Headlines Theatre 20th Anniversary Production THIR$TY THIR$TY is conceived and directed by David Diamond, Headlines Theatre Artistic Director and Kathryn Ricketts, MainDance Artistic Director and Co-Director of Plan B. THIR$TY will be at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Davie at Pacific, March 22 to April 7, 2002. THIR$TY is a dance/theatre spectacle that incorporates a fifty foot pool of water as its setting. THIR$TY engages a very heated and timely topic, the privatization of water, and is opening on the United Nations' World Water Day. On that same day in downtown Vancouver, U.N.E.S.C.O. will be hosting an international conference on water. On April 6, theatre audiences around the world will tap into THIR$TY with a live international webcast at www.headlinestheatre.com. Two sexually frustrated salmon trying to reach home; a Canadian whose identity resides in a lake; a sprawling corporate head who likes to dance; a thirsty Bolivian fighting for democracy. These are a few of the characters in this rich dance/theatre specatacle. THIR$TY weaves narratives from Canada, Bolivia, and the natural world, embracing dry humour and rich emotions as it engages a very heated and timely topic: privatization of water. THIR$TY features Andrew Johnston (Three in the Back, Two in the Head, Three Penny Opera), Paulo Rebeiro (War of the Worlds-Jessie Nominated), Michelle Olson (The River-Home, Raven Restores the Sun to the Sky), Noah Lepawsky (Derwent is Different, A Midsummer Nights' Dream, The Cradle Will Rock), Todd Thomson (Wit, Antony and Cleopatra, Kilt-Jessie Nominated), and live sound by Noah Drew (two Jessie Awards for sound design: Kicked and The Lonely Cowboy). The voices of Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chief Simon Lucas and Sheila Patterson will also be heard. The creative team includes lighting by Shane Droucker (The Dead Reckoning, Confessions of an Indian Cowboy, Corporate U. Nominated for three Jessies in 2001), set design by the team of Yvan Morissette (Dreams of Reality, Wasps, and Persephone1s SeasonÐall Jessie Nominated) and Barbara Clayden (The Lonely Cowboy-Jessie Award, Spektator, The Yoko Ono Project), and visuals by Tim Matheson (The Yoko Ono Project, FLOP, Corporate U). Following every performance, Act II (the "counteract,") will feature guest speakers each night who have expertise on specific areas of water privatization. The counteract will invite audience discussion and focus on solutions and community action. This production sits at the centre of a multi-faceted project which runs parallel to the three-week theatre run. A series of public workshops, film and community arts events all take place at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Audiences are encouraged to arrive early for THIR$TY in order to view Free Flow, a major visual arts exhibition in the adjoining Exhibition Hall. Free Flow is curated by Elizabeth Kidd, Roundhouse Arts Programmer, and features artwork from one hundred Vancouverites working with artists-in-residence Haruko Okano, Caffyn Kelley, and Karen Stanley. THIR$TY opens on Friday, March 22 at 8pm. Preview performance on Thursday, March 21 at 8pm. Performances: Tuesday to Sunday at 8pm. Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 1pm (no matinee Mar. 23) Tickets: all tickets are $16. (plus service charges). 2-for-1 tickets for preview show, Tuesdays and matinees. Available at the Arts Centre Box Office charge-by-phone 604-689-0926, or order tickets online (as of Feb. 18) via www.headlinestheatre.com Headlines would like to thank the following for ongoing operation support: Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, British Columbia Gaming Commission, City of Vancouver, and the Melusine Foundation. We would also like to thank the following project sponsors: Canadian Union of Public Employees, CUPE BC, Canada Council (Canadian Creation), Vancouver Foundation, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Roundhouse Community Centre, VanCity Foundation, Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, Hamber Foundation, Columbia Foundation, BC Federation of Labour, and Endswell Foundation.   Back to Headlines Theatre homepage