news | Thursday January 12, 2023

Interview with Elaine Ávila in Stir

Fado: The Saddest Music in the World, the musical play written by Elaine Ávila, is being remounted as a co-production between Firehall Arts Centre and Peunte Theatre from January 14 to February 5. In Stir, Gail Johnson interviews Ávila and writes about why this is the perfect time for a new run of Fado: The Saddest Music in the World.

From the article: “‘…people, particularly right now, might want to come together and cry; we haven’t really done that [post-pandemic]. We kind of pretended we got over it and just got on with things. I’ve noticed that I am so excited—maybe even more excited about any production, ever, because I’m so excited to be going out and meeting people because of the play. It feels really special.’”

Read the full piece here.