Electric Company Theatre

Inspired by the life and work of 19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose instantaneous photography and exhaustive studies in animal and human locomotion foretold the invention of the modern-day cinema. In 1885 Eadweard Muybridge embarks on a mission of cataloging animal movement and human gestures, dissecting time and in so doing, revealed a world invisible to the naked eye. However, Muybridge is haunted by the ghosts of his past actions; the man he killed, the child he abandoned, and the woman he thought he knew. The play, a physically and visually explosive spectacle, explores themes of memory, identity, and the quest for meaning at the very beginning of our culture's obsession with images.

By Kevin Kerr

Starring: Andrew Wheeler as Muybridge

With: Gaelan Beatty, Julien Galipeau, Allan Morgan, Dawn Petten, Kyle Rideout, Michael Rinaldi, Juno Ruddell, Celine Stubel, Erin Wells, Jonathon Young, & Frank Zotter

Director: Kim Collier

Choreographed by Crystal Pite

Costume Design: Mara Gottler

Composer: Patrick Pennefather

Stage Manager: Jan Hodgson

Original Scenography and Media by Robert Gardiner

Lighting adapted by Adrian Muir

Assistant Stage Manager: Jennifer Swan

Assistant Scenographer: Jamie Nesbitt

Rehearsal Director: Andrea Hodge

Assistant Director: Blake William Turner

"A piece of theatre polished to brilliance . . . awe-inspiring . . . it should be seen on major stages around the world."

- Vancouver Sun

"A lucid, visually compelling and forceful piece of theatre"

- Calgary Herald

"A complex, thoughtfully layered script. What makes this production so strong, however, is the tight collaboration between script, choreography, lighting and sound . . . director Kim Collier deserves the highest praise for deftly weaving all these elements together."

- Globe and Mail