For Immediate Release:
November 19, 2001
VECC and Rumble Productions present
WHITE MICE
By Darren O'Donnell
"Brilliantly written... Utterly original provocative theatre" -NOW Magazine
"Darren O'Donnell gives eccentric intellectual playwrights a good name."-Toronto Eye
A black comedy about the white race, White Mice tells the tale of two white-furred mice, Robert and Douglas, as they come to terms with their own whiteness. As roommates, the mice have led peaceful and complacent lives-up to the time Robert starts to gnaw at the knowledge that they're poster boys for the white supremacist society in which they live. Douglas is initially freaked out by Robert's revelations, only to discover that both have been systematically lied to and brainwashed about mice of other colours. Could it be true? Could it be that the white race is a capitalist construction employed to divide, conquer and exploit other less desirable mice?
White Mice was nominated for six Dora Mavor Moore awards in 1999, including Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Production and Outstanding Design. Mammalian Diving Reflex is an independent Toronto-based theatre company established in 1993 under the artistic directorship of Darren O'Donnell and is known for intellectually challenging, and theatrically rich presentations.
Written and directed by Darren O'Donnell, it features the playwright and Bruce Hunter as Robert and Douglas, with set design by Naomi Campbell and Darren O'Donnell, lighting design by RS Armstrong, costume design by Sim & Jones Inc. and original music by murr.
Tickets for White Mice are $28 for adults, $20 for students and seniors and can be purchased through the Ticketmaster network at www.ticketmaster.ca. White Mice is also part the VECC's subscription package-subscribers can see three shows in the VECC's 2001-02 season for just $54, including all service charges. Group orders are welcome and groups of 10 or more pay $14 per ticket.
The VECC and Rumble Productions present
White Mice
By Darren O'Donnell
February 5-9, 8 pm
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street (at Victoria)