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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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"We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself." [Brecht]

Quest: 

David Thompson’s 1811 Journey

by the Baader Meinhof Collective   

David Thompson has been called “the greatest land geographer who ever lived”, mapping over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America from East to West Coast in his short life-time. At the dawn of David Thompsons 2011 bicentennial epic journey across the Great Divide in 1811, this performance piece pushes the boundaries of physical exploration into the discovery of not only our physical world, but also the inner world of what it means to quest. Taking the audience on the journey, the play uncovers the bends and turns of a 'heros' journey, as man’s eternal battle against nature, against man, and ultimately man against himself.

Performed Nov 23rd - 27th, 2010 at Dancers' Studio West.

On tour throughout 2011.  For more information about bringing Quest to you, contact us.

Medea

by Euripides

Widely argued as the first play to deal with pro-feminist sentiments, Medea plots revenge against passion in a world of deceit, grief and murder. Playing on the games of spite and remorse, the piece investigates what it means to be human when loss is so great that we react with barbarianism.

Theatre Encounter’s production will be performed as a reinvention of the characteristics of humanity, pushing the performance truths of ‘reality’ into surreal representations of all that we cling and hold onto in our personal and family ideals.

Performed March 1st - 5th, 2011 at The Vertigo Theatre Centre.

The Cremation of Sam McGee

by the Baader Meinhof Collective

  

Using the classic Canadian poem by Robert W. Service as the foreground narrative, this performance piece investigates the questionable elements of honour and necessity against the backdrop of Dante’s Inferno.  Drawing upon universal elements of indulgence, violence and what it means to suffer, the audience is forced to face their own afterlife narrative through visceral confrontations of struggle – both outward and within.

Performed in the summer of 2011.