
Performances of “Barefoot in the Park” begin on June 27 and “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” on July 7.