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Daughter

Co-produced by The Theatre Centre
and QuipTake with Pandemic Theatre

Both hysterical and disturbing, Daughter plays in the liminal space between autobiography and fiction.

It is a darkly satirical piece about a father stuck in a moment of confusion—raised in patriarchy, confronting his new identity as a patriarch/father, and not knowing how to operate in the world. Daughter is a true thought disrupter that will leave you charged and ready to talk. This provocative one-man show about toxic masculinity is written by Canada’s Bouffon-King Adam Lazarus and co-created with Ann-Marie Kerr, Melissa D’Agostino and Jiv Parasram.

Daughter interrogates questions of culpability and complicity in our society. It examines the subtle and not so subtle ways we condone and encourage misogyny; “boys will be boys”.

Welcome to Daughter: a show that exposes the hypocrisies and complexities of the human experience.

credits

Written & Performed by Adam Lazarus
Co-created by Adam Lazarus, Ann-Marie Kerr, Jivesh Parasram, Melissa D’Agostino
Directed by Ann-Marie Kerr
Composition and Sound Design by Richard Feren
Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay
Production Stage Manager and Associate Lighting Designer: Rebecca Vandevelde
Producers for Pandemic Theatre: Tom Arthur Davis and Jivesh Parasram
Creative Producer for The Theatre Centre: Aislinn Rose
Photo Credit: Alejandro Santiago

 

 

media

★★★★
“Powerful and unsettling.
Keeps pushing and pushing at the line as if daring us to draw it”
Lynn Gardner
The Independent
★★★★
“Magnetic. The audience are unsure whether to give a standing ovation or stage a walk-out”
—Kate Wyver
The Guardian
★★★★
“Electrifying. A timely portrait of everyday misogyny hiding in plain sight.”
Neil Cooper
The Herald
2019

creative team

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Alanna Mitchell

Creator and Performer
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Alanna Mitchell

Creator and Performer
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Franco Boni

Director
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Ravi Jain

Co-Director
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Shawn Kerwin

Set & Costume Designer
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Shawn Kerwin

Set & Costume Designer
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Tim Lindsay

Sound Designer
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Rebecca Picherak

Lighting Designer
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Melissa Joakim

Stage Manager and Touring Lighting Designer
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Melissa Joakim

Stage Manager and Touring Lighting Designer

production history

  • Toronto // SummerWorks Performance Festival // 

  • Sibiu, Romania // Sibiu International Theatre Festival // June, 2017

  • Kingston // Kick & Push Festival // August 2017

  • Toronto // The Theatre Centre // November 2017

  • London, UK // Latitude Festival // 

  • London, UK // Battersea Arts Centre // March 2020