What you leave out of the photograph is part of the composition.
A photographer, Nir, aged sixty-eight, navigates through the fragmented memories surrounding the death of his brother during the tumultuous and disputed repartition of British Palestine into the would-be state of Israel. Meditating on two family photographs, one as a complete family, and one taken shortly after his brother's death, Nir questions the futility of language and the parallels of photography and time in describing the events.
“A moving drama."
Martin Morrow | Torontoist
Creative Team
Written by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Nir Bareket
Directed & Dramaturged by Jivesh Parasram
Performed by Steven Bush, Tom Arthur Davis, Virgilia Griffith, Maxine Heppner, En Lai Mah, & Christopher Stanton
Production Design by Cameron Davis
Puppet Design by Michelle Urbana
Sound Design by Jivesh Parasram
Stage Managed by Beth Wong
Technical Direction by Laura Warren
Assistant Direction by Stephanie Carpanini
Originally Produced by Pandemic Theatre in association with Cahoots Theatre
Produced by Tom Arthur Davis & Jivesh Parasram
Production History
October 2015 • Theatre Passe Muraille • Toronto, ON
March 2015 • Canadian Stage (workshop) • Toronto, ON
“Brilliant. Powerful. Clever.”
Jess Gillis | Mooney on Theatre
Supporters
This project has been made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, Canadian Stage (as their RBC Emerging Company in Residence), and Suitcase in Point Theatre Company (through the OAC Theatre Creators' Reserve).
