Rocking Horse Winner

Rocking Horse Winner

Composed by Gareth Williams

Libretto by Anna Chatterton

September 3rd and 4th @ 7:30pm

September 6th and 7th @ 1:30pm

Evan Hazell Theatre, Calgary

2025

A modern Adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence short story, Rocking Horse Winner explores the relationship between Paul, a young man with developmental challenges, and his emotionally distant mother. Paul becomes dangerously obsessed with solving the “bad luck” of his family in order to win the love of his mother. His obsession creates a strange magic that both connects him to luck and makes him vulnerable to the powerful voices only he can hear. In our new age of entitlement, Rocking Horse winner is an intimate, psychologically insightful look at love, “luck”, and greed.

Meet the Cast and Creatives

  • Anne-Marie MacIntosh

    Soprano (Ava)

  • Mishael Eusebio

    Tenor (Miles)

  • Matthew Dalen

    Baritone (Oscar)

  • Clarence Frazer

    Baritone (Bassett)

  • Stephania Romaniuk

    Mezzo Soprano (The House)

  • Nicole Leung

    Soprano (The House)

  • Micah Schroeder

    Baritone (The House)

  • Spencer VanDellen

    Tenor (The House)

  • Bronwyn Schuman

    Pianist / Répétiteur

  • Maria Fuller

    Conductor

  • Tayte Mitchell

    Stage Director

  • Stage Manager

    Kate Pallesen

    Stage Manager

  • Graeme Janzen

    Lighting Designer

  • Hanne Loosen

    Set Designer

  • Autumn Adrian

    Costume Designer

  • Gareth Williams

    Composer

  • Anna Chatterton

    Librettist

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