Like Orpheus
Time & Location
About The Event
- DATES: Feb 15, 2020 - Feb 16, 2020
- LOCATION: Intrepid Theatre Club
- CREATED: Brett Dahl
- ADVANCE PRICE: $20
- DOOR PRICE: $20
- DURATION: 60 mins
- RATING: PG 14+: Coarse language, adult themes, nudity, sexualized violence
- GENRE: Drama, Physical Theatre
- COUNTRY: Lethbridge, AB
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Like Orpheus is a candid dive into queer club culture and the trauma of sexual assault. Told through poetic text, raw movement and evocative soundscape Like Orpheus jumps around in time and place like a cacophony of thoughts and dreams happening at once. The show follows two narratives; a violent assault of a young boy dancing in an underground club and years later when he is haunted by reoccurring visions of his traumatic past. Through fragments of a chance meeting between a man and his younger self the two stories collide and the lines of fantasy and reality are blurred immersing the audience inside a waking dream. Using a Greek myth as an entry point, Like Orpheus addresses issues within the queer community – asking us to intentionally look back and face the trauma of our past.
Note – this show contains strobe lighting effects.
“…a stunning one of a kind performance.” – Fringe Review Ireland