Extraction
Theatre Conspiracy (Vancouver)
Winner of the Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, Theatre 2013
Writer/Producer
Tim Carlson. Director
Amiel Gladstone. Co-created by
Tim Carlson,
Amiel Gladstone, Jeremy Waller,
Jimmy Mitchell,
Sunny Sun, and
Jason Wilson.
Part of the DocuAsia Forum co-presented by Cinevolution Media Arts Society and David Lam Centre of SFU. Free DocuAsia Forum discussion: March 6 & 7. For other DocuAsia Forum events, please check
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In this powerful theatre documentary,
Extraction delves deep into the heart of intertwined cultural phenomena: China’s rise as an economic power and oil extraction in Alberta. Mining the biographies of non-actor performers, this bilingual (English and Mandarin) play digs beneath the surface of highly charged political debates to illuminate lives transformed by legendary traffic jams, boomtown fever, translation trouble, and diplomatic intrigue in Beijing and Ft. McMurray’s tar sands.
Starring
Sunny Sun,
Jimmy Mitchell,
Jason Wilson. Associate Producer & Dramaturg
Jeremy Waller. Assistant Dramaturg,
Sean Marshall Jr. Lighting & Set Design
Adrian Muir. Animation & Graphic Design
Cindy Mochizuki. Projection Design
Conor Moore. Original Music
Ron Samworth. Stage Management
Yvonne Yip. Technical Director
Robin Richardson. Assistant Stage Management
Stacy Sherlock. Documentary video
Flick Harrison. Research (Beijing)
Sherrie Dai. Translation
Tracy Xu. Conspiracy communications, website, marketing design
Belinda Bruce.
Support from: Canada Council, BCAC, City of Vancouver OAC, Hamber Foundation, BC Gaming Access, Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, Cinevolution Media Arts Society.
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