Taking Theatre Places It Has Never Been Before
Museum of Rain our next large-scale, elemental and impossible, site-specific work. A water-based installation that is physical, immersive and performative. One’s relationship with rain is undeniable for the rainforest dwellers. This narrative piece explores the ephemeral beauty, the exhilaration, and the meaning we can find in the downpour. Get your raingear on. It’s a theatrical deluge.
Working in cross-sector partnerships in order to bring imagination, vision and heart of artists into the climate narrative in order to mobilize a society paralyzed by climate anxiety and grief.
Year of the Typewriter responds to a challenge by ecology writer Paul Kingsnorth to cast landscape as the lead character in stories.
2nd Story is available now as a self-guided augmented reality experience. Download and print instructions here. Download the 2nd Story app and content while connected to any wireless network. We suggest bringing a friend, and always respect the residents and neighbors by not taking pictures without permission. Feel free to show and tell any curious onlookers what you are doing.
Everyone is affected by the climate crisis. But those under 25 are known as Generation Hot, because their entire lives will be shaped by global warming. What can any one of them (or us) do on this most critical issue? The Only Animal created Greenlight as a way to move seven young creators from overwhelm into action. Will you meet them there?
For youth who identify as male ages 14-17, this program offers theatre training, creation, production and performance opportunities. Under professional artistic guidance you will build your own 100% original work inspired by the classic story "Lord of the Flies." Then you'll present what you've made at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in a showcase performance!
A sample from the script: "When I had my son, I remember walking sorta stunned into the city and seeing the people and thinking, “O God, all of us were BORN, every single one of us, that is how we all got here. There is no other way.”
Adapted from author China Miéville’s multi-award winning novel, The City and The City is a highly participatory theatrical experience; equal parts dystopic science fiction, film noir, and murder mystery. Using emergent audio technology, the audience receives clues for actions, text and characterization to bring the story to life in real time.
Everyone is affected by climate crisis. But those under 25 are known as Generation Hot, because their entire lives will be shaped by global warming. Global youth protest is the new face of the climate movement.
