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Adhere And Deny presented VIA CRUCIS on November 29th, November 30th and December 1st, 2007.
VIA CRUCIS, a theatre piece of fourteen scenes, structured on The Stations of the Cross, was cycled three times on each of the three nights of performances. The inspiration for VIA CRUCIS was the series of paintings, The Stations Of The Cross, by the American colour field artist Barnett Newman. Writing about his series of paintings Newman wrote, “Lema Sabachthani - why? Why did you forsake me? Why forsake me? To what purpose? Why? This is the Passion. The outcry of Jesus. Not the terrible walk up the Via Dolorosa, but the question that has no answer. The overwhelming question that does not complain, makes today’s talk of alienation . . . an embarassment. The question that has no answer has been with us so long - since Jesus - since Abraham - since Adam - the original question. . . . To what purpose - is the unanswerable question of human suffering.”
The root of many of Adhere And Deny’s work has been the unanswerable question. It was appropriate that Adhere And Deny attacked the question head on.
VIA CRUCIS was designed and directed by Grant Guy and featured Carolyn Gray, Freya Olafson, Chris Sabel and Vanessa Rigaux, with a soundscape by Susan Chafe, and a video design by Alex Poruchnyk.
Barb Stewart
Uptown Magazine, 2007:
'With very little dialogue, the actors express themselves through movement, whether it be violence towards one another, physical comedy pratfalls or being brave source of solace to one another.'
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