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Your Brother. Remember? splices and dices home videos, Hollywood film footage, and live performance to create a spare but affecting piece of theatre that tracks the journey of two siblings as they grow up and apart.
As kids in rural America, Zachary and his older brother Gator loved making parodies of their favourite films, most notably Jean-Claude Van Damme’s karate opus Kickboxer, and the notorious cult film Faces of Death. Then twenty years passed. Estranged from his family, Zack returned to his childhood home to re-create these films, shot for shot, as precisely as possible – but now seen through a twenty-year lens of emotional and physical wear and tear. With Mr. Van Damme and renowned pathologist Dr. Francis Gross in their corner, Zack and Gator step into the ring one last time for a title shot at redemption.
Creator Zachary Oberzan is an original member of the New York City-based theatre collective Nature Theater of Oklahoma. He collaborated in the creation and performance of the plays No Dice (Obie Award winner), Poetics: a ballet brut, and the one-man show Rambo Solo.
Your Brother. Remember? comes to The Theatre Centre on the heels of an extensive European tour, from Italy to Sweden. We are thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of this production and to introduce the city to this exciting young artist at the top of his game.
Press for Your Brother. Remember?
“Intellectually complex but emotionally simple, Your Brother. Remember? is a moving work of experimental drama.” – New York Theatre Review
“Goosebumps, one doesn’t receive a gift like that every day in theatre. Zachary Oberzan’s choice is moving and brave. Your Brother. Remember? is cleverly made, but above all it’s the idea that works well… fishing lines are thrown through sweet detours, hoping to catch a little piece of brother. Clumsy, honest and therefore unavoidable.” – De Morgen
Your Brother. Remember?
Conceived, directed, edited and performed by Zachary Oberzan
Featuring Gator Oberzan on video
Text by Zachary and Gator Oberzan
Light/sound/video technician Thomas Barcal
Assistant director/tour management Nicole Schuchardt
Produced by Zachary Oberzan/ brutproduktion
Presented by The Theatre Centre, in association with One Yellow Rabbit and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
January 26-28, 2012
Thursday - Saturday, 8pm
The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1H3
Regular Tickets $22
Student/Senior/Arts Worker Tickets $15
BOX OFFICE: 416-538-0988 MORE INFO: www.theatrecentre.org
2011-12-15
Toronto: The Theatre Centre presents “Your Brother, Remember?” January 26-28, 2012