FORIMMEDIATERELEASE:AlgonquinStudents’AssociationpresentsBret“The
Hitman”HartliveintheAlgonquinCommonsTheatre!
What:Moderatedtalk,Q&A,andanautographandphotosessionwithBretHart
When:Sunday,February12th,2017at4:00pm
Where:AlgonquinCommonsTheatre,1385WoodroffeAve–BldgE.OttawaONK2G1V8
OnsaleWednesday,December21st,2017at3:00pm.Ticketswillbeavailablethrough
theAlgonquinCommonsTheatreBoxOfficeoronlinethrough
algonquinsa.ticketfly.com
Tickets:(incl.HST)$34.50(plusservicecharges)
SpecialdiscountticketsavailableforAlgonquinCollegeStudents
Reservedseating/AllAgesEvent
Bret“TheHitman”Harthailsfromthefirstfamilyofprowrestlingandwastrainedin
Calgary’sinfamousHartfamilydungeonbyhispromoterfather,StuHart,whowas
awardedtheOrderofCanadaforalifetimeofcontributionstocharityandcommunity.
ItwasinthishumanitarianspiritthatBrettraveledtheglobefortwodecadesasWorld
Championofbothmajorwrestlingorganizationsbrighteningthelivesofsickanddying
children,whohemetoneononewhiletakingseriouslyhispositiontoliveuptobeinga
rolemodeltomillionsmorewatchingonTV.
BretearnednumerousamateurwrestlingawardsbeforeturningtoOlympicstyle
wrestling’smoretheatricalcounterpartandheiswidelyconsideredbyhispeerstobe
themosttechnicallyproficientprowrestlerofhisera.ButwhenBretconfidentlyasserts
hissloganproclaimingthathe’sthebestthereis,wasoreverwillbeit’snotbecause
he’sthetoughestorthestrongest…butbecauseinallthosethousandsofhardhitting
actionpackedbouts–whatBretisreallysopridefulaboutisthatheneveractuallyhurt
evenoneopponent!
It’stheultimateironythenthatBretHart’swrestlingcareerwasabruptlyendedbyan
errantkicktotheheadduringapayperviewmatchthatcausedasevereconcussion–
followedbyamajorstroke!TheHitmanbattledbackfromthisone-twopunchandis
lookingforwardtoexploringnewadventures–likeAladdinTheMagicalFamilyMusical,
hisfirstforayintolivetheater,outsidethesquaredcirclethatis!Bret’sprioracting
experienceincludesarecurringroleonLonesomeDoveTheOutlawYearsforwhichhe
receivedaGemininomination,aswellasnumeroussitcomsandadventureseries.
Inthefallof2004Bretwasvotedoneofthetop50CanadiansofalltimeonCBC’s
GreatestCanadian.Bretsayshedoesn’tyetknowhowhe’sgoingtoliveuptosuchan
honor,butthatit’llbegreatfuntotry!
Bretdevoted7yearstowritinghiscriticallyacclaimedautobiography;HITMAN:MY
REALLIFEINTHECARTOONWORLDOFWRESTLINGandisnowa#1bestsellingauthorin
theUS,UKandCanada.
Bretisalreadyresearchinghisnextbookidea;aromanticnovelthathasnothingtodo
withwrestling.
Formoreinformationabouttheeventpleasevisit:AlgonquinCommonsTheatre.com
Formoreinformationcontact:
JeanetteAlexiuk–TheatreMarketingCoordinator
AlgonquinCommonsTheatre
613-727-4723ext.6401
[email protected]
AbouttheAlgonquinCommonsTheatre
TheAlgonquinCommonsTheatreisastateoftheartvenuethatopenedinthefallof2012andisowned
andoperatedbytheAlgonquinStudents’Association.TheAlgonquinStudents’Associationisanon-profit
corporationthatwasestablishedin1970withofficesonallAlgonquinCollegeCampuses.TheSAis
governedbyaBoardofDirectorsandassistedbyateamoffull-timestaff.TheBoardconsistsofnine
studentDirectorswhomakeallthekeydecisionsthataffecttheAlgonquinStudentbody.
www.algonquinsa.com