RAMSHACKLE SEASON 2011/12
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RAMSHACKLE SEASON 2011/12
We’ve thrown together our ramshackle season. Here’s what we’ve got…
Theatre in the Bush
September 24th, 2011. One night only!
7 artists. 7 locations drawn from a hat. All on 2 and 1/2 acres almost in the middle of nowhere.
You bring your flashlight, warm clothing and a flask. We give you an evening of tromping around in the bush stumbling on theatre and random art.
The performers:
Dave Haddock
Claire Ness
Jordy Walker
Morgan Whibley
Mitch Miyagawa
Anthony Trombetta
Shauna Jones
It’s a choose your own adventure evening with 7 amazing installations and performances. We made them, you find them.
For more info on Theatre in the Bush see SHOWS
Sci-Fi Double Feature
Low-fi, Sci-fi
Created by Brian Fidler and Edward Westerhuis
Sci-Fi Double Feature is an all ages cardboard puppet show filmed and projected live on to the big screen, in order to create a one-take 1960s sci-fi B-movie.
This show is made almost entirely out of cardboard and tape, with a lot of the detailed work fashioned out of paper, string, wire, tape, and shish kabob sticks. By limiting the work to these materials, the show alludes to low-tech effects used in 1960s sci-fi b- movies. Think of the flying rocket ship held by a string, or meteorites made of scrunched tin foil. Sci-Fi Double Feature allows the audience to watch the large screen b-movie or the “making-of” as it unfolds on-stage.
Here’s the films we’ve created:
Attack of the Slime-O-Trons
Two intergalactic lovers must save earth from a hoard of vengeful invaders.
Last Day on Earth
A professor and his dog travel back in time on a quest to prove the existence of a three-headed dinosaur, only to find they’ve arrived minutes before an impending meteorite threatens mass extinction.
For more info on Sci-Fi Double Feature see SHOWS
Ramshackle Improv
The last Friday of each month we’re hosting a short evening of improv at our shack in the bush. Seating is limited so if you’d like to come please drop us a line @ ramshackletheatre@gmail.com.
80′s IMPROV
In the spring of 2012 we’re putting all of your favourite 1980′s television shows on the stage. First up: The A Team.
See Winluck Wong as Mr. T. Anthony Trombetta as Hannibal. Brian Fidler as Murdock. Erica Bigland as Face. Plus special guest stars including George Maratos, Vanessa Marshak, and maybe you, if you want to be involved.
Can you do a killer Mr. Drummond impression? Can you channel your inner Bruno Gerusi? Are you a dead ringer for Tuti? Drop us a line.
Come out dressed in your best 80′s outfit! You’ve never seen reruns like this. Keep your eyes peeled for details on the show!
Syphilis: A Love Story
Written by Peter Jickling
Directed by Brian Fidler
Syphilis: we’ve got it, you want it! Playwright Peter Jickling’s tale of a misguided writer whose attempts to write a groundbreaking pamphlet on syphilis but finds love instead will be hitting the Canadian Fringe this summer. After an amazing run this spring to sold out audiences in Whitehorse we’re taking this show on the road.
So far we’re locked into Canada’s biggest fringe festival in Edmonton and are waiting to hear about several others. We’re staying in the west this summer so hopefully you’ll see us in Calgary, Victoria and Edmonton!
For more info on Syphilis: A Love Story see SHOWS
COMING NEXT SEASON…
Broken
Dates: TBA
A co-presentation with Nakai Theatre at the Yukon Arts Centre
Directed by Maiko Bae Yamamoto
Written and Performed by Brian Fidler
William has a cardboard box of his late Grandfather’s things: an old hat, a carousel of ancient slides and a broken camera: junk to anyone else but him. As he sorts through the box, the story of the turbulent year that wrenched his life apart unfolds.
Through physical theatre, found object puppetry and straight up storytelling this one-man play about memory, aging and the bond between a Grandfather and Grandson, conveys a universal experience through a very personal story.
About the development of Broken
The idea was to create a show about Alzheimer’s disease through the animation of broken objects. We wanted to tell the story of a grandfather and a grandson and the effect of Alzheimer’s on their relationship.
We began developing Broken in 2009 with the assistance of Nakai Theatre. We have performed a workshop presentation at Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival and workshoped the story at Playwright’s Theatre Centre’s The Colony.
Broken will be presented in the fall of 2012 as a co-presentation with Nakai Theatre.