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Cart/Horse Theatre, known for their critically acclaimed productions of stirring simplicity brings this eerie new play to Toronto audiences for the first time. The North American Premiere of Fishskin Trousers by Elizabeth Kuti. Starring Julia Course, Craig Pike and Arlin Dixon, the show weaves together three tales and three times, inviting the audience into a mysterious world just below the water’s surface.
Using only the power of storytelling, Fishskin Trousers knits together the haunting tales of three lost souls from different eras, united only by the common setting of the fishing village of Orford in Suffolk, its castle and its mysterious island, Orford Ness. From the twelfth century, Mab gives an eye-witness account of the legendary Wild Man of Orford, caught in the nets of fishermen. Eight hundred years later, at the height of the Cold War, Ben, a young Australian scientist, hears strange noises on the Ness as he tries to fix the island's radar system, while Mog in 2004, is faced with a heartbreaking decision...Suffused by the landscape and traditional folk tales of East Anglia, their echoing voices and stories reveal how deeply and intimately their lives touch each other, though decades - and even centuries - separate them...
Fishskin Trousers conjures up memories of all the best ghost stories I've ever been told, that little bit of truth layered with mystery and imagination. It takes us out of the everyday and shows us a world where magic is possible. I want our audience to leave the theatre feeling like they were part of the haunting, part of the magic trick. - Matthew Gorman
Cart/Horse Theatre
Fishskin Trousers
Directed by Matthew Gorman
Featuring Julia Course, Craig Pike and Arlin Dixon
Set & Costumes by Jenna McKutchen, Lighting by Kaylee Krysztofiak, Sound Design by Andy Trithardt
Theatre Passe Muraille (BackSpace) 16 Ryerson Ave
Opens November 20th, Plays until December 7th
Wednesday to Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2pm
All tickets $20 Sunday PWYC
$15 tickets available if purchased by November 1
For tickets visit artsboxoffice.ca or 416-504-7529 - Visit us at carthorsetheatre.com
Photo: Cover of Fishskin Trousers (London: Nick Hern Books, 2013).
2014-10-22
Toronto: Cart/Horse Theatre presents the North American premiere of "Fishskin Trousers" November 20