ROOM OF KEYS: A new play by David James Brock feat. Adam Sherkin, actor-pianist (3-show run)

Thu Apr 09 2026 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-04:00

The nanoSTAGE, 1001 R Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON M6H 1M1 | Toronto

Piano Lunaire
Publisher/HostPiano Lunaire
ROOM OF KEYS: A new play by David James Brock feat. Adam Sherkin, actor-pianist (3-show run)
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ROOM OF KEYS, a new play by David James Brock
Directed by Tom Diamond
Starring Adam Sherkin, pianist and actor
In ROOM OF KEYS, David James Brock adapts Bela Bartok’s opera, Bluebeard’s Castle with music from Bartok and original compositions by Adam Sherkin. The play explores a man discovering his father’s secret and abandoned music shop. Once there, their shared history unravels through seven memories and instruments – from a child's toy to a Bösendorfer Grand – where the music is not always beautiful.
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RECITAL PROGRAMME (Bartok's Opera-adjacent works for solo piano)
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945):
Allegro barbaro, BB 63 (Sz. 49, composed 1911)
From: Seven Sketches, Op. 9b; BB 54 ("Vázlatok," Sz. 44, composed 1908-10) 5. No. 5 Romanian Folk Melody and No. 3 Lento
Romanian Dance, Op. 8a, No. 1: Allegro vivace (composed 1910)
From: Four Dirges, Op. 9a, Nos. 1 and 2, BB 58 (Sz. 45, composed 1909-10)
Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, BB 55 (Sz. 47, composed 1908-11)
Adam Sherkin (b. 1982):
Allegro Benevolo (After Bartok), Op. 45* by
*World premiere
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Seating is limited to 30 seats per show so please purchase tickets in advance as is possible.
A few more details:
No dress code in effect
Begins promptly at 8pm; end promptly at 9pm
Complimentary bar (beer, wine and cider)
Performance is ca. 50 minutes, with no intermission
All seats are the same price at $25. If you are able, please donate to Piano Lunaire Inc. as this series is entirely for-profit and not funded by any public sources to-date
DOORS: 7:30 PM
SHOW: 8:00 PM
END: 9:00 PM
TALK-BACK WITH WRITER: 9:15PM
Please call: (+1) 416-825-2744 or email: [email protected]
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