TORONTO - The National Ballet of Canada says Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will make his stage debut in The Nutcracker on Saturday.
Ford will appear in a special cameo appearance as a Cannon Doll in the opening performance on Saturday afternoon.
The Cannon Doll guest roles are colourfully costumed as Russian Petrouchka dolls and it's a non-speaking, non-dancing role.
The Cannon Dolls shoot a cannon into the audience to begin the battle scene in the first act.
Celebrity walk-on roles are a long-held tradition with Nutcrackers all over the world.
Since the premiere of The Nutcracker by James Kudelka in 1995, the National Ballet has hosted a variety of Toronto luminaries, personalities and politicians as Cannon Dolls.
