That Night Follows Day (PuSh International Performing Arts Festival) February 4, 2009

Feb 4 – 7, 7pm Feb 7 & 8, 2pm
Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

By Tim Etchells
Direction James Long & Maiko Bae Yamamoto

Featuring a smart and bittersweet script for adult audiences by Tim Etchells, the director of the UK’s Forced Entertainment, That Night Follows Day follows a cast of 17 performers ages 8–14 as they catalogue the many ways that adults use parenthood, upbringing, discipline, control and care to craft the worlds of children. As so often in his work, Etchells turns the spotlight on the actual situation of performance: Adults listen to children and adolescents on stage as they talk about the way that they—the audience—project their sense of the world onto them. This poignant new play not only gives a fresh slant on the old ‘nature vs. nurture’ debate, but also allows us to rediscover the sense of wonder as well as some of the darker fears we experience growing up.

That Night Follows Day was commissioned and originally produced by Victoria (Ghent) in 2007 for Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels). Vancouver now sets the stage for the play’s English language premiere. Developed in residence at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre through a unique crossborder collaboration, the production will travel to Seattle in March as part of On the Board’s Northwest Series.

Led by artistic directors James Long and Maiko Bae Yamamoto, Theatre Replacement returns to PuSh after their 2008 appearance with Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut. Theatre Replacement builds, produces and tours unique, small-scale chamber works. The company develops new work and furthers its artistic practice through creative collaborations between artists of different disciplines and approaches. Theatre Replacement exists to redefine the performance experience.
www.theatrereplacement.org

Official Website: http://www.pushfestival.ca