TEAR THE CURTAIN!
A new production of this mixed-media marvel, coming this fall to Toronto
Alex is a jaded theatre critic in a gritty film noir rendition of 1930s Vancouver. When he falls for the screen siren Mila, he's caught dangerously between two warring mob families – one controlling the city’s playhouses, the other its cinemas. At the dawn of the Talkies, can Alex tear through the artifice of these art forms without selling his soul – or losing his mind?
In this new production of the genre-bending West Coast hit, the action moves from screen to stage and back again, resulting in a groundbreaking hybrid theatrical experience.
A penetrating examination of art and our human need to both create and consume it, Tear the Curtain! blurs the boundaries between film and theatre in a stylish psychological thriller brought to life by over 100 artists and director Kim Collier.
Tear the Curtain!
an Electric Company Production
in association with the Arts Club Theatre Company
Presented by Canadian Stage
October 7-20, 2012 at the Bluma Appel Theatre
Starring: Jonathon Young, Dawn Petten, James Fagan Tait, Tom McBeath, Hiro Kanagawa, Gerard Plunkett, David Adams, Scott Bellis, and Craig Erickson.
