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Creative Catalyst

Having a production tour the country is a huge deal for any theatre company. Having that happen three times in a row is another matter entirely. But that's what Jonathan Christenson, the artistic director of Edmonton's Catalyst Theatre, has managed to do. First, there was 2007′s Frankenstein, followed by 2009′s Nevermore, a story of Edgar Allan Poe's life that played in Calgary, Toronto, London and New York. Last March, Catalyst launched Hunchback, a play that extrapolates scenes and characters from Victor Hugo's famous novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, including, of course, Quasimodo. Like its predecessors it will travel, starting with Vancouver in February 2012.

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