Garnet and Gold’s latest production, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, opens today at Mount Allison University’s Convocation Hall.
Director Karen Valanne says the student society picked an ambitious production to mount in 2024, with a large cast of 45, including a youth ensemble from local schools.
“Cast and crew, everybody’s been working really hard,” says Valanne. “They’re very dedicated, very talented… it’s a dream for me.”
But for Valanne’s role as director, the production is run entirely by students.
“We’re only a society, but we’re one of the only ones in Atlantic Canada that do full scale productions like this,” says Henna Matharu, who is playing the role of Belle. “Ticket sales, building the set, doing the choreography, teaching music… it’s all student led, the entire thing.”
The show kicks off today with a matinee for public school students and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m., and continues through to Saturday.
