Snow Queen is a timeless Story

Joe Couture, Leader-Post

Published: Thursday, October 06, 2011

THE SNOW QUEENDo It With Class Young People's Theatre 12: 30 p.m., & 7: 30 p.m., Oct. 12-14 Shumiatcher Room, Conexus Arts CentreThe first show of the season for Regina's Do It With Class (DIWC) Young People's Theatre has a long history, explained its director, Andorlie Hillstrom.Based on Hans Christian Andersen's story, DIWC's musical director Robert Ursan wrote The Snow Queen into a production for an opera group in the fall of 1995. It toured for three weeks throughout southern Saskatchewan that year. In 1998, it was rewritten for children's voices and presented by DIWC. The company did it again in 2004.This is the third time The Snow Queen has been presented by DIWC, Hillstrom said. "It has quite a long history. Although originally it was an opera piece, over the years what Rob has done is added dialogue and dance sections. Now he actually refers to it as more of a musical."We're still able to recycle the piece and audiences love it and the kids love performing it."To read the rest of this article click here.