Live Fringe
27—28 January 2018, 3pm Esplanade Theatre Studio
80 mins with no intermission
Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere
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27—28 January 2018, 3pm Esplanade Theatre Studio
80 mins with no intermission
Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere
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*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders
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.
*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders
Fringe Highlight ● Asian Premiere
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“It is a play that is poignant, thoughtful and unfortunately, all too relevant in an age where the lessons of the past can be forgotten so easily.” —Kat Fournier, Capital Critics’ Circle
“Aside from an appreciation of the talent involved, what you’re also left with, after the 80 minute one act, is a deeper understanding of the struggle involved in starting a new life, the heartbreak and uncertainty and the tragedy behind the stories of those who never made it. Not to mention the courage and innate optimism of the human spirit which builds communities and forges nations.” —Cam Fuller, Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Getting Here
Click here to find the route to Esplanade.