Versus
By Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Ann-Marie Kerr
A World Premire | Co-Produced by Quiptake Theatre, The Theatre Centre and the National Arts Centre’s Creation Fund
Live, theatrical, and, unrepeatable: welcome to the surreal and laugh-out-loud world of Versus from Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Ann-Marie Kerr.
It’s Gerald’s birthday and he doesn’t want to go to his party – everything is just too much. So maybe could you help him with breakfast? Can someone else walk his dog? He soon finds himself at the emergency dentist and from the first inhale of nitrous, Gerald and the audience are on a ride through the comedy, grief, horror, and joy of being alive and trying to make it to your own birthday party. Cake included.
Photo by Lucas Moon
Adam Lazarus: Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Performer
Guillermo Verdecchia: Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Co-Director
Ann-Marie Kerr: Co-Creator, Co-Director
Alexis Eastman: Co-Creator, Creative Producer
Gillian Gallow: Co-Creator, Set, Prop & Costume Design
Electra Pappa: Asst. Set & Prop Design
David Mesiha: Co-Creator, Sound & Projection Design
Michelle Ramsay: Co-creator, Lighting Co-Designer
Za Hughes: Lighting Co-Designer
Michael Kras: Illusion Design & Direction
Gibum Dante Lim, Carson Kroeker, & HannaH Sunley-Paisley: Ensemble
Annasofie Jakobsen: Production Manager
Fiona Jones: Stage Manager
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Versus is being developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre.
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Franco Boni Theatre
Advisories/Age Restrictions: 12+
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