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Same Difference

Showing on Jan 24-28

Playing at Roundhouse Performance Centre

A wide shot of a stage bathed in purple and pink lights. A man’s face is projected onto screens facing each other.

Theatre Conspiracy/David Mesiha (Unceded Coast Salish Territories)

Immerse yourself in a world of mirrors, projections and digital performances with this fascinating mixed-media performance installation led by David Mesiha. We are plunged into ever shifting cognitive and spatial perspectives as we step into an ethereal space framed by two-way mirrors, bright neon panels and immersive sound. Walk, sit or lie with reflections in this ever-changing studio of identity. 

As we look at ourselves through different lenses, we’re asked to deconstruct our perception of identity and to explore tensions between our sense of individuality and relationship to culture and place. Interviews with immigrants and refugees are interwoven with sound scapes, shifting architecture and projections, begging the question, “how much sameness and difference do we need to feel like we belong?” The experience is a meditation on a sense of fracturing that emerges when we exist in-between spaces. 

Gabrielle Martin, PuSh’s Director of Programming, chatted with project lead David Mesiha and dramaturg Gavan Cheema on the PuSh Play podcast. Listen to the episode here.  

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Artist Bio

Theatre Conspiracy/David Mesiha (Canada)

Award-winning theatre company, Theatre Conspiracy, was established in 1995 by Tim Carlson and Richard Wolfe. The company is lauded nationally and internationally for its innovative works that combine interactive and immersive theatre with documentary form.

Examples include shows such as Omniscience & Foreign Radical. The company is currently lead by award-winning theatre maker, composer and designer David Mesiha and co-artistic director award-winning writer and director Gavan Cheema.

Venue

Roundhouse Performance Centre

181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver

Showtimes

  • January 24: 6 & 8pm
  • January 25: 6 & 8pm
  • January 26: 6 & 8pm
  • January 27: 6 & 8pm
  • January 28: 2 & 4pm

Runtime: 65 min, no intermission

Post-show talkback: Jan 26 after 8pm show

Content Advisory

Smoke/haze

Strobe effects

Tickets

Single tickets: $39
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Access

Strobe lights, haze

Standing show with limited seating

Credits

Concept, Text, Projection Design, Sound Design and Project Lead David Mesiha Projection Co-Design and Co-Development Milton Lim Dramaturgy and Co-Development Tim Carlson, Gavan Cheema, Aryo Khakpour Additional video performances by Celia Aloma & Ilana Zackon Special thanks to early collaboration and development team Ashley Bodiguel, Jivesh Parasram, Parjad Sharifi, performers Celia Aloma, Ilana Zackon, and soprano Neema Bickersteth.


Funded by Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, City of Vancouver

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