Projects: Past
Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit - CURRENTLY ON TOUR
"Another benchmark of brilliance...
So filled with innovation...
A jaw-dropping reminder that Vancouver's site specific theatre scene remains a world leader."
- Peter Birnie, The Vancouver Sun
"Director Kim Collier is a visionary.
A riveting theatrical event.
It's fantastic.
This production is so exciting..."
- Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
"Sartre play dazzles with contemporary dimensions...
So freakishly potent...
Kudos to the entire production team..."
- Jerry Wasserman, The Province
"The best play of the year thus far...
Nothing short of brilliant...
A thrilling masterpiece...
This is a show that deserves to be seen by as many people as possible."
- Steven Schelling, Westender
"Brilliant...
The bravest theatrical ride I've been on this year."
- Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail
Andy Thompson, Lucia Frangione, Laara Sadiq (on screen) and Jonathon Young (on stage) in "No Exit". Tim Matheson photo.
A Live-Cinematic Interpretation from Director Kim Collier
the French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre's classic masterpiece
co-produced by The Virtual Stage and The Electric Company
starring Lucia Frangione, Laara Sadiq, Andy Thompson and Jonathon Young
May 1 - 10, 2008
At The Hangar in the Centre for Digital Media
In Detail
The Virtual Stage and Electric Company Theatre present the live-cinematic interpretation of French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre's famous masterpiece No Exit May 1 to 10 at The Hangar at the Centre for Digital Media. Directed by Electric Company Theatre's award-winning director Kim Collier, No Exit features Lucia Frangione (Espresso, Cariboo Magi) as Estelle, Laara Sadiq (Pink Sugar, Hecuba) as Inez, Andy Thompson (The Fall, Reading Hebron) as Garcin, and Jonathon Young (Palace Grand, Tideline) as The Valet. In Kim Collier's vision, the characters are literally locked up together and the viewer voyeuristically participates in their isolation through cinematic-style live projection.
The hotel room where Sartre's three characters must endure each other's company for eternity is situated inside a cement bunker in "The Hangar", a cavernous warehouse space at the Centre for Digital Media. Their entrapment will be intensified as the actors will be literally confined within the four walls of the tiny room. Through a series of hidden cameras audiences will be able to watch with cinematic intimacy, a meticulously staged live film of what goes on inside the box. Inhabiting the space between the audience and the giant movie screens is the play's minor character, The Valet (Jonathon Young). By revealing the Valet's off-stage world outside the confines of the hotel room, the frame on Sartre's play is widened - possibly finding an exit to a classic play about eternal damnation.
No Exit is directed by Electric Company's Kim Collier with Set Design by Jay Gower Taylor, Lighting Design and Technical Direction by John Webber, Costume Design by Kirsten McGhie, Video Design by Andy Thompson, Sound Design by Brian Linds and Jan Hodgson as Stage Manager. No Exit graphic design by Sandra Zarkovic. Director of Photography and Video Technician is Bojan Bodruzic.
Sponsors
The Virtual Stage Arts Society would like to thank the following organizations for their tremendous support of our company and our production of No Exit this year.
