Written by Valerie Sing Turner
…for experimental theatre and dance lovers, this independent show is not to be missed…Turner’s debut as a playwright [is] an incredible feat considering the complexity of the show’s topic and her atypical approach in dealing with such a controversial theme…brilliantly explored… - 11 Stations Blog
…poetic and beautiful…Sing Turner and Matt Ward make an exciting pair of dancers…the production serves Sing Turner’s play elegantly. - The Courier
Premiere production | Produced by urban ink productions, Visceral Visions and the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
February 22-25, 2012 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC
February 29 – March 11, 2012 Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
March 13-17, 2012 Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC
An interdisciplinary meditation on love, a failed marriage – and the failings of marriage itself –Confessions of the Other Woman centres on the struggles of Eve, a modern Chinese-Canadian woman navigating the social morality defined by an alien and alienating culture. Fusing dance, text, contemporary movement, poetry, interactive projection, and an intercultural cast (Asian-Canadian, Indigenous, African-Canadian) that fully reflects Canadian society, Confessions plumbed the depths of what it means to fall in love.
Diane Roberts*, Co-Direction/Dramaturgy
Gerald Trentham, Co-Direction/Movement Design
Valerie Sing Turner*, Performer/Playwright/Producer
Kevin Loring*, Performer
Matt Ward, Performer
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg*, Dance Design
Conor Moore, Set/Lighting/Projection Design
Candelario Andrade, Co-Projection Design
Troy Slocum, Sound Design
Jordan Nobles, Composer
Florence Barrett, Costume Design
Shannon Macelli*, Stage Management
* member of Canadian Actors' Equity Association
Images: Above right, Valerie Sing Turner and Matt Ward; Above left: Valerie Sing Turner, Kevin Loring, Matt Ward. Photographer credit: Tim Matheson.
