Counterpoint Players’ Corpus launches TACTICS a new collaborative theatre series
On May 2nd, Counterpoint Players launched the innovative new theatre series,
TACTICS – Theatre Artists’ Cooperative: the Independent Collective Series.
The lineup for the 2014-2015 TACTICS
season was announced at the post-show reception on opening night of Darrah
Teitel’s award-winning play Corpus. Corpus is the pilot project
for the series, which will be in residence at Arts Court Theatre.
TACTICS’ collaborative model of
theatre gives local independent artists a chance to showcase their work in an
affordable venue, and brings quality stories to the Ottawa stage. TACTICS is a
series of independent Ottawa theatre productions that will run from November
2014 to April 2015 at Arts Court Theatre.
According to Series Curator Bronwyn Steinberg, “this series fills a void in the
Ottawa theatre scene by helping independent theatre artists produce shows with
more complex production needs than what is feasible during theatre festivals
like the Ottawa Fringe Festival. It also supports the growth of emerging
theatre artists in Ottawa, and gives audiences an opportunity to see high
quality shows by promising new talent.”
Corpus, the
award winning pilot project for TACTICS, is running until May 10th.
In Corpus, a young and ambitious scholar stumbles across the mysterious
relationship between the wife of a Nazi officer and a Polish Jewish prisoner in
Auschwitz. As she investigates a dark history, Megan is torn between her quest
for academic fame and the unexpected charms of her online lover, the seductive
Heinrich. Corpus is a tale about
history and memory told with humour and compassion.
The 2014-2015 season of TACTICS will feature:
Evolution Theatre’s Young Lady in
White by
Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf and translated by Maureen Labonté. This world
premiere will be directed by Christopher Bedford in November 2014 and features
Catriona Leger, John Doucet and Zach Counsil, In the darkroom of a long
abandoned house in Berlin, a photographic negative of the Young Lady in White
yearns to be developed.
Lisa Jeans’ LIGHT in January 2015. It’s a dangerous
world out there. Every day is an emergency. We all hunger for some sense of
control. You can’t change the outside world. But you can change yourself. Helen
has been doing it for years. Experience the world through the eyes of a woman
who wants more than anything to be light.
May Can Theatre’s Happiness™, in March 2015. May Can Theatre's,
Happiness™, takes a look at our constant and unrealistic pursuit of happiness.
May Can Theatre was created in 2009 by Tony Adams and Cory Thibert, with
Madeleine Boyes-Manseau joining the company as resident artistic member in
2012. They produce shows that are high energy, heartfelt, engaging and
accessible.
Dead Unicorn Ink’s Under Derek’s
Bed in April
2015. Dead Unicorn Ink is a larger than life theatre company that pushes
fantasy to the extreme with puppets! Dead Unicorn Ink's members, Patrice-Ann
Forbes, Sylvie Recoskie, Aaron Lajeunesse and Ted Forbes join with director
Martin Glassford to bring you this adult fairytale.
Labels: Counterpoint Players, TACTICS – Theatre Artists’ Cooperative
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