PONTYPOOL

LOFT STUDIO

“…all kinds of superfluous things appear related to each other. That means something’s going to happen. Something big. Something is always about to happen.”

Shut in his church basement studio, washed-up shock jock Grant Mazzy has been exiled to local radio in remote Pontypool, Ontario. His confrontational style isn’t going over well with his producer, Sydney. She’d prefer that Grant stopped trying to antagonise his listeners and started reading the local news. Mrs French’s cat, Honey, is missing. Schools are closed due to the snow.

Up in the snowy town above, reports come in of a disturbance at the local doctor’s office, outbreaks of violence, and babbling crowds roaming the town.

It’s a killer story – if it’s real. Grant and his team try to navigate the escalating chaos and find themselves at the centre of a story they’re still struggling to make sense of.

Words have always been Grant’s weapons, and now it seems he’s in the fight of his life. Or for his life.

Content Warning: Violence, moderate gore, mature themes.

Age guidance 16+

No readmission after play commences.

The stage adaptation Pontypool by Tony Burgess was first produced by Strawdog Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, from October 13 to November 4, 2012.