TREMORS Festival 2012

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Rumble Productions' emerging arts festival returns to showcase contemporary works created by some of Canada's most innovative new companies. This season's presentations include:

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Produced by Pound of Flesh Theatre
in association with Pacific Theatre and Neworld Theatre
Presented by The Cultch and Rumble Productions

April 10 - 21, 8PM
(Preview - April 10; Matinee - April 14 & 21, 2PM)
The Historic Theatre at The Cultch
*Warning: Strong Language

Talk-backs:
April 12 -10:30pm
April 14 - 4:30pm
April 17 - 10:30pm
Stay around after the show for a chance to meet the creative team, ask questions and find out what goes on behind the scenes. Facilitated by Artistic Producer Stephen Drover.

"[The Last Days of Judas Iscariot] makes most contemporary plays seem safe, timid and dull, and reminds us of what is missing not only from 99 percent of our drama but from 99 percent of our lives - a sense of spirituality and of mystery" - The Telegraph
Halfway between Heaven and Hell, in a place called Hope, history's most infamous sinner stands trial. In a court room that's as much ghetto as gospel, the witnesses are called - Mother Teresa, Pontius Pilate, Sigmund Freud, a foul-mouthed Saint Monica, a high school football coach, a handful of Jesus' disciples - to decide questions of forgiveness, mercy, and eternal damnation.

Wildly funny and scathingly provocative, this production will be a full mounting of Pound of Flesh Theatre and Pacific Theatre's critically acclaimed staged reading in 2009.

Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis | Directed by Stephen Drover | Featuring Bob Frazer, Marci T. House, Anthony F. Ingram, Kyle Jespersen, Carl Kennedy, Michael Kopsa, Kevin McNulty, Dawn Petten, Ron Reed, Todd Thomson, Katharine Venour, Adrienne Wong, Marcus Youssef and Beatrice Zeilinger| Set & Costume Design by Drew Facey | Sound Design by Michael Rinaldi | Lighting Design by Itai Erdal | Production Management by Heather Lindsay | Stage Management by Lois Dawson | Assistant Stage Management by Christie Maxson | Assistant Direction by Ian Farthing | General Management by Michael Fitzpatrick

ABOUT POUND OF FLESH THEATRE:
Pound of Flesh Theatre endeavours to bring life to classics, past and present. It is interested in producing plays that are both rooted in myth and that have contributed to the mythical landscape of our society. They want to question perceptions of classical theatre and find the pulse, rhythm in the plays that contribute enormously to our cultural identity while, at the same time, freeing them from the confines of traditional staging. They want to push the boundaries of classical interpretation, approaching classics not as literature but as events.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is presented with the generous support of The Cultch, Pacific Theatre, Neworld Theatre, Canada Council, BC Arts Council, Vancouver Foundation, Arts Fact and Hamber Foundation.

Giant Invisible Robot
by Jayson McDonald

Produced by Stars and Hearts

April 17 - 21, 8PM
(Matinee - April 21, 2PM)
Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch

Talk-backs:
April 20 - 9:00pm
Stay around after the show for a chance to meet the creative team, ask questions and find out what goes on behind the scenes. Facilitated by Artistic Producer Stephen Drover.

"Believe the hype: this is one invisible robot that deserves to be seen." - Winnipeg Sun
Russel is a terminally shy young man who's had one imaginary friend all his life. Unfortunately, that imaginary friend is a Giant Invisible Robot programmed to destroy. Join Russel as he attempts to find love, bury the past, and prevent his Giant Robot from destroying Earth's cities one by one.

Winner of the Georgia Straight Critics' Choice Award - Vancouver Fringe 2011

Written and Performed by Jayson McDonald | Directed by Scott Holden

ABOUT STARS AND HEARTS:
From London, Ontario, Jayson McDonald is the Artistic Director of Stars and Hearts and The Natural Broadcasting Company, as well as a founding member of alt-sketch group Fully Insured. He is the creator and writer of the long-running radio-noir parody The Boneyard Man, seen across Ontario on Rogers Television. He's received a Special Merit award in the Theatre BC National Playwriting Competition, and five London Brickenden Theatre Awards.

Endgame
by Samuel Beckett
Produced by Main Street Theatre

April 18 - 28, 7PM
(Preview - April 18; Late Show - April 27, 10PM)
Little Mountain Studios (195 East 26th Ave at Main)

Talk-backs:
April 25 - 8:30pm
Stay around after the show for a chance to meet the creative team, ask questions and find out what goes on behind the scenes. Facilitated by Artistic Producer Stephen Drover.

Praise for their 2010 production of A Lie of the Mind: "Main Street Equity Co-op has done it again... The performances here are remarkable" - Jerry Wasserman, Vancouverplays

The setting for Endgame is a bare, partially underground room, serving as shelter for Hamm the master, Clov his servant, and Hamm's father and mother, Nagg and Nell (who live in garbage cans). Hamm is in a wheelchair and makes Clov move him around the room, fetch objects, and look out the window for signs of life. Outside all seems dead and nothing happens. Inside, the characters pass the time mortifying each other and toying with fears and illusions of a possible change, all along sensing the inevitability of their end. Main Street Theatre continues their exploration of contemporary classics in intimate settings with their much-anticipated mounting of Beckett's masterpiece.

Written by Samuel Beckett | Directed by Stephen Malloy | Featuring Ryan Beil, Josh Drebit, Daryl King and Sasa Brown | Designed by Stephen Malloy | Stage Management by Patrick Keating

ABOUT MAIN STREET THEATRE:
Main Street Theatre is a Vancouver based theatre company dedicated to producing contemporary classic plays in an intimate environment with a focus on storytelling. With four hit shows and 11 Jessie nominations under their belt, the company is ready to surprise Vancouver audiences again.

Endgame is presented with the generous support of Barefoot Wine and Red Truck Brewery.

A Last Resort
Devised by Camille Gingras and Candelario Andrade
A Rough House Production

Developed in association with Rumble Productions with support from the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

April 24 - 28, 8PM
(Matinee - April 28, 2PM)
Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch

Talk-backs:
April 26 - 9:00pm
Stay around after the show for a chance to meet the creative team, ask questions and find out what goes on behind the scenes. Facilitated by Artistic Producer Stephen Drover.

In 2004, video artist Candelario Andrade left his home in Mexico and set off in search of a new life. That same year, playwright Camille Gingras returned to Canada as a last resort. An intimate multimedia performance, A Last Resort explores the lengths two people will go for that perfect life just beyond the horizon.

A Last Resort is the newest work from the creators of the award-winning Tiny Apocalypse, which debuted at the 2008 TREMORS Festival.

Praise for their 2008 TREMORS hit Tiny Apocalypse: "This is superior theatre - brave, clever, well-conceived and well-executed. There's nothing tiny about this apocalypse" -Victoria Times Colonist

Devised and Performed by Camille Gingras and Candelario Andrade | Directed by Lois Anderson | Production Design by John Webber | Music Composed by David Mesiha | Additional Videography by Mike Bernard | Stage Management by Samara Van Nostrand | Voice over by David Petersen | Outside eye- Dana Gingras

ABOUT ROUGH HOUSE PRODUCTIONS:
Rough House builds, produces and tours new interdisciplinary works for theatre that playfully reflect the absurdities of contemporary culture. They actively bring together emerging and established artists from diverse artistic disciplines and backgrounds to construct innovative, thought-provoking productions that engage audiences through the humanity of live performance.

A Last Resort is presented with the generous support of The Theatre Centre, Youssef-Warren Foundation, Koerner Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, BC Arts Council and City of Vancouver.