Bound To Create Theatre

TAPESTRY NEW OPERA presents Bound to Create Theatre's Phaedra's Lust as part of their NEW OPERA SHOWCASE, March 25th, 2012 at 7pm. FOR TICKETS visit www.tapestrynewopera.com

The story of Phaedra has been debated for over 2000 years: a woman struck by an obsessive lust and passion for her son Hipploytus. Using dramatic texts, an original soundscape, and a new operatic score, this non-linear experimental physical theatre piece melds various performing arts mediums’ to help express the deep emotions and passions of the story of Phaedra while also looking at it through a unique perspective; that of the inner workings of Phaedra’s mind at the moment she is struck with the instant passion for her son, which later, becomes her downfall.

Canada’s foremost playwright Judith Thompson, fresh off her recent play, Body and Soul, embarks on a new theatrical journey utilizing a similar process for the world premiere of The Grace Project: SICK at the 2011 Next Stage Festival - January 6th-17th, 2011.

A building burns down and we are transported back to the events leading up to the fire. We learn about the relationships of the people involved as they relate to each other in their respective and private apartments in the complex, as well as in the neutral territories of the building. Through this, we bear witness to the secrets they hold about themselves and the city.

Tabula Rasa explored the relationship between two people trying to deal with the present while unable to escape their pasts. Through the incorporation of elements of pantomime and abstract lighting, the seemingly naturalistic play has an underbelly of rich stylization...

The company first presented an original production of Rougher Trade, a hit and runner up for Best of Venue, at the 2004 Ottawa Fringe festival. The production, an in your face drama about the boundaries between fantasy and reality, shocked crowds...