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For the past thirteen years Graham Isador has been in an on again/off again relationship with transgender rockstar Laura Jane Grace. The relationship is characterized by two main factors:
1. Laura Jane Grace is the lead singer, lyricist, and front woman for the punk rock band Against Me.
2. Laura Jane Grace does not know that Graham exists.
Framed as an open letter to the singer, Isador (Soulpepper Playwright’s Unit, VICE) chronicles his teenage years spent in the Southern Ontario punk scene, sharing stories of Internet message boards, strip mall record stores, and concerts in basements and backrooms.
Runner up for Outstanding Production at the 2016 Summerworks Performance Festival, Situational Anarchy is about the growing pains of adolescence and the inevitable heartbreak of teenage conviction.
“Filled with rage and vulnerability, Situational Anarchy is a stirring ode to that time when we cared about something so much it’s a wonder we survived the enormity of our care.” – Kelly Bedard, My Entertainment World.
“You don’t have to know anything about punk to get a lot out of his storytelling.
NNNN (out of Five)” – Jordan Bimm, Now Magazine.
SITUATIONAL ANARCHY
Written and performed by Graham Isador
Direction/Dramaturgy: Tom Arthur Davis and Jivesh Parasram
Lighting & Projection Design: Laura Warren
Sound Design: Ron Kelly
Stage Management: Heather Bellingham
May 24th-27th
May 31st-June 3rd
Opening night May 24th
Shows at 8:00pm
Additional Performance June 3rd at 4pm
Stop, Drop, and Roll (Located Above Rancho Relaxo)
300 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1R9
CLOSING PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED WITH A SET BY STUCK OUT HERE.
TICKETS
All performances of SITUATIONAL ANARCHY will be pay what you want.
All proceeds from the show (after expenses) will be donated to TRANS LIFE LINE/GENDER IS OVER.
ABOUT PRESSGANG
Pressgang is a Toronto Theatre company fronted by Graham Isador.
ABOUT PANDEMIC THEATRE:
Founded in 2009, Pandemic Theatre is a Toronto-based theatre company mandated to create, develop, and produce work from critical and underrepresented perspectives that engage social and political themes. We strive to create spaces where political discourse is not only possible, but also encouraged. Our work is to challenge audiences, artists, and communities to engage and question the role of aesthetics in ideology. To do so ethically, critically, and in the spirit of solidarity.
Another world is possible.
Photo: Graham Isador. ©2016.
2017-04-19
Toronto: Pressgang and Pandemic Theatre present "Situational Anarchy" May 24-June 3