Foreign Radical 2024
(Photo by STOO METZ Photography)
FOREIGN RADICAL
BY THEATRE CONSPIRACY
CO-PRESENTED WITH
Foreign Radical invites 30 participants into an intriguing theatrical game that explores security, profiling, freedom of expression, and privacy in the age of cybersurveillance. Mobile throughout the performance, the participants collaborate, compete, investigate, debate, and spy on each other.
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​The Foreign Radical set is divided into four play areas where participants, depending on personal and group responses to various questions posed by the game’s host, witness different perspectives on the action. They are at times divided into groups or left all alone to gather evidence from dramatic scenes and documentary media that colour their views and how they play the game.
RUNTIME
75 minutes (no intermission)
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VENUE
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PRICE
Pay-What-You-Can-Afford ($15 / $25 / $35 + FEES)​
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SHOWTIMES
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SEATING NOTE
This is NOT a seated performance. Audience members will be asked to move throughout the space, and will be standing for the duration of the performance. Mobility aids are welcome. If you require seating, please email info@EasternFrontTheatre.com or call 902-466-2769.
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CONTENT NOTE
Moments of near darkness, loud sounds, momentary male nudity, overlapping voices, immersive audio, and strobing light.
“Urgent, timely and necessary.”
— The List
Foreign Radical 2024
(Photo by STOO METZ Photography)
THEATRE CONSPIRACY
The traditional, unceded and occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xÊ·mÉ™θkwÉ™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and SÉ™lÌ“ílwÉ™ta (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
THEATRE CONSPIRACY creates theatrical events that activate discussion on vital contemporary themes in the international conversation.
THEATRE CONSPIRACY is committed to enhancing a rich dialogue between our city, the province and the international community. We are committed to working with other arts organizations and community leaders to achieve artistic excellence, engage audiences, raise the profile of theatre and share resources.
CREDITS
Foreign Radical is a devised co-creation by original team members Tim Carlson, Jeremy Waller, Kathleen Flaherty, David Mesiha, Aryo Khakpour and Milton Lim.
Gavan Cheema | Co-Artistic Director, Producer, Stage Manager
David Mesiha | Co-Artistic Director, Sound & Projection Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager
Mehdi Darvish | Performer
Anjela Magpantay | Performer
Writer / Producer: Tim Carlson
Original Direction: Jeremy Waller & Tim Carlson
Original Performers: Milton Lim, Aryo Khakpour (original cast)
Video: Cande Andrade
Lighting design: Kyla Gardiner
Dramaturgy : Kathleen Flaherty (Playwrights Theatre Centre)
Early dramaturgy: Bruce Barton (Centre for Drama, University of Toronto)
