Rumble Productions
I’m So Close…: physics, globalization and a talking goldfish
Why Not Theatre is back for the Theatre Centre’s Free Fall Festival with I’m So Close…, an updated version of their 2008 Summerworks offering I’m So Close It’s Not Even Funny. While I unfortunately missed this first version, fellow Planker M John Kennedy put forth a thorough and very positive account here. During the interim time Why Not’s creative team have expanded on their themes, crafting a multimedia commentary on human connection in the era of globalization.
Troels Hagen Findsen reprises his role as Steve, a green-tech innovator now thrust into the world of product development as his photosynthesis-based device charger is rushed into production. His whirlwind globetrotting experience takes centre stage, as well as the increasing rift it causes between him and his loving wife Stella, as played by Katrina Bugaj. Said rift is filled in a bizarrely touching manner by Ravi Jain as Raj, Steve’s ‘Indian Virtual Assistant’ operating out of New Delhi and passing messages between the estranged couple.
Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut
James Long, co-artistic director of Theatre Replacement, discovers of an old tattered suitcase in his alleyway on east 14th avenue.
