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Event
Illicit: A Shadow Story
NOTE: Please stay tuned to www.belfry.bc.ca/tickets/ for ticket sales information, available very soon!
In 2016, a group of harm reduction workers and frontline responders from the Downtown Eastside community embarked on an artistic journey exploring our lived experience of illicit drug culture, the human impacts of drug policy, and the realities of the opioid overdose crisis. The result? A shadow play telling one community's story of courage, tragedy, and hope. Please join us as we travel for the first time out of Vancouver to share our production of "Illicit" at the historic Belfry Theatre's Studio A, followed by an Opioid Dialogue in collaboration with community partners. Through the magic of shadow theatre, music, and poetry, you've never experienced the Downtown Eastside like this before!
We believe that the arts can play a significant role in harm reduction because they have the ability to reveal a shared humanity. Our hope is to, with imagination and honesty, fight the stigma that still surrounds people who use illicit drugs and alcohol - stigma that impedes our ability as a society to effectively respond to and prevent tragedies like the overdose crisis.
Date: Wednesday July 11, 7pm
We gratefully acknowledge that we live, work, and create on the unceded traditional homelands of the swxwú7mesh (Squamish), selílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xmkym (Musqueam) Nations. It is our honour to share this work on the unceded traditional homelands of the Lekwungen peoples.
Performers:
Alanna Abrosimoff
Tyler Bigchild
Steve Cardinal
Nicolas Leech-Crier
Shawn Giroux
Jim McLeod
Tina Shaw
Artistic Director & Producer: Kelty McKerracher
Director: Renae Morriseau
Musical Director: Devon Martin
Set Designer and Shadow Director: David Mendes
Shadow Co-Creator: Matt Kennedy
Stage Manager: Dorothy Jenkins
Lighting Design & Sound Tech: Keagan Elrick
Shadow Dramaturgy: Chloe Ziner
Consultants: Savannah Walling & Will Weigler
With thanks to our funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Community Action Initiative, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
And our community partners: PHS Community Services Society, SFU Office of Community Engagement, Hives for Humanity
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LocationBelfry Theatre, Studio A (View)
1291 Gladstone Avenue
Victoria, BC V8T 1G5
Canada
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| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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