The Night of the Living Dead comes alive
By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor
October 22, 2008
 What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with brain-eating zombies? Theatre Intrigue is proud to present a live production of George A. Romero’s 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead—a first for Windsor.
“I’m a big zombie fanatic, and that is one of my favourite movies. I figured it’d be awesome if I could find the script,” explained the production’s director Sean Ireland. “It’s something new in Windsor and a good opportunity to present it here.”
Originally, the zombies in the play were going to have their faces painted grey, but Theatre Intrigue really stepped it up. Open wounds, gouged out eyes, bald patches, and dead flesh are all delightfully unsettling to see on the actors.
“We had several people come out, one of them being Cerah Steele,” said Ireland. “She had done some zombie makeup just for fun and it’s going to be published in a magazine in Calgary. She came on board and taught several of our other people how to do the makeup.”
Each zombie will have their own personality. “We’ve allowed them to figure out how they died. Their costumes will be based on what they were doing at the time,” said Ireland.
Theatre Intrigue combines film and stage for this production, with scenes shot in Windsor showing on a screen above the stage. The stage is the house, with everything that happens in the house happening on stage. The screen represents the outside, with everything that happens outside happening on the screen.
There will also be zombies moving around in the audience, going up and down the aisles. “They don’t actually touch the audience, but that’s where they move around. Essentially, where the audience is sitting is the front area of the farmhouse,” said Ireland.
The music for this production is all original, created specifically for Night of the Living Dead by local musicians James Luke and the Deadly Sanctuary.
Catch Night of the Living Dead at The Mission Theatre, 664 Victoria Ave, Thursday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24 at midnight, and Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.
For tickets, call 519-252-3244 and leave a message. Tickets are $24 for VIP (first three rows) and $20 for general seating.
Theatre Intrigue warns that the show contains graphic violence, extreme gore, and very loud gunshots.
For more information about Theatre Intrigue’s production of The Night of the Living Dead, visit them online at http://theatreintrigue.ca.
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