The Wrecking Ball - Halifax
The writ has been dropped. Too lazy to bend down and pick it up, our Prime Minister has called an election. So, The Wrecking Ball swings into action. Monday October 6th 8pm at the Bus Stop Theatre, PWYC, we bring you one-night-only of bracing political theatre from some of the county’s hottest artists. Come witness the throw-down between Harper’s haircut and Dion’s personality-like public interface. Come find out why Jack Layton’s moustache and Elizabeth May have never been seen in the same room. Come thrill to the sounds of the third round of parliamentary musical chairs in four years.
Most of all come and find out why in this election the stakes are higher and the consequences more fraught than ever before.
Writers and theatre creators have a short time, a few days really, to write a short play, or create a piece, with overtly political themes. The artists devising or writing decide what that means. It’s in their hands. These new works are given short rehearsals and
presented – as staged reading, or performance pieces – whatever makes sense and is possible. Add music, a hundred or so people hungry for meaningful theatre and, voila, you have a Wrecking Ball.
For the first time (and not a moment too soon), The
Wrecking Ball becomes The Wrecking Balls! Which, okay, sounds like gay porn, but it’s not. Wrecking Ball events are being scheduled on the same night across the country in cities (or ‘niches’, as Harper might say) from Halifax to Victoria. They will be linked up by whatever technological means are available… (Facebook and cell phones). Creating a tide of political inspiration and action from coast to coast to coast to coast to coast! To date, Wrecking Balls are happening in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg,
Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal & Halifax.
Nova Scotian playwrights and performer creators of all kinds will create short explosive plays and other art inspired by this moment in history. The election campaigns, the issues and ideas large and small, the candidates, their policies and the world that we’re
living in.
The artists have free rein over what art they make. The Wrecking Ball’s goal is to engage politically, to challenge and provoke. Each city will present works of local artists as well as those from artists across the country. The work will be of the minute. Created to be part of the national conversation.
If you’re interested in writing/creating something in response to recent events in our political world. Or if you have something already on the page or the tip of your tongue. Or if you want to be a performer or director of works written or created by others, get in touch! This is about performing artists having political voice. Let your art speak.
The Wrecking Ball: Election ‘08
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
Monday, October 6, 2008
Doors open at 7:30pm
Show starts at 8:00pm
The Bus Stop Theatre
2203 Gottingen St. Halifax, NS
Pay What You Can
Proceeds go to The Department of Culture.
Press Contact: Lee-Anne Poole
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