Siranoush
- Company
- CorpOluz Theatre
- Writer & Performer
-
Lara Arabian
- Runtime
- 80 minutes
Meet Siranoush, a 19th century Armenian actress who crossed continents to become the first female in the non-western world to play Hamlet, disrupting the image of a woman of her time. In 21st century Toronto, Lara wants to know what that means for her, as she tries to balance motherhood, artistry and breaking out of the ‘ethnic actor box’. In an attempt to reconnect more deeply with her heritage, she reimagines Siranoush’s journey.
Back from a sold-out run, this visceral one-woman show asks: How does the power of theatre bring us 'home'?
Credits
- Director & Co-Creator
- Carla Melo
- Projections Designer
- Avideh Saadatpajouh
- Lighting Designer
- Sebastian Marziali
- Sound Designer
- Armen Bazarian
- Sound Designer
- Shane Miersch
- Stage Manager
- Frank/ie Mulder
More about the show experience
This show is part of the Next Stage Series, a curated selection of shows brought to you by experienced Fringe producers.
This series enables production elevation and creative risk-taking by four talented companies who are all poised and ready for their next stage. They capture a moment in Canadian theatre that iterates the profound feelings that great plays can stir and leave long lingering impressions upon us. They are full of vitality and force that we are honoured to present at the Toronto Fringe Festival this summer.
Latecomers will not be admitted to this performance. Re-entry will not be permitted.
Performances
| Date | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preview | 2nd July | 7:00pm | ||
| 4th July | 1:30pm | |||
| 5th July | 9:45pm | |||
| 8th July | 5:00pm | |||
| 10th July | 7:15pm | |||
| 11th July | 12:00pm | |||
| 13th July | 5:15pm |
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Venue
2 : Soulpepper Theatre's Tank House Theatre
50 Tank House Lane
Distillery Historic District
Toronto
ON
M5A 3C4
Access
- Level of Physical Access
- Accessible
Covid-19 policy
- Masks
- Not required
More about the show and company
CorpoLuz Theatre is dedicated to developing and staging interdisciplinary, intercultural and multilingual performances that explore stories from minorities living in Canada, their hybrid identities and cultural memories through a highly visual and physical language. CorpoLuz (Body’s Light in both Portuguese and Spanish) is about embodying and bringing to light stories otherwise untold , because the body “re-members” more than we think.
Land acknowledgement
CorpoLuz Theatre operates in T’Karanto, on Treaty 13 Land, which is governed by the Dish with One Spoon agreement. We are humbled by and grateful to all the original caretakers of the land, recorded or unrecorded, who came before us. We are committed to walking forward mindful of all those who are yet to come and in recognition that reconciliation cannot precede reparations.
Content advice
Not recommended for persons under 14 years of age Abrupt cues Audience participation
Audience participation details
A small number of audience members from the first couple of rows will be asked to handle a prop or read a few lines from the script.
Sensory description
Siranoush is a solo show, in which the performer uses different costume pieces (a fancy hat, a beautiful jacket) to denote various characters. These characters are also brought to life using different vocal ranges, accents, and languages. There is a large amount of dialogue, but movement is also very much used to tell the story.
The sound design ranges from 19th century waltzes to the soundscape of busy city streets to traditional Armenian music, featuring an instrument called the duduk.
It is also a highly multi-media show and the video projections serve multiple functions. They can echo a piece of text, translate it or present a poetic vision of what is being spoken about on stage. Flowers feature prominently in both the set design and the visuals.