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TORONTO, ON - Kitchen Band Productions makes its company
debut as part of HATCH: emerging performance projects with its
workshop presentation of Petrichor, a play inspired by the rural
landscape of Southern Ontario and the conflicts within the
farming communities that inhabit it.
Petrichor, a term which means the smell of rain on dry ground,
is a new play by Erin Brandenburg that tells the story of a
family of Mennonite migrant workers and the farmers who need
their labour. Petrichor weaves simple and lyrical storytelling
with songs, movement, animation and folly and a live landscape
to tell a story of work and land, home and loss and of the lives
of those who enter our worlds but are never permitted to be a
part of them.
Petrichor combines the talents of many of the creators behind
the Fringe/Summerworks hits Reesor "NNNNN (out of five) - Grass
roots theatre at its best"- NOW Magazine, "Four stars (out of
four) - Points Canadian theatre in the right direction" - Eye
Weekly; and Pelee "NNNN (out of five)" - NOW Magazine, who now
come together for the first time as Kitchen Band Productions.
Based on true stories and found materials collected through
interviews with farmers and migrant workers in Southern Ontario,
Petrichor is the third in a series of plays, that includes
Reesor and Pelee, based on small town life in rural Canada. Its
rustic, DIY aesthetic includes a live soundscape played on
handmade instruments made from recycled and reclaimed materials
while growing plants, rain and projected images create a
miniature farm yard.
Petrichor features text by writer/performer Erin Brandenburg,
music by Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players), Gord Bolan and
Henry Adam Svec (Peter Mansbridge and the CBC's, The Boy From
E.T.), animation by award winning artist Howie Shia, and foley
and design by Toronto artist Iner Souster. This presentation
offers audiences a look into the creative process of some of
Toronto's most exciting theatre artists and is the culmination
of a weeklong residency in Harbourfront Centre's Studio Theatre
with a Q & A to follow each performance.
Kitchen Band Productions is a collective of theatre creators,
writers, musicians, actors, visual artists and designers based
in Toronto, with the aim is to tell stories inspired by the
Canadian landscape and history in a style that blurs the lines
between theatre, music and visual art.
PETRICHOR - Kitchen Band Productions
Written and created by Erin Brandenburg
With Andrew Penner, Henry Adam Svec, Monica Dottor, Gordon Bolan,
Jason Stephens, Iner Souster,
and Howie Shia
April 25, 8:00 p.m. and April 26, 3:00 p.m.
Studio Theatre at Harbourfront Centre's York Quay Centre, 235
Queens Quay West
Tickets: $12.00 or $10.00 for
Students/Seniors/Arts Workers
Box Office Info: 416-973-4000 or
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/hatch
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