This is Where We Live is nothing short of two dynamic performances telling one unique love story. Playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, Discord and Din Theatre’s presentation at SummerWorks 2015 shows what talented performers can do with a great script in a sparse space.
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Like There’s No Tomorrow – Architect Theatre’s entry in SummerWorks 2015 – is part theatre, part documentary, and part oral history of the people directly affected by the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project in Northern British Columbia. All of these parts contribute to an informative and entertaining show, using sparse props to full effect in the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace.
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LEMAZ Productions‘ presentation of In Case of Nothing is an interesting and somewhat puzzling show at SummerWorks 2015. Playing at The Box Toronto, In Case of Nothing uses the small space effectively to present the characters of Sina and Levon and their loose interactions.
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The Mermaid Collective’s play Dive is a visceral experience at Toronto’s Array SpaceDive, presented by The Mermaid Collective and playing at The Array Space, lives up to its billing as “a visceral experience” in telling the story of two men conflicted by love and loss and how one man’s encounter with an enchanting mermaid in his youth shaped the rest of his life.
The Watershed, a raucous and fun documentary-style play in Toronto as part of PANAMANIAAnnabel Soutar’s The Watershed is as informative as it is entertaining, scoring high marks for both. The co-production between Montreal’s Porte Parole Productions and Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre is part of PANAMANIA – the 35-day arts and culture festival that is part of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games – and follows the true story of Soutar’s investigation into the funding changes and potential demise of Kenora, Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) and the drastic consequences this has for Canada’s water system.
I was expecting to walk into a Canadiana-esque Heritage Moment narrated by Knowlton Nash as the show is told in the documentary-theatre style. What I witnessed was a raucous tournament of fun, which gave energy and even more poignancy to information that could otherwise be very dry.
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