Nevermore – The Imaginary Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Delightfully dark, heartbreakingly comic, playfully perverse, beautiful and grotesque, Nevermore – The Imaginary Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a whimsical and chilling musical fairytale for adults. The line between fact and fiction in this tale is slim, dreams function as reality – and just like in Poe’s work life and death are blurry. Bizarrely beautiful and wonderfully witty, Nevermore uses haunting song, poetic storytelling and surreal imagery to explore the events that shaped Poe’s career and ignited his lifelong battle with “visions dark and sinister.”
“The beauty is the telling of the story: the minimal set, the gorgeous costumes, the exquisite acting and singing by the extraordinarily talented cast.”
– New York Theatre
“The play is a visual feast… You will probably never see anything like this again. It’s extraordinary.”
– Woman around town (NYC)
Creative Team
Book, Music & Lyrics - Jonathan Christenson
Director - Jonathan Christenson
Set, Lighting & Costume Designer - Bretta Gerecke
Choreographer - Laura Krewski
Sound Designer - Wade Staples
Music Producer - Matthew Skopyk
Voice, Text & Speech Director - Betty Moulton
Repetiteur - David Wilson
“4 stars!”
– London Telegraph
“Barely 10 minutes into Catalyst Theatre’s Nevermore…you know you’re in the presence of genius.”
– Calgary Sun