Carnival! A sensuous feast of colour, sounds, fragrance, light, and music, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands transports the spectator to a fiery Brazilian city circa 1940.

While World War II rends the Northern Hemisphere, South America is booming! Amidst this continent-wide party unfolds a tale of passion, love, cooking, and the fierce battle between spirit and matter.

Based on the classic novel by Jorge Amado, Dona Flor is the story of a woman torn between the ghost of her passionate but unreliable first husband and the dedicated yet lifeless replacement.

Dona Flor takes place in two separate venues. Part way through the performance the audience is lead in a Carnival parade to an infamous beer hall behind the primary theatre. This dingy tavern has transformed into “The Palace”, a casino and brothel in the underworld haunted by Flor’s first husband.

Here Dona Flor uncovers and gives into her sensuality. The audience literally joins her on the journey and experiences viscerally her transformation. It is the site of passion, risk, and carnal desire. Site becomes narrative and narrative gives way to direct experience and sensation.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is a celebration of the diversity in our home town of Vancouver that brings to centre stage the talents of the thriving Latino community.

Winner of the Alcan Performing Arts Award: Theatre  2001, Dona Flor was presented in March 2001 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre

Cast: Donald Adams, Carmen Aguirre, Layla Alizada, Seika Boye, Kim Collier, Kathleen Dick, Rick Dobran, Luis Gutierrez , Rob Hayter, Liza Hugett, Ty Olsson, Lucy Pavez, Linda Quibell, Ajineen Sagal, Clarence Sponagle