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Displaced Ground Cover Theatre (Canada) 26—27 January 2018, 8pm,
27—28 January 2018, 3pm Esplanade Theatre Studio
80 mins with no intermission
Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere
Advisory Some Mature Content
Displaced Ground Cover Theatre (Canada) 26—27 January 2018, 8pm
27—28 January 2018, 3pm Esplanade Theatre Studio
80 mins with no intermission
Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere
Advisory Some Mature Content
$27|$19*

*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders

Ground Cover Theatre creates original work through the medium of physical storytelling. They focus on current issues of debate, because ground-breaking theatre is dependent upon stories that provoke questions.

Displaced has never felt more relevant than in today’s context, where xenophobia, Islamophobia, and cross-cultural intolerance are on the rise.

The play follows the story of three female immigrants fleeing to Canada during different points in history: Mary flees Ireland during the famine in 1847, Sofia flees war-torn Germany in 1947 and Dara flees Afghanistan due to the Taliban rule in 2007. Displaced highlights these three women’s struggles to assimilate to a new country and its cultural customs, while trying to retain their respective traditions. The story is told through movement, original music and text.

Displaced was nominated for Best English Production and Best English Text at the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal and awarded 5 Stars in Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the High Commission of Canada in Singapore, Creative Saskatchewan and University of Saskatchewan.

Displaced echoes the Festival’s wish to showcase pieces that “voice the concerns of today” by exploring themes of isolation, cultural identity and prejudice through the lens of three female immigrants moving to a new country—Canada.

The topic of immigration is in the public eye, where issues such as humanitarian consciousness, fear of exploitation, and discrimination are being heatedly debated. By focusing on the issue of immigration, and especially through physical movement, Displaced hopes to provide a varied landscape, in which various cultures can come together and participate as members of the audience.

Click here to find the route to Esplanade.

Displaced has never felt more relevant than in today’s context, where xenophobia, Islamophobia, and cross-cultural intolerance are on the rise.

The play follows the story of three female immigrants fleeing to Canada during different points in history: Mary flees Ireland during the famine in 1847, Sofia flees war-torn Germany in 1947 and Dara flees Afghanistan due to the Taliban rule in 2007. Displaced highlights these three women’s struggles to assimilate to a new country and its cultural customs, while trying to retain their respective traditions. The story is told through movement, original music and text.

Displaced was nominated for Best English Production and Best English Text at the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal and awarded 5 Stars in Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the High Commission of Canada in Singapore, Creative Saskatchewan and University of Saskatchewan.

RELATION TO THEME

Displaced echoes the Festival’s wish to showcase pieces that “voice the concerns of today” by exploring themes of isolation, cultural identity and prejudice through the lens of three female immigrants moving to a new country—Canada.

The topic of immigration is in the public eye, where issues such as humanitarian consciousness, fear of exploitation, and discrimination are being heatedly debated. By focusing on the issue of immigration, and especially through physical movement, Displaced hopes to provide a varied landscape, in which various cultures can come together and participate as members of the audience.

$27 | $19*

*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders

Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere

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Ground Cover Theatre creates original work through the medium of physical storytelling. They focus on current issues of debate, because ground-breaking theatre is dependent upon stories that provoke questions.

Getting Here

Click here to find the route to Esplanade.