Last night we opened FIRE to a standing ovation! The role of Cale Blackwell – a character inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis has been my greatest challenge as an actor to date. Just getting my fingers in shape to handle the songs in the show would’ve have been enough to focus on in three weeks. But the acting challenge presented in FIRE takes an equal amount of commitment, demanding a journey from a 17 year old preacher’s son to a celebrity at the height of the rock and roll era to a 42 year old washed-up, alcoholic on the verge of collapse.
Zachary Stevenson as Cale Blackwell in Fire
- Jacob Richmond as Herchel
“The multi-talented Zachary Stevenson rose to the role of rocker Cale Blackwell bravely and with limitless energy [...] alternating between furiously pounding the keyboard, then sliding down it and even stretching a leg atop it and jumping aboard, in Lewis’s signature style.”
- Amy Smart, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC
FIRE runs until August 14th at the McPherson Theatre in downtown Victoria.
Tickets can be purchased individually or as part of a subscription package by calling (250)-386-6121 or visiting the McPherson Box Office at #3 Centennial Square in Victoria.
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For more visit the Blue Bridge Theatre website.
