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ADHERE
+ DENY | HAIKU
'(The) haiku. . . doesn't involve the meaning of a thing but the "happening" of it.' - Andrei Tarkovski
Adhere And Deny presented HAIKU from April 19th to April 29th in its pocket theatre, 315-70 Albert Street.
HAIKU, an adaptation of a journal extract of the Japanese poet Issa. It is a poetic and simple story of reconciliation and lost. Issa, now a celebrated itinerant poet, returns to his home village after decades of absence, his father having his young son hired out as an apprentice to bring tranquility to a house of distemper. The joy of reunion is brief; his father takes ill with typhoid. And the old family distemper still thrives with no respite. What are the responsibilities of a poet and what are the responsibilities of a son?
Directed and designed by Grant Guy
Narrator Graham Ashmore
Puppeteers Nadin Gilroy, Carolyn Gray and Phoebe Man
Videoscape Alex Poruchnyk
Audio Mike Germain and Phoebe Man
Audio design Mike Germain
'Haiku . . . is a rigorously hypnotic exploration of father-son alienation. With Graham Ashmore’s narration and the austere stagecraft of puppeteers Nadin Gilroy, Carolyn Gray and Phoebe Man, Grant Guy finds the universal truths in a very particular environment.'
-Morley Walker, Winnipeg Free Press
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