Losing someone suddenly is a thread that snaps, breaking the ties to the other person, the man who is no longer there. The survival instinct takes over and the unravelled pieces of life try to piece themselves together with other unravelled pieces. It hardly matters with whom or with what. Other people become synonymous with the one who is no longer there: a brother, a son, a lover.
For the last four years, Brad Hart and I have travelled all over the continent, performing SPIN as a duet. We’ve met cyclists, music and theatre enthusiasts from Inuvik, NWT, to Vancouver Island to Newfoundland, and brought the story of the bicycle’s incredible, historic impact on women’s emancipation to some pretty far-flung places. And over the journey, the show has evolved, changed and grown up.
Last night marked the close of another epic and successful year for Rhubarb. Another year that leaves me invigorated and inspired. I want to extend a massive thank you and congratulations to the artists, crew, intern team, Buddies staff, board, …
Brendan’s head has been living inside the world of Tim Luscombe’s PIG for many months and more. What follows are some of his personal reactions to the process and a collection of thoughts and memories that have occurred to him …
Memento, homo, quod pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris. Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. -Genesis, 3:19 Welcome to the world of Tim Luscombe’s PIG. It is with great pleasure that we offer you the …
“In almost every case, our manner of appearing is our manner of being. The mask is the face” [color]- Susan Sontag, On Style[/color] In epochs less self-aware than ours, fans projected their hopes, fears, and insecurities onto their pop-idols as …
[color]Omoitsutsu[/color] Was it because [color]Nureba ya hito no[/color] I fell asleep thinking of love [color]Mietsuramu[/color] That he appeared to me? [color]Yume to shiriseba[/color] Had I known it was a dream [color]Samezaramashi wo[/color] I would never have awakened -Ono no Komachi …
Welcome to the 34th Rhubarb Festival. Emerging from the projects this year is the concept of ritual: everyday rituals, performance as ritual, social rituals, rituals of activism, healing, sex, and rites of passage. Tonight you are part of a choose-your-own-adventure …