Slings & Arrows

Legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the artistic directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. Shortly after his return, Geoffrey finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past while wrestling the festival back from the marketing department. Despite a bitter leading lady, a clueless leading man, and a scheming general manager, he manages to stage a remarkable production of Hamlet — the play that drove him mad.

 

Director
Peter Wellington
Screenwriters
Bob Martin
Susan Coyne
Mark McKinney
Starring
Paul Gross
Mark McKinney
Martha Burns
Susan Coyne
Don McKellar
Rachel McAdams
Luke Kirby
Colm Feore
Sarah Polley
William Hutt
Producer
Rhombus Media
Distributors
The Movie Network (Canada)
Movie Central (Canada)
Showcase (Canada)
Sundance Channel (USA)