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Forgiveness: a theatrical poem

Conceived by Canada’s Modern Times Stage Company and Denmark’s Don*Gnu and co-produced in association with Denmark’s Bora Bora Dance and Visual Theatre, Laboratoriet, and Toronto’s Dreamwalker Dance Company

This new international collaboration lead by Dora award-winning director Soheil Parsa (The Lesson, 2012) will engage the audience in a hypnotic, hard-hitting and at times irreverent look at one of life’s most fundamental and elusive themes.

On an empty stage defined only by light and sound, three dancers and two actors enact stories that examine how forgiveness affects our lives, from the historical conflicts between civilizations to the simple personal tragedies that touch the essence of the human experience.

Forgiveness is a value, a virtue, a state of being, a process and a choice that touches all of us profoundly. Whether it be someone taking our seat on the subway or a terrible betrayal that changes life irrevocably, the ability to understand the redeeming potential and (potential) contradictions of forgiveness makes us who we are. Experience Forgiveness: a theatrical poem in 2014 with Modern Times.

Credits

Direction: Soheil Parsa
Writers: Soheil Parsa, Barbara Simonsen, Peter Farbridge
Performers: Andrea Nann, Peter Farbridge, Jannik Elkaer Nielsen, Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen, Stavroula Logothettis
Choreography: Don*Gnu
Designers: Thomas Ryder Payne (Sound); Angela Thomas (Costume); Michelle Ramsay (Lighting); Lindsay Anne Black (Set)

February 15, 2014
to March 1, 2014

Venue

Great Hall Black Box Theatre

Performance Dates

Saturday, February, 15 – 7:30pm (preview)

Sunday, February, 16 – 2pm (preview)

Tuesday, February, 18 – 7:30pm (preview)

Wednesday, February 19 – 7:30pm (opening)

Thursday, February 20  – 7:30pm
Friday, Feb 21 – 7:30pm

Saturday, February 22 – 2pm (matinee)

Saturday, February 22 – 7:30pm

Sunday, February 23 – 2pm (matinee)

Monday, February 24

Tuesday, February 25

Wednesday, February 26 – 2pm (student matinee)

Wednesday, February 26 – 7:30pm

Thursday, February 27 – 7:30pm

Friday, February 28 – 7:30pm

Saturday, March 1 – 7:30pm

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