open heart surgery invites you to a workshop reading of The Selfsame Hour by Coleen MacPherson, a new play inspired by Ovid's story of Philemon and Baucis.
We are pleased to announce an exciting theatrical event, and we hope you can take part! The Selfsame Hour is a play inspired by the questions of faith, love and the reconcilement of death in a world that seems to be moving too fast; a world that is constantly changing like Ovid's Metamorphoses. With poetic text and rich images we are taken into the world of an elderly couple, Katie and Phil, who live in a tiny corner of the world. In this world the rain has forgotten how to stop, and Death himself arrives early for his appointment ... After much success and positive feedback at the 2011 HOTscrawls Festival (theatrekairos), Coleen MacPherson has further developed the piece. We are pleased to be holding a culminating workshop reading of this full-length play, open to theatre practitioners and the public. So please join us for a reading of this play-in-development. We are interested in gaining audience feedback for the continual growth of this new play.
Directed by Sarah Warren
Featuring new up-and-coming talent: David Christo, Kate Kudelka, Viktor Lukawski, Alexandra Draghici ...
"The piece is grounded in a truth that is brought into theatrical life by streaks of absurdity, pockets of poetry and currents of magic" (Aviva Armour-Ostroff)
When? Tuesday January 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Where? Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson Ave. Toronto, ON)
Please RSVP by Thursday December 29th to coleen.macpherson@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
Limited seating so please RSVP Looking forward to seeing you there!
