Thursday, October 7, 8 pm
Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre -
1007 Trunk Rd.

Written & Performed by Brooke Johnson

In 1985, while she was a student at the National Theatre School in Montreal, Brooke Johnson became friends with Pierre Elliott Trudeau.  It had been a year and a half since he'd stepped down as Prime Minister, and now he was walking to work, putting cereal bowls on cartoon placemats, washing dishes and making peanut-butter on toast. He was no longer doing pirouettes behind the Queen but sometimes he was hanging around with Brooke, sliding down ice-covered staircases on Mount Royal.

Through reminiscences, journal entries and correspondence, Brooke brings to life the story of a remarkable friendship.  This private insight into the man and the times as seen through the eyes of a passionate artist is not to be missed.

At once vital and charming; poignant and very funny, TRUDEAU STORIES is about friendship and loss...and about who the heck we think we are.

WHAT THE CRITICS HAVE SAID ABOUT TRUDEAU STORIES:
“…this is a winner... Trudeau Stories ... is a portrait of a shared friendship, built on a love of the outdoors, of poetry, of theatre and of life itself. ...Johnson [is] a personable, passionate performer..."
John Coulbourn, Toronto Sun

"...Trudeau Stories may perhaps be one of the most Canadian plays to be mounted in Toronto this year. ...a new perspective on an important era in Canadian history."
Byron Laviolette, Eye Weekly

www.trudeaustories.com