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The Theatre Centre presents the premiere of BEARS, January 18-27, 2018

The Theatre Centre presents the premiere of BEARS, January 18-27, 2018

Image: BEARS Artwork by Jonathon Bartlett

Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre in association with Native Earth Performing Arts and The Theatre Centre present the Premiere of

BEARS

Written and Directed by Matthew MacKenzie

Starring Sheldon Elter

January 18-27, 2018

Opening Night:  Tuesday, January 18, 2018 @ 8pm

A multidisciplinary dark comedy about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre from Edmonton, in association with Native Earth Performing Arts and The Theatre Centre in Toronto, present the world premiere of BEARS, January 1827, 2018.

The prime suspect in a workplace accident, Floyd has to get out of town fast. Pursued by the RCMP, he heads through the Rockies for Burnaby, B.C, along the route of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline. By the time he reaches the Pacific, Floyd has experienced changes – his gait has widened, his muscles are bulging, his sense of smell heightened

Written and directed by Matthew MacKenzie (SIA, The Particulars, The Other) and starring awardwinning (and former tar sands worker) Métis theatre artist Sheldon Elter (Métis Mutt), BEARasks What the hell is going on in Wild Rose Country?

Unapologetically political, BEARS gives voice to the voiceless animals, and vulnerable landscapes, desecrated by the insatiable human desire for industrial expansion, while striving to increase dialogue about the devastating effects on Canada’s First Nations peoples. Originally developed in Edmonton, the soldout workshop run also garnered five Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nominations, and two wins for Outstanding Score and Outstanding Choreography. Liz Nicholls of the Edmonton Journal reported, BEARS is an Ode to Nature... Its rare enough to find original theatre that is so definably of this place. Theatre that harnesses the divergent resources of multidisciplinary artists so creatively to mount an argument is rarer still. You cant really afford to miss BEARS.”

An Indigenousled new Canadian play told through dramatic storytelling and choreography, an eightperson chorus, enchanting projections, and an evocative electronic soundscape, BEARS is an emotional, empathetic performance experience.

Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre in association with Native Earth Performing Arts and The Theatre Centre Present the Premiere oBEARS

Written and Directed by Matthew MacKenzie

Starring Sheldon Elter

Featuring Skye Demas, Lara Ebata, Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Zoe Glassman, Alida Kendell, Aimee Rushton, Rebecca Sadowski, Kendra Shorter, Gianna Vacirca

Choreography by Monica Dottor

Environmental Design by T. Erin Gruber

Costume Design by Brianna Kolybaba and Monica Dottor

Sound Design by Noor Dean Musani

Associate Direction by Patrick Lundeen

Stage Management by Erin Voaklander

The Theatre Centre, Franco Boni Theatre, 1115 Queen Street W January 1827, 2018
(no show Sunday, January 21)
All performances at 8pm
Opening Night:  Tuesday, January 18, 2018 @ 8pm

Tickets: $25/adults, $17/students & seniors and can be purchased online at www.theatrecentre.org or by calling 416.538.0988 (service charges may apply)

While in Toronto, the company is also presenting MINOSIS GATHERS HOPE, a play for young audiences by urban Aboriginal CreeMétis playwright Christine Sokaymoh Frederick. A young Métis girl, Minosis (Cree for kitten) must deal with feelings of abandonment, selfdoubt and racism to come to terms with the dilemma of her inner life: an understanding that is vital for all Canadians whose cultures touch, evolve and interweave. Visit here for more information.

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