Epic music starts off this epic adventure. I LOVED Peter ‘n Chris Explore Their Bodies. I am a product of my generation; I love self-conscious comedy complete with references to all my favourite movie genres.
Comedy, Physical Theatre, New Work - http://www.peternchris.com/
On April 26,1937, Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, was bombed by German and Italian warplanes for the Spanish Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish Republican Government to create a canvas that was later displayed at 1937 World Fair. He created a visceral study of the suffering inflicted on the innocent during war - a mother wails over a dead child, a woman looks to the sky in fear, a man stretched out dead with a broken dagger in his hand, a horse whinnying in fear. Guernica has since become a...
I've always loved hearing family stories. I love scouring family albums and getting engrossed in the little histories we make for ourselves. The Ballad of Herbie Cox offers a full lesson in the making of a family and serves as an affirmation of the identities of husband and wife team Victoria Chui and Roland Cox.
Dance, Physical Theatre, New Work, All Ages http://www.myspace.com/co.sumofitsparts
One of the 14 onsite shows at Granville Island, Pirates? features a lively cast of seven performers from Quimera Collective. Their program includes helpful instructions on how to fold the paper into a sailor hat... which should tell you a great deal about the tenor of this performance which takes place at the Kids Tugboat near the Kids Market.
