Current Season
Studies in Motion
Apr 1 - Apr 18
the Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge
By Kevin Kerr
An Electric Company Theatre production
Directed by Kim Collier
Choreographed by Crystal Pite | Scenography and Media by Robert Gardiner
Cast:
Starring Andrew Wheeler
With: Ryan Beil, Allan Morgan, Dawn Petten, Kyle Rideout, Juno Ruddell, Erin Wells, Jonathon Young (Cast of 12)
Production:
Costume Designer: Mara Gottler
Composer: Patrick Pennefather
Photography: Tim Matheson
Stage Manager: Jan Hodgson
"A complex, thoughtfully layered script that makes us laugh and care about this deeply troubled man." The Globe and Mail
"The vision is extraordinary." The Georgia Straight
"A piece of theatre polished to brilliance, so complete and completely satisfying that this awe-inspiring oddity should be seen on major stages around the world." The Vancouver Sun
A smash hit at the 2006 PuSh Festival, Studies in Motion is a physically and visually explosive spectacle, inspired by the life of 19th Century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose work in instantaneous photography and exhaustive studies in animal and human locomotion would prefigure the invention of the cinema. The mysteries of the human body are laid bare, literally, in this sensational character study that explores the life, work and ghosts of Eadweard Muybridge. More