Pinteresque : Exit Strategy
Pinteresque remounted at the Registry in Kitchener
Nov. 15 – 24, 2007 | The Registry Theatre
Using movement, dance, storytelling, ritual, live testimony, video and original music, this production plays on two main lines of action: The first, portrays the hardships of a family’s journey seeking refuge after escaping a war torn country. Through five episodes titled “Family Scenes 1 to 5,” we follow the family members as they leave home, cross the border, take a long and dangerous journey, and end up in a new and foreign land. The second is a series of abstracted scenes that comment on contemporary political issues like consuming media, parading war, exhibiting death and torture, and selling nations for corporate interests.
This production is a multidisciplinary movement-based performance that is concerned with questions of spectatorship, witnessing, representation and responsibility.
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Pinteresque @ SummerWorks
Pinteresque invited to Canadian Pavillion at SummerWorks
August 3 – 12, 2007 | Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
Pinteresque was presented as part of the Canadian Pavilion at Toronto’s SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The play is a multi-disciplinary work spanning dance, physical theatre, music, sound and video. Motivated by Harold Pinter’s 2005 Nobel Prize lecture, Art, Truth and Politics, this collective creation follows the journeys of refugees living in Canada as it explores issues of war, death, injustice, mass media and power.
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Pinteresque
Premiere of workshop production at The Registry
June 14-23, 2007 | The Registry Theatre
Despite having no relation in form to Pinter’s style of dramatic writing, Pinteresque is a collective creation-in-progress that was motivated by Harold Pinter’s 2005 Nobel Prize lecture, Art, Truth and Politics. The performance was developed through an intensive eight-week workshop following a three-month period of conducting research and interviews. The four cast members have built mutual relationships with community members who came to Canada as war refugees. The creation workshop was based on actors’ notes, journals, and reflections around these relationships in addition to the political views raised by Harold Pinter in his lecture.
Our sincerest gratitude to David Umeh, Juan-Carlos Gomez, Peter Nahra, Huda Badawi, Mike Toth and Milko Dadafo. In your boundless generosity you have taken us into your lives; you have shared your souls and guided our understanding of the humanity we struggle towards. You have given us your time, your patience, and your stories. You have given us this play.
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