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WHO WE ARE?
We are Theaturtle: established in 1999
by Artistic Director Alon Nashman to create essential, ecstatic
theatre that touches the earth and ignites the soul. Our name is
derived from stories told in both Native Canadian and Jewish
traditions that the world sits on the back of a turtle.
WHAT WE ARE DOING?
For our 20th anniversary season, we are touring
our chamber musical
CHARLOTTE: A TRI-COLOURED PLAY WITH
MUSIC will be touring to Israel, the
Ukraine, and the Czech Republic this summer,
with stops at
Jaffa Fest in
Tel Aviv, Smetanova Litomysl
Festival in Bohemia, and the
Czech National
Theatre in Prague!
Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann, company members of 2019 production.
On the 2017 Luminato premiere:
“A triumph … Charlotte explodes onto the stage in glorious
tri-colour” ★ ★ ★ ★ – Jewish Renaissance, UK
“Wildly
experimental, pushing the envelope” – WholeNote
“The music is of
piercing beauty and the production supports it in a stunning way” –
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
WHAT IS THE SHOW ABOUT?
"Life? Or Theatre?" is the name that Berlin
born Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon gave to a sequence of
nearly 800 paintings accompanied by text and musical
references that she produced between 1940-42. Before her deportation
to Auschwitz, she handed the work to a local physician, with the
message: "Take good care of this... it is my whole
life." Miraculously, her extraordinary work survived .
Charlotte was a playwright without a stage, a graphic novelist before
such a thing existed, a young woman struggling to claim her voice and
affirm her existence. Through painting, text and music, she chronicled
the inner life of a young woman coming of age during the rise of
Nazism and under the shadow of family tragedies.
From "Life? Or Theatre?".
CHARLOTTE: A TRI-COLOURED PLAY WITH MUSIC is a
multi-national collaboration with a core creative
team from Canada, the UK, and the Czech Republic. The essential
quality of this chamber musical is the total synchronicity of word,
image, and music, conceived as an art installation inhabited by
performers in which Charlotte's paintings come to life. Check out this behind-the-scenes video cut
from our 2017 production!
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
Touring a large production overseas is a MASSIVE undertaking for a little theatre company. Theaturtle is grateful for support from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and some phenomenal foundations, funds and individuals. But it is not quite enough. We still need to raise another $20,000 to make the tour soar.
Check out this review from OperaRamblings on our pre-tour performance in Toronto.
Set college by Scenographer Pamela Howard.
WHAT AMOUNT SHOULD I DONATE & WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN?
Check out our donation levels and perks on the right hand side of your screen! For donations of over $100, if you wish to receive a charitable tax receipt, you can receive that through our fundraising partner, Threshold Theatre.
Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann, Shaina Silver-Baird as Charlotte
in 2019 production.
WHO IS INVOLVED?
Award-winning Canadian theatre creator and actor Alon
Nashman (Stratford, Tarragon, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Volcano)
has written a lilbretto which conveys the absurdity and precocious
romance that shaped Salomon’s early life, alongside the feverish
creativity of her years in exile. Acclaimed Czech composer Aleš
Březina , frequent collaborator with Robert Wilson, has composed
an original score essential to the soul-baring narrative.
Director/Scenographer Pamela Howard OBE, author of the seminal book
“What is Scenography?” and recently named a Living Legend by The Stage , paints the stage with
colour and light such that audiences experience Charlotte’s world
being formed before their eyes. Plus a brilliant company of seven
actor/singers and four musician/performers.
Check out this interview with Pamela Howard, and this article in Intermission by Alon Nashman.
Aleš, Pamela, and Alon.
This production features Shaina Silver-Baird as
"Charlotte" (Ghost Caravan, "The Chasse Galerie"
Soulpepper/Storefront Theatre, "Romeo & Juliet" Citadel
Theatre), Ariana Chris (Canadian Opera Company,
Carnegie Hall), Tracy Michailidis ("Kiss of the
Spiderwoman" at the Don Jail, "Life After", "Fun
Home" US National Tour), Kaliegh
Gorka (Chemainus Theatre Festival, Carousel Players, Drayton
Entertainment), with music direction by
pianist/performer Peter Tiefenbach (National Arts
Centre, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Glenn Gould School), and
musicians Michele Verheul (Clarinets),
Kimberly Jeong (Cello), and Ben
Promane (Trumpets). Andrew Cohen (national
tour of Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre’s "Game Show",
creator of Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre’s award-winning "Circle
Game"), Chris Lucas (title role in
"Othello" with Theatre Kraken, "Avenue Q" in
London, UK) and David Ludwig (Stratford Festival,
national tour of "Phantom of the Opera") round out the
acting ensemble.
Creative & Production: Aleš Březina (Composer),
Alon Nashman (Librettist), Pamela Howard (Director/Scenographer),
Peter Tiefenbach (Music Director), Patrick Lavender (Lighting
Designer), Marie-Josée Chartier (Movement Director), Kaitlin Hickey
(Production Manager), Laura Delchiaro (Head of Wardrobe), Shaw
Forgeron (Head of Props), Andrea Baggs (Stage Manager), Danielle Levy
(Wardrobe Associate), Peter McKinnon (Executive Producer), Valeriy
Kostyuk (Associate Producer)
CHARLOTTE at the World Design Scenofest in Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
STAY CONNECTED WITH US
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