This is Where We Live by Vivienne Walshe
SummerWorks Festival Production
Directed by Taryn Jorgenson
Written by Vivienne Walshe
Dramaturged by Emma Mackenzie Hillier
Performed by Jenna Harris and Tim Welham
Lighting Design by Adrien Whan
Set and Costume Design by Jenna McCutchen
Sound Design by Alicia Porter
Stage Managed by Laura Paduch
Produced by Discord and Din Theatre
Gravel, gravel. Bombshell. Deluxe. Delectable. Devine. Chloe from the underworld arrives. A porn star’s love child, slight curvature of the spine, the hint of a limp she’s trying to hide. Another new town, new life, new school. She walks to the back of the classroom. Skank. Skank. Rapist. Bully. Big girl. Odd boy. Stare. Stare. Odd looking boy in the second row gazes out the window.
Hardened from a life filled with bullies, dead-beat boyfriends and no sense of hope, Chloe uses her sexuality as her weapon and her armour. Always on the wrong side of cool, Chris is a different sort of outcast who is living his own version of a nightmare. But when ‘Odd Boy’ Chris meets ‘Chloe from the Underworld’, an intense connection is formed and suddenly, a different life seems possible.
Born in Vancouver, Australian Playwright Vivienne Walshe is returning home, making her Canadian debut with this searing two-handed poem. Winner of the 2012 Griffin Award, This is Where We Live is a love story that conjures Orpheus leading his Eurydice out from the underworld of small town hell. A raw and honest portrayal of adolescence told in sharp, gritty and erotic language, with equal parts naivety and humour, This is Where We Live is a modern mythical tale of isolation, longing, desire and teenage awkwardness.
Ticket Price: $15 Buy Now
Friday August 7th 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Saturday August 8th 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sunday August 9th 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Monday August 10th 10:00 PM - 11:15 PM
Tuesday August 11th 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Wednesday August 12th 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Thursday August 13th 9:45 PM - 11:00 PM
Sunday August 16th 7:45 PM - 9:00 PM