2009-2010 MECCA Award winner
Best Production / Best Direction

May 8 - June 3, 2012

Haunted Hillbilly

A SideMart Theatrical Grocery production
Adapted by Graham Cuthbertson
from Derek McCormack’s novel, ‘The Haunted Hillbilly’
Directed by Andrew Shaver
Music by Matthew Barber & Graham Cuthbertson

SYNOPSIS

My tears are like my shoes... crocodile – Nudie

Hyram Woodside, a naïve yet charismatic country music star and his bloodsucking couturier named Nudie are both on the rise to stardom, and are not above using one another to get there.

Hyram’s life spins out of control when he tries to free himself from Nudie’s grasp in a frantic attempt to seek out his own happiness. Compelled by his irrepressible jealousy, Nudie wages a ruthless battle against Hyram and all the ill-fated people around him.

Haunted Hillbilly is a carnival romp complete with foot-stomping country music and seductive vampires caught up in a Rocky Horror Picture Show hoedown.

“Killer performances, paired with an infectious score, draped in costumes that erupt with glamour.”

– Xtra

“It’s an accomplished curiosity, directed with panache that will inevitably draw a cult following wherever it goes.”

– Montreal Gazette