ADVENTURES
WinterWorks Festival Opening Production
February 25 – March 1, 2025 at Centaur Theatre
The plot of Adventures is partly based on a gritty-real-life story expressed through a mode of a fairy tale. This artistic device invites the audience to the roots of the “Mother Tree”, the spirit of which embodies three main characters, that of the tree itself, as well as of two teenagers PJ and Wendy who find themselves on the edge of a life-altering dilemma.
The play portrays a discordant teenage relationship which arises from the lack of basic values like respecting oneself and the other, as well as an absence of the meaning of a true friendship or love. As if such fundamental values were not present in those children’s families or in the books they read at home or at school. This is quite sad for the modern civilized North America. If one compares those two teenagers to the equally young heroes of the Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet, a play that premiered in 1597 in so to speak ‘Dark Ages’ of our collective history (as compared to our modern ‘civilized’ times), how much more poetic, purposeful, tender, loving and heroic was their relationship in a much more difficult setting than what PJ and Wendy are facing. That comparison also makes one ponder about the human and cultural values of the present humanity.
About WinterWorks:
WinterWorks is Centaur Theatre's inaugural festival that evolved from the Wildside Festival. Running from February 25 to March 15, 2025, it showcases inventive performances, daring theatre productions, immersive gallery experiences, and thought-provoking readings.
An Imago Theatre and Keep Good (Theatre) Company Collaboration at Centaur Theatre as a part of WinterWorks
Starring
Ann-Marie
Kerr
Directed
by Christian
Barry
Original
Soundscape by Jackson
Fairfax-Perry
Gillian
Clark
– Playwright
Christian
Barry
– Director & Lighting Designer
Andrea
Ritchie
– Costume Designer
Jackson
Fairfax-Perry
– Original Soundscape (Sound Designer & Composer)
Julian
Smith
– Stage Manager & Assistant Sound Designer
Ann-Marie
Kerr
– Wendy, PJ & The Mother Tree
Anthony
Black
– Artistic Consultant
For more information, visit the Centaur Theatre website.
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