Event

BLUE BIRD Presentations

BLUE BIRD
created and performed by BRAD COOK and TAWIAH M'CARTHY

Blue Bird is a story about coming of age and rites of passage; a universal idea told through the bodies of two young men, one from Canada and the other from Ghana. Although both come from very different cultural backgrounds, they share a common past that has shaped their possible futures. Blue Bird tells the story of a father riddled with guilt over the accidental death of his best friend. Twenty-five years later, upon his death, he employs his only son to right his wrong by traveling to Ghana to find the son of his late best friend.

Blue Bird flows back and forth through time as the young sons discover the secrets of their fathers and uncover the hopes and dreams their fathers were forced to leave behind. Through the collective effort of the characters both living (the sons) and spiritual (the fathers), a fable is formed, destined to be passed on to other generations to incite real change: the fable of the Blue Bird.

RESIDENCY PRESENTATIONS
8pm, Saturday, July 5,
3pm, Sunday, July 6

Development Workshop: May July 2014
At Inter Arts Matrix, KW & lemonTree, TO

With Anne-Marie Donovan, director
and Jonathan Seinem, lemonTree dramaturg/lemonTree mentor

Blue Bird is generously supported by:
Theatre Creator's Reserve, Ontario Arts Council
Drama Department, University of Waterloo
MT Space

www.lemonTreecreations.ca