Produced by Progress Lab (Boca del Lupo, Electric Company Theatre, Felix Culpa, Leaky Heaven Circus, Neworld Theatre, Pi Theatre, Rumble Productions, The Only Animal, Radix, Theatre Replacement and Theatre Conspiracy)
Spring/Summer 2012 + future dates to be announced
Following three sold-out iterations of the Hive party series, Vancouver’s Progress Lab network of indie theatre-makers comes together to test the theory that creativity feeds on limits.
Inspired in part by The Five Obstructions by Jørgen Leth and Lars Von Trier, the core artists of each participating company will submit, a few at a time and under a cold spotlight, to a list of obstructions delivered by a shadowy emcee. The companies will then be commanded to create their next production around those limitations. Each company’s obstructions have been developed by their peers in secret – a custom-designed set of obstacles that will prompt each artist to adapt to a new approach to making theatre. Their individual tendencies toward form, place, style, theme, design, period, story are exposed and obstructed, spilling the artist’s bag of tricks all over the stage and out of reach.
On October 27, 2011, the first three companies received their obstructions: Boca del Lupo (artistic directors Sherry Yoon and Jay Dodge), Felix Culpa (artistic directors David Bloom and Linda Quibell) and Radix (artistic director Andrew Laurenson). They return in 2012 to perform their new works, and more obstructions will be delivered.
For more information about Obstructions, please visit progresslab.ca.
UP NEXT:
Boca del Lupo
May 26, 2012 at 8pm (doors at 7pm)
PL1422 at 1422 William Street [map]
Tickets $15, available for purchase here
Boca del Lupo's obstructions are:
1. The piece must be done in an empty space (bodies allowed) without props or electricity.
2. The inspiration for the piece must be drawn from a page selected randomly from the business press on the day before their performance.
3. The piece must use a satiric style.
COMING SOON:
Felix Culpa
June 9, 2012
Radix
July 28, 2012
More performance dates to be announced soon! Check back regularly for updates.