On October 22-26, AlvegoRoot Theatre presents Sleigh Without Bells: A Donnellys Story — a short story by James Reaney from The Box Social and Other Stories (1996).

In 2021, AlvegoRoot performed “The Bully” and “The Box Social,” two other stories by James Reaney. Adam Corrigan Holowitz, AlvegoRoot’s Artistic Director, was sure that “Sleigh Without Bells,” a tale of a young traveller’s winter journey into Donnelly country, felt right to perform as a solo piece:

“The story strikes me as an interesting coda to the Donnelly Trilogy, and a few people I have talked to say they thought that it feels a bit like a portrait of the artist diving into the Donnelly story, falling in love with the people/characters and then having to leave them behind in the land of the dead/purgatory.”

Where: The Manor Park Memorial Hall, 11 Briscoe Street W, London, Ontario
When: October 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30 pm and matinees at 2 pm on Saturday October 25 and Sunday October 26.

Tickets: $30 at the door or online from OnStageDirect.

For more about James Reaney’s short stories, see
Tales for a Reaney Day from 2021.