Upstream Downtown (2018)
Produced by
Animacy Theatre Collective and Common Boots Theatre
Presented by
Playwrights: Morgan Johnson and Alexandra Watt Simpson
Director: Martha Ross
Venue
St. Volodymyr Institute Theatre
Run
July 6th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018
Synopsis
After being evicted from their watery dwellings, Sojo and Beagle must play their very best “human” to survive in a world dominated by suits (not scales) – all the while searching for home, food, room (or reproductive!) mates, and a bit of multispecies’ love. Hiccups along the way include: a swim out of the water, a hook in the mouth, a pregnancy, and four cans of chatty salmon. A research-based, physical theatre play about salmon and humans finding home in Toronto. It loves humanity. It hates humanity. It’s fishy. (fringetoronto.com)
Cast
| Alexandra Watt Simpson | Performer |
| Morgan Johnson | Performer |
Creative Team
| Morgan Johnson | Playwright |
| Alexandra Watt Simpson | Playwright |
| Martha Ross | Director |
| Alyssa Martin | Choreographer |
| Anders Azzopardi | Composer |
| Stefan Hegerat | Composer |
| Morgan Johnson | Projections |
| Alexandra Watt Simpson | Projections |
| Morgan Johnson | Mask Design |
| Alexandra Watt Simpson | Mask Design |
| Alexandra Watt Simpson | Set Designer |
| Robert Morgan | Set Designer |
| Oonagh Butterfield | Land Acknowledgement and Wave Animations |
| Kelly King | Land Acknowledgement and Wave Animations |
| Morgan Johnson | Land Acknowledgement and Wave Animations |
Production
| Noa Katz | Stage Manager |
| Madeleine Tuer | Poster Design |
| Kathryn Hanson | Photography |
