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​A BAD NEW DAYS PRODUCTION,

IN PARTNERSHIP

WITH COMMON BOOTS THEATRE

In a sometime somewhere devoid of nature, posthuman ‘workers’ enter an empty space and assemble a series of artificial landscapes out of found objects, striving with their bodies to recreate the natural world from memory. But is it the deep past we see, or some genetically modified future? 

The world premiere of Last Landscape blends Bad New Days’ signature brand of physical theatre with an eco-dramaturgical, DIY aesthetic to create a slowly transforming, imagistic meditation on extinction, ecological grief and interspecies care, where colossal puppets of prehistoric megafauna roam free. On the brink of environmental collapse, Last Landscape offers hopeful possibilities for how we might share this big green miraclemarble.

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Last Landscape

Conceived and Directed by Adam Paolozza

Creative Producer Victor Pokinko

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Last Landscape will be performed by Nada Abusaleh, Nicholas Eddie, Gibum Dante Lim, Annie Luján, Adam Paolozza, and Kari Pederson. SlowPitchSound will provide both original music and live turntablism.  

 

The creative team includes set designer Ken Mackenzie, lighting design by André du Toit,  and the work of scenic marionette designer Roxanne Ignatius, with original puppets created by Graeme Black Robinson, Clelia Scala, and Puppetmongers Theatre. The show’s creative producer is Victor Pokinko. Adam Paolozza conceived the piece and will direct. Ian Garrett is the production’s eco-dramaturgical consultant.

 

Last Landscape prioritises sustainability in every stage of its creation—from the artistic vision to the materials used in production . Because of its eco-dramaturgical ethos, Last Landscape was recently awarded the prestigious Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant from the Ontario Arts Foundation and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.

 

Eco-dramaturgy asks us to find alternative forms of storytelling that embody climate change rather than merely speaking about it. This sustainable approach attracted Common Boots Theatre to the project as a partner, sharing with Bad New Days a passion for creating sustainable art that fosters environmental awareness to inspire meaningful change. 

Last Landscape imagines a future where we find alternative ways to reconnect with and remember nature, embodying storytelling centred in care over conflict.

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Media Contact: Katie Saunoris | KSPR katiesaunoris@gmail.com

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Venue: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St, Toronto, M4Y 1B4)

Tickets: https://www.showpass.com/last-landscape/

Box office assistance: tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com

 

Preview: January 12 7:30PM
Opening Night: January 14
Show Run: January 14 – 26
Tue – Fri 7:30PM
Sat 2PM + 7:30PM
Sun 2PM 

Mask Mandatory Performance: Saturday, January 18th @ 2PM

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​Last Landscape is produced in partnership with Common Boots Theatre

and is the recipient of the Ray Ferris Sustainability and Innovation Grant

Awarded by TAPA, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, and Ontario Arts Foundation

 

​​Thanks to our funders and development partners:

The Kick & Push Festival; Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada; Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario; Toronto Arts Council; The National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts; Ontario Arts Foundation; TAPA Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts & Common Boots Theatre

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Promo Art Direction/Photography: Fran Chudnoff

Photography Assistants: @kristanewey + @b.cair Makeup: @rahsthetics Styling: @garconnnne + @cursed_shawty

NEWS 2023

Italian Mime Suicide wins FIVE DORA AWARDS!!!!

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We're very honoured to announce that our play Italian Mime Suicide, which played at The Theatre Centre in April, has won five Dora Mavor Moore Awards:

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Outstanding Production - Italian Mime Suicide 

Outstanding New Play - The Company 

Outstanding Direction - Kari Pederson and Adam Paolozza

Outstanding Lighting Design - Andre Du Toit

Outstanding Costume Design - Allie Marshall and Evgenia Mikhaylova

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Thank you to the whole team, our beloved audience, Tapa for organizing the Dora awards and to all the Dora sponsors. We'd also like to thank The Canada Council for the Arts, for the funding that makes this all possible.  

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