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The Stooges, addiction, revelation, and Stiff Little Fingers will kick you in the teeth this December. Moose + Moa Theatre Company’s Better Than This premieres December 14 - 18 at the Passe Muraille Backspace. Directed by ISAAC ROBINSON and featuring THEA FITZ-JAMES, WILLIAM GREENBLATT, MICHAEL RUDERMAN and MYRTHIN STAGG, BETTER THAN THIS plunges you into heart-pounding punk rock and heart-breaking addiction.
Punk rock sets the tone as four lives are intertwined through their relationships to addiction, abuse, longing and acceptance. Based on true stories collected by director ISAAC ROBINSON while growing up in New Zealand, BETTER THAN THIS is a collective creation with an unyielding gaze at the inexorable link drugs and music have in these characters' lives.
“Better Than This has been building for years," says ISAAC ROBINSON, director and lead creator. "The first page was written in 2007 and something new was added every time I heard a great song or had a new great story.”
"The music of this play roots itself in rebellion towards a system that failed these characters," adds sound designer STEPHANE GARNEAU-MONTEN. "It acts as a powerful reflection of how much they rely on each other... [and] highlights an aggressive, chaotic undertone that is waiting to break through at any moment.”
BETTER THAN THIS is directed by ISAAC ROBINSON (The Art of Being Alone, Ohio & Tadeu Take Their Lives), and features MICHAEL RUDERMAN (The Tempest, Ravenous Theatre), MYRTHIN STAGG (Noises Off, Soulpepper Theatre), WILLIAM GREENBLATT (The Stranger, DopoLavale Teatrale; Champ de Mars, Imago Theatre), and THEA FITZ-JAMES (Naked Ladies, Summerworks 2016), with design by JEREMY POWELL (The Art of Being Alone, Tough Guy Mountain: A Play), and sound design by STEPHANE GARNEAU-MONTEN (An Iliad).
BETTER THAN THIS runs December 14-18 at the Passe-Muraille Backspace: Because sometimes, life really doesn’t get better than this.
Moose + Moa Theatre Company
Better Than This
Directed by ISAAC ROBINSON
Featuring MICHAEL RUDERMAN, MYRTHIN STAGG, WILLIAM GREENBLATT, and THEA FITZ-JAMES
Design by JEREMY POWELL
Sound Design by STEPHANE GARNEAU-MONTEN
Theatre Passe-Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
Opens DECEMBER 14, runs to DECEMBER 18
Wednesday to Saturday 7:30pm; Saturday 2pm
Sunday 2pm (Pay-What-You-Can)
Tickets: $17-$25 CALL (416)-504-7952 or visit the box office
Visit Moose + Moa on Facebook for more details.
Moose + Moa Theatre Company is a Toronto based collective founded by New Zealand/Canadian citizens with a mandate to explore original works.
2016-11-15
Toronto: Moose + Moa present the premiere of "Better Than This" December 14-18