OYR 2008-09 Creations
ONE YELLOW RABBIT PERFORMANCE THEATRE
ANNOUNCES 2008-09
PERFORMANCE CREATIONS
One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre celebrates another year of performance creation when it revisits two of its most popular friends Sylvia Plath and Leonard Cohen, pushes the boundaries at the High Performance Rodeo, shares its interpretation of the world's oldest epic, and combines sex, hockey and rock n' roll for an electric night of erotica.
Founded in 1982 and based in the Big Secret Theatre in Calgary's EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, One Yellow Rabbit creates new, original theatrical works by its Resident Performing Ensemble each year. The OYR Ensemble has also toured its unique brand of performance across North America, Australia, Asia, Mexico and Europe. In addition to producing new Ensemble creations, OYR hosts the annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts, and the Summer Lab Intensive school of performance creation. For more information, please visit oyr.org.
Celebrating its 23rd year, the High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts, has mapped the craggy edge of new, original and unusual live performance and has landed firmly in Canada's cultural consciousness. While the complete line up for the 2009 Rodeo won't be announced until mid-Fall, OYR is excited to give patrons a sneak peek of what's to come. OYR is pleased to announce world-renowned composer, Philip Glass, will be this year's artist-in-residence. The residency will include a variety of live appearances and performances by Glass, as well as a special co-presentation with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra's premiere of Glass' symphony, Low. Other Rodeo treats include the Calgary premiere of Catalyst Theatre's Frankenstein, co-presented by OYR and Theatre Calgary, and the return of His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond as the 2009 Honorary Patron.
The High Performance Rodeo will be hosted at various venues throughout Calgary, including the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts. Show times vary: please consult the festival calendar for a full list of acts and times. The Rodeo Guide, including the full festival calendar, will be released in mid-Fall 2008.
Gilgamesh: the world's oldest epic, already ancient by the time of Christ, earlier than’Äìand vastly different from’Äìany other great myth we know. Think of it as the first-ever buddy movie over 4,000 years before movies were invented. Gilgamesh La-Z-Boy is One Yellow Rabbit's re-telling of the story, a modern interpretation unlike any other.
Gilgamesh: the son of a goddess, born a hero and a king, god-ruler of the Sumerian city Uruk, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. He is unconquerable, strong beyond all others and beloved by his armies. But also tyrannical, childish, selfish, ruthless, and bored. Meet Enkidu: wild-man, half beast, sent by the gods to terrorize the countryside and chastise Gilgamesh’Äìthat is, until the two become fast friends, together undertaking a lethal quest in search of immortality. It is a tale of snarling demons, giant divine bulls, serpents and devastatingly seductive priestesses. But most of all, it is a moving and celebratory story about what it means to live a good life, the nature of happiness, friendship, and of men learning to be, above all else, human.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND’Ķ
Scheduled to tour across Canada in 2008-09, the One Yellow Rabbit Performing Ensemble is happy to return to the Calgary stage and reprise its role in three of the company's most popular and powerful productions.
"Poetry in motion" ’Äì Globe & Mail
Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, two of the 20th century's most prolific and complex literary figures, are inexorably linked, as much by their mutual zeal for life as by their infamous deaths. Originally premiering at the 2008 High Performance Rodeo, the award-winning One Yellow Rabbit Performing Ensemble invites audiences to revisit its voyeuristic journey to another era, where cocktails are swilled and conflicted souls are expressed in a cathartic torrent of ink and emotion.
"Onalea Gilbertson and Denise Clarke light up the stage" ’Äì Teresa Taylor, Sun Media
Rock n' roll, theatre, hockey and sex! Together at last for a four-way power play, two of Canada's longest-standing creative forces’ÄìCalgary's One Yellow Rabbit and legendary Toronto rock band Rheostatics’Äìhook up to create and perform a series of incisive erotic hockey stories for the stage. Written by Rheostatic and author Dave Bidini, Five Hole weaves together a suite of electrifying, tender and hilarious love stories through the lens of our national pastime.
"’ĶFive Hole reverberates like a well-thrown bodycheck" ’Äì Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald
TOURING
Once again the One Yellow Rabbit Performing Ensemble takes its unique brand of performance creation theatre on the road touring Canada with three of its most provocative and powerful productions, including Doing Leonard Cohen, the Toronto premiere of Sylvia Plath Must Not Die, and Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica.
SPECIAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS
The 10th annual Wine Stage offers another year of unlimited tasting of the world's finest wines poured for you by the experts and served alongside culinary creations from Calgary's most talented chefs. Tickets are limited so book early! Tickets on sale July 15th, 2008 from the One Yellow Rabbit Box Office by calling 403-264-3224 or information at www.oyr.org
Participating Wine Merchants include BIN 905, J. Webb Wine Merchant, Kensington Wine Market, Metrovino, Richmond Hill Wines, The Banff Wine Store, The Wine Cellar South
Participating Restaurants include Brava Bistro, The Tribune, Gruman's Extraordinary Catering, The Cookbook Company, Living Room Restaurant and many more!
GENERAL INFO
Marketing Manager and Publicist: Tonya Zelinsky ¬… 403.264.3224 ext. 25 ¬… tzelinsky@oyr.org
Rodeo Publicist: Bottom Line Productions
Brad Walker ¬… 403.567.1507 ¬… brad@bottomlinepro.com
Todd Hawkwood ¬… 403-.567-1507 ¬… todd@bottomlinepro.com
Mailing Address
#21, 225-8 Avenue S.E.
Calgary, AB T2G 0K8
P. 403.264.3224 ¬… F. 403.264.3230
Venue
The Big Secret Theatre, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
(and various locations throughout the year, especially during the High Performance Rodeo)
One Yellow Rabbit Flex Pass ’Äì $96
Good for any four regular season admissions to any regular OYR presentation,
completely flexible and transferable
Tickets: 403.299.8888 or ticketmaster.ca, or online at oyr.org
Information: 403.264.3224 or oyr.org
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