THEATRE PREVIEW

MARCH 2024 | Volume 237

 

The Firehall is proud to produce and present Keith Barker's This Is How We Got Here from Saturday, April 13 to Sunday, April 28.

Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, This Is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss. A mother, father, aunt, and uncle must learn how to move forward after their shared grief as they re-learn how to interact with one another through humour, forgiveness, and love.

It has been a year since Paul and Lucille's son Craig died by suicide, and their once-solid family bonds are starting to break down. While the now-separated couple tries to honour their son, Lucille's sister Liset and her husband Jim refuse to discuss their nephew. The ties that keep the four together as sisters, best friends, and spouses are strained by grief and guilt...until a visit from a fox changes everything.

"When my eye caught the cover of this newly published play in 2017, I felt compelled to read it as I had recently had a 'fox' experience, different from this but also very meaningful," says Firehall Arts Centre's Artistic Producer, Donna Spencer. "Once I started to read it, I knew it was a play for Firehall audiences, and I appreciated how Keith had shaped this powerful story, blending humour with grief, friendship with raw pain, and the power of the natural world."

Keith Barker is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. He is a playwright, actor, and director from Northwestern Ontario. Keith is also the Director of the Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program at the Stratford Festival, and the former Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto. He is the recipient of the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Playwrights Guild's Carol Bolt Award for Best New Play. Keith received a Saskatchewan and Area Theatre Award for Excellence in Playwriting for his play, The Hours That Remain, as well as a Yukon Arts Award for Best Art for Social Change. He was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for English Drama for This Is How We Got Here.

Credits for This Is How We Got Here:
Playwright:  Keith Barker
Co-Directors:  Donna Spencer & Lisa Cooke Ravensbergen
Performers:  Tasha Faye Evans, Gordon Patrick White, Lisa Cooke Ravensbergen, Darcey Johnson
Set Design:  Kimira Reddy
Lighting Design:  Rebekah Johnson
Sound Design:  MJ Coomber
Costume Design:  Sydney Cavanagh 
Stage Manager:  Susan Currie
Producer:  Firehall Arts Centre

April 13 - 28 | Firehall Arts Centre | 280 E. Cordova Street 
Media Opening:  April 17 at 7:30pm
Previews:  April 13 at 3:00pm & 7:30pm | April 14 at 3:00pm | April 16 at 7:30pm | April 17 at 1:00pm 
Performance Times: Tuesday-Saturday, 7:30pm | Saturday & Sunday, 3:00pm | PWYC on Tuesday at 7:30pm & Wednesday at 1:00pm
Tickets:  From $30 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926 
Post Show Talkbacks:  April 18 & 25

For more information on The Firehall, please visit the following platforms: 
Website:  www.firehallartscentre.ca
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/firehallarts 
Instagram:  www.instagram.com/firehall.arts/ 
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About Firehall Arts Centre:

With over forty years' history of weaving diverse storytelling into the fabric of Greater Vancouver, Firehall Arts Centre is where stories come alive. Through theatre, dance, music, inter-disciplinary work and the visual arts, The Firehall has embraced its mission to enrich lives and expand minds through the arts. One of the most unique cultural institutions in British Columbia, The Firehall - in more predictable times - hosts over two hundred performances per year. Located in the city-owned heritage fire station built in 1906, The Firehall's intimate black box studio theatre along with its outdoor courtyard performance area and its rehearsal studio has served to support innovative, eclectic, and often politically-charged theatre productions as well as exquisite, cutting-edge dance and music performances. The Firehall is proud to support emerging and established performing artists and companies, and strives to program work that is inclusive, culturally rich, and reflective of the many voices and perspectives in Canada.

 

 

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