'Tis the season to be jolly - unless you're the Kendall family. Then you're facing a bleak Christmas, what with your patriarch having been fired and an uncle you've never met about to descend upon you for the holidays.
That's the premise of The Importance of Being Uncle Roscoe, the new comedy being staged by the Vagabond Players at Bernie Legge Theatre, Dec. 4 to 21.
Vagabond veteran Pat McDermott stars as Dexter Holly, the wily conman who starts all the chaos, and Michael Henderson appears as Kenny, his canny sidekick.
Mary Adams and Andy Wood are onstage as the Kendalls, with Lorynne Machado and Lindsay McGaire as their children.
Alison Main-Tourneur and Helen Volkow appear as a couple of gossipy neighbours, with Emma Ferdinands as an attractive young newswoman who adds to the confusion and chaos.
The Importance of Being Uncle Roscoe is onstage Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 regular, or $13 for seniors and students, with two-for-one previews on Dec. 4, 5 and 6.
For reservations, call 604-521-0412 or send an email to [email protected].
The Bernie Legge Theatre is in Queen's Park.
