Ottawa 
Events Description
A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again.
Elizabeth and Robert are the very dearest of friends, yet only meet a handful of times in real life. Their deep relationship, built on correspondence of the pre-digital kind, unfolds with heart and wit in this powerful and often hilarious work for the stage.
Using the actual words written by acclaimed poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, Dear Elizabeth spans three decades and two continents, from Boston to Brazil to Nova Scotia. These long-distance kindred spirits provide each other with their own best audience, and sustain each other through heartaches and struggles. Dear Elizabeth celebrates the creative power of language in the hands of these gifted poets, and whisks us back to an era when receiving a letter from a distant friend was a moment of magic.
Content warning: acknowledges alcohol abuse and mental illness; discussions of suicide; adult language; explicit scenes of poem-making.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $5.00 – $76.00
Ticket Prices
Regular: $43.00
Regular 65+: $39.00
Student/Artist/Unwaged: $26.00
Friday Matinee: $15.00 – $25.00
Pay What You Can Opening Night: $5.00 – $76.00
Angel*: $76.00
How to get tickets?
Phone: 613-233-4523
Email: boxoffice@thegladstone.ca
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday June 9, 2027 to Saturday June 12, 2027
Wednesday-Saturday | 7:30 PM
Saturday | 2:30 PM
Friday matinee | 11:00 AM
Run time: 2 hrs including intermission
Venue & Address
The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, ON K1R 6Y4, Canada
Wheelchair accessible
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
