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Nigel is playing Tennessee Williams in the biographical play “The Gentleman Caller” by James Cunningham and Martin Hunter.

Tennessee Williams’ meteoric rise began in 1945 with “The Glass Menagerie” and for fifteen years he produced a string of hits that established him as the foremost American playwright. Then the tide turned as the critics condemned his late plays in scathing terms. Williams descended into a spiraling haze of alcohol, drugs and promiscuity. This play begins with the 72 year-old Williams encountering a handsome young stranger who breaks into his apartment and catalyses something in Williams, causing him to revisit his past.

The play runs from October 19-22, 2011 at Hart House Theatre, Toronto.

Source: Hart House Theatre

The radio drama “Backbencher” by Wendy Lill is back for season 2, airing Thursdays at 11:30 am and 11:00 pm on CBC Radio One. Starting March 3. Nigel plays NDP leader Charlie Dunn.

Source: CBC

Nigel will be on stage in Susan Coyne’s play “Kingfisher Days” at the Grand Theatre, London, Ontario from Jan 18-Feb 5, 2011.

Amidst the hectic pace of her life, Susan recalls those timeless and luxurious summers of her childhood at the lake. She recalls the summer when she was 5 years old and an inspiring teacher introduced her to a wildly imagined world where magical creatures inhabit and imagination soars instilling a life-long love of literature and the art of writing.

Nigel will return to Stratford in 2011. He has been cast as Dr. Caius in “Merry Wives of Windsor” and Lord Hastings in “Richard III”.

Source: Stratford Shakespeare Festival

“Backbencher” is a political radio drama about a woman from a small Nova Scotia community who runs for the NDP on a whim, and is surprised when she gets elected. The drama offers a view from the backbenches of the House of Commons; one woman’s journey through the snake pit of Canadian politics.

Eight episodes air Thursdays 11.30 a.m. and 11.05 p.m. on CBC Radio One through May 27. The series was produced at CBC Halifax by Peggy Hemsworth. Further information is available here.

Nigel Bennett appears as NDP Leader Charlie Dunn in episodes 4, 5 and 8.
All episodes can be downloaded as mp3 file here.

Source: CBC

Nigel has been cast in a horror thriller called “The Corridor”. The film portrays best buddies on a male-bonding weekend who take a corridor into the forest that leads to death and destruction.

“The Corridor” is currently shooting in Nova Scotia through March. It is set for a September 2010 release.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to the Stratford Festival website, Nigel is giving his Stratford debut, appearing in two plays during the 2010 season.

“King of Thieves” by George F. Walker runs from July 18 to September 18, 2010 and “Peter Pan” runs from April 16 to October 31.

Source: Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Filmed in Nova Scotia in June, “Darwin’s Darkest Hour” tells the remarkable story behind the unveiling of the most influential scientific theory of all time, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. The two-hour drama focuses on the period just before the publication of his book “On the Origin of Species”.

The program is a special presentation from NOVA and National Geographic Television, written by acclaimed British screenwriter John Goldsmith and directed by John Bradshaw.

Nigel plays geologist Sir Charles Lyell, who was a close friend to Darwin and who encouraged him to publish “On the Origin of Species”.

The film is now available on DVD. A video of the “Making of” can be viewed here.

Source: PBS

Nigel will be on stage playing Hugh in the Canadian premiere of “That Face”, written by UK dramatist Polly Stenham.

The play offers a searing portrait of an upper class family, exposes an oedipal web between mother and son, examines mental illness, addiction and emotional deprivation and reveals the secrets hidden within the walls of private schools and the jet set crowd.

“That Face” is produced by Nightwood Theatre, Toronto in cooperation with the Canadian Stage Company and runs at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto October 26 to November 21, 2009.

Source: Canstage Press Release

Season 3 of “The Border” is currently airing Thursdays at 9 p.m. on CBC.
Check out the CBC website for further information.

Season 2 is available on DVD in Canada. Check out the Screenshot section for photos.