The entire show takes place in a cozy canvas tent set up in the backstage area of the Pia Bouman Theatre. As I took my assigned seat on bench number 5, I see Pearle Harbour enter, dressed like an old-timey flight attendant with a 1920’s New York accent to match.
She promised us that by the end of the night, we will be rid of all of our pain and sorrows. I’ll tell you one thing, with stage presence like that — I would believe pretty much anything this woman told me.
I’m not usually the type of person who goes for dance-oriented works, but Portrait proved to be a very accessible and beautiful performance, with some masterful athletics behind it.
The one word I would use to describe the choreography in Portrait is “interesting”. There were some very creative shapes, gestures and textures that I have never seen before in any dance show.
Heather Eli and Company’s show titled “Home Again” explores the concept of “creating home wherever you are” through quirky movement and playful scenes.
Becoming Me, produced by Something In The Six Theatre Company, is a touching original musical about the struggles of depression as seen through the eyes of Andrew, a high-strung twenty-something who moves out of his abusive father’s house in search of independence, only to get diagnosed with a mental illness soon after.
Pearl Harbour’s Chautauqua is a fresh and funny immersive theatre piece currently playing at this year’s SummerWorks Theatre Festival, written and performed by the genius Justin Miller.
