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“HIS IDEAS, CONCEPTS, DISCIPLINE AND PLAYING WERE WAY ahead of their time. I am thrilled that a play is being done on the brilliant star that shone as Lenny Breau and the tragedy that took him away from us.” – RANDY BACHMAN OF THE GUESS WHO

A Winnipeg legend, Lenny Breau was a brilliant guitar innovator whose life was entwined with four decades of Canadian and American musical history. In his tragically brief time he revolutionized the approach to the guitar and today his influence is still keenly felt, stretching from country to rock to flamenco and especially jazz.

5 O’Clock Bells navigates Lenny’s dance with genius and the childlike innocence that left him vulnerable to dark forces. Like the strings on his guitar, the voices of those closest to him harmonize to reveal the conditions which shaped his life and hint at agents in his death. Lenny was found dead in a Los Angeles pool in 1984. His murder remains unsolved.

A Sleeping Dog Theatre production
Based on the original co-production with The Great Canadian Theatre Company 

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