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| "...a
ferociously intelligent and entertaining script...made even
better by terrific performances..." - Vancouver Courier |
| "...a
stunner...full value from the vivid, precise performances of
attractive young actors Ruth Brown, Daniel Martin and Thrasso
Petras...imaginative staging." -
The Province |
| "...an
admirable production...Jeffrey Fisher...delivers a tight, sexy,
almost feline performance" - Georgia Straight |
| "...Petras
and Martin do exceptional work...excellent performances..."-
The Westender |
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 The Street Rep and Meta.for Theatre production
of Daniel MacIvor's Never Swim Alone and Michel
Garneau's Warriors: A Double-Barrelled Bill
of classic Canadian plays tackling issues of human greed and
agression on a personal and global scale.
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Daniel
MacIvor’s Never Swim Alone pits two childhood
blood-brothers in a deadly competition controlled by the mysterious
referee
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| Thrasso
Petras, Ruth Brown and Daniel Martin |
who
they left behind to drown years ago. As she opens the windows
to the mistakes of their past and present, the men compete over
fathers, jobs, wives, lives. This personal aggression, the need
to be the first man, fuels their rivalry but blinds them to
the struggle of
self-awareness .
Ultimately our referee leaves them in endgame, the uncertain
final moments before the game is over for good. Stylized and
bordering on the absurd in its use of repetition and simultaneity,
this script is everything one expects from a MacIvor play.
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Jeffrey
Fisher and Seán Cummings |
In
Michel Garneau's Warriors, two advertising
executives race against
the clock in an attempt to come up with a new campaign for the Canadian Armed Forces. The slogan is due in ten days. Ironically,
although they will ultimately influence international politics
by reaching out to future recruits, they hermetically seal themselves
away in an apartment. Isolated, fuelled by cocaine and the quest,
the men wrestle with their integrity and ingenuity as they search
not only for a new slogan, but also for a new level of understanding
between themselves. |
We
are contributing a portion of each show’s box office
revenue to assisting street kids through Covenant House Vancouver
and to the protecting and promoting human rights through Amnesty
International.
In
addition to theatrical performances, the audience will be
treated to the interpretations of the plays in a visual medium,
as the Cold World graffiti crew and Jason Cusator will be
showing two art series commissioned by Street Rep for these
shows. Jason Cusator, a Delta-based painter whose primary
medium is acrylic on canvas, will be showing a four-piece
abstract series based on Never Swim Alone, and The Cold World
graffiti crew, a group of three graffiti artists and graphic
designers from across Canada, will be showing a six-piece
graffiti on canvas series based on Warriors. The art pieces
will be up for auction during the run of the shows with partial
proceeds to both charities. |
NEVER
SWIM ALONE |
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Ruth
Brown |
Daniel
Martin |
Thrasso
Petras |
Referee |
Frank |
Bill |
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WARRIORS |
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Seán Cummings |
Jeffrey
Fisher |
Gilles |
Paul |
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DIRECTOR |
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| CREW |
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Stage
Manager |
Nicki
Boyd |
Set
Designer |
Al
Frisk |
Lighting
Designer |
Erin
Harris |
Costume
Designer |
Ariel
Buchan |
Multi-Media
Designer |
Alec
MacNeill-Richardson |
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ISTS |
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Never
Swim Alone Artist |
Jason
Cusator |
Warriors
Artist |
Cold
World |
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| PRODUCTION |
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Publicist |
Sean Cook |
Front
of House Manager |
Mélissa
C. Powell |
FOH
Volunteer Coordinator |
Jennifer
Smith |
Reception
Coordinator |
Gillian
Lockitch |
Webdesign |
Esdecy
Interactive |
Poster
Coordinator |
Anne
Nicole Meeson |
Producer |
Jeffrey
Fisher |
Associate
Producer |
Seán Cummings |
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| We
are proud to donate $2 from every ticket sold to the
charities below: |
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 Amnesty
International is a worldwide movement of people
dedicated to the protection and promotion of human
rights. We take action to free prisoners of conscience,
protect refugees, abolish the death penalty, and end
political killings, "disappearances,"
torture and other grave human rights abuses. We also promote
the full range of human rights of all people everywhere.
The Amnesty International Pacific Regional Office is located
at 430-319 West Pender Street, Vancouver. Telephone 604-294-5160.
www.amnesty.bc.ca |
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 Founded
in 1997, Covenant House Vancouver offers
a clear exit from life on the street to youth aged 16
- 24. We make this possible through a carefully designed
continuum of care including a daily drop-in, a 22 bed
crisis shelter, transitional housing, and life-skills
training.
Each day young people come to us damaged from the abuses
of their past, desperately needing love and guidance. Over
the next year more than 2,000 homeless young people will
come to Covenant House
Vancouver and take the first steps in creating a better
life for themselves by reaching out and saying, “Can
you help me?”… and together we can.
If you would like to help please call
(604) 685-KIDS (5437) or visit www.covenanthousebc.org
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VANCOUVER |
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