An Undeveloped Sound
Electric Company Theatre (Unceded Coast Salish Territory • MST)
- Mon Jan 30 7:30 (Preview)
- Tue Jan 31 7:30 (Preview)
- Wed Feb 1 7:30 (Show)
- Thu Feb 2 7:30 (Show)
- Fri Feb 3 7:30 (Show)
- Sat Feb 4 7:30 (Show)
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On the shores of an ocean sound, an abandoned commercial outlet has been repurposed as a call centre. Inside, a team of spokespeople have been recruited to speak on behalf of a mysterious new development. Their task, it seems, is next to impossible. Although units have been sold and the development should be in its final phase, the developer has stopped responding, the units haven’t materialized, and the spokespeople are at a loss for words. What exactly have they been hired to represent?
Jonathon Young structures his plot to parcel out details in beguiling fashion, and the sense of ambiguity is powerful and unsettling. What ultimately develops between the spokespeople is a world much like our own: both incurably familiar and eternally strange. Loosely inspired by Goethe’s Faust, An Undeveloped Sound is about the eternal wager made between development and destruction.
Produced by Electric Company Theatre; Co-presented with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, with commissioning support from the PuSh Festival and funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, the Province of BC, City of Vancouver and the Hawthorne, Deux Mille and Pearson McGrane Foundations.
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Artist Bio
Jonathon Young
Jonathon is a Core Artist with, and Co-founder of, Electric Company Theatre. He has collaborated with ECT on Tear the Curtain! and No Exit, among other works. As an actor, Jonathon has performed in stage productions across Canada, including King Lear and Queen Goneril (Soulpepper Theatre) and Knives in Hens (Coalmine Theatre). Recently, Jonathon has been collaborating with choreographer Crystal Pite. Together they’ve created three productions that have toured internationally: Betroffenheit, The Statement and Revisor.
Electric Company Theatre
The Electric Company is based in Vancouver, but it creates works for national and global as well as local audiences. Collaboration and experimentation are the company’s hallmarks; it seeks to expand the possibilities of live theatre and explore universal concerns. Previous PuSh performances include Studies in Motion (2006) and Palace Grand (2009).
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Venue
SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 W Hastings St, Vancouver
Showtimes
- January 30: 7:30 (Preview)
- January 31: 7:30 (Preview)
- February 1: 7:30 (Show)
- February 2: 7:30 (Show)
- February 3: 7:30 (Show)
- February 4: 7:30 (Show)
Additional, post-festival performances from February 7 – 11 are available. See Tickets below to purchase.
Runtime: 95 mins
Content Advisory
Haze, strobe lights
Tickets
Single Tickets (in-Festival and post-Festival): $34
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Credits
Written and Directed by Jonathon Young Scenography Design Camellia Koo Costume Design & Props Jessica Oostergo Composition Loscil Lighting Design Sophie Tang Media Integration Eric Chad & Jack Chipman Movement Direction Natalie LeFebvre Gnam Dramaturgy Marcus Youssef Technical Direction Owen Marmorek Production Management Carla Ritchie Stage Management Jan Hodgson, Yvonne Yip Script Assistance Justin Francis Lee Featuring Ryan Beil, Andrew McNee, Amy Rutherford, Laara Sadiq & Ruby Henderson. Interns Anastasiia Vorobiova & Rachel Macadam Past Contributors Paula Viitanen Aldazosa, Amber Barton, Michael Kerns & Jennifer Swan
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