Friday, April 29, 2011

Preview: Forests




A really exciting opening is taking place at midtown's Tarragon Theatre. The same writer who conceived the masterpieceIncendies, Wajdi Mouawad, has his 2006 piece Forests being produced.

Show Description:

When Aimée learns that she has an unusual brain tumour, she decides to risk her life to have her child, only to die when her daughter Loup is a teenager. Enraged and grief-stricken, Loup reluctantly begins a quest to discover the origin of her mother’s mysterious illness. In a story that spans six generations and two continents, Wajdi Mouawad demonstrates that the bonds of family are not merely biological and cannot be contained: they are borne of love, sacrifice and deep commitment, and endure beyond the death of any single member.

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Forests

Written by Wajdi Mouawad
Translated by Linda Gaboriau
Directed by Richard Rose
Starring: Terry Tweed, RH Thomson, Jan Alexandra Smith, Liisa Repo-Martell, Alon Nashman, Brandon McGibbon, Sophie Goulet, David Fox, Vivien Endicott-Douglas, Matthew Edison, Dmitry Chepovetsky
Set and costume design by Karyn McCallum
Lighting design by Kimberly Purtell
Composition and sound design by Thomas Ryder Payne
Assistant director Sasha Kovacs
Apprentice stage manager Suzanne McArthur
photography by Cylla von Tiedemann
At the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto
Forests runs until May 29.

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