Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools (2017)
Produced by
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille
Creator: Evalyn Parry and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Erin Brubacher and Elysha Poirier
Playwrights: Evalyn Parry and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Director: Erin Brubacher
Venue
The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
Run
October 24th, 2017 – November 5th, 2017
Synopsis
A concert and a conversation, Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools is the meeting place of two people, and the North and South of our country. Inuk artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and queer theatre-maker Evalyn Parry met on an Arctic expedition from Iqaluit to Greenland. Now sharing a stage, these two powerful storytellers map new territory together in a work that gives voice and body to the histories, culture, and climate we’ve inherited, and asks how we reckon with these sharp tools.
In the Inuktitut language, when a knife is dull, it is said to “have no face”. The word “Kiinalik” translates to mean the knife is sharp – or, “it has a face”. Embodying the stories of their heritage, Evalyn and Laakkuluk put a face to the colonial histories, power structures and the changing climate that lie between them. (buddiesinbadtimes.com)
Cast
| Evalyn Parry | Performer |
| Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | Performer |
Creative Team
| Evalyn Parry | Creator |
| Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | Creator |
| Erin Brubacher | Creator |
| Elysha Poirier | Creator |
| Evalyn Parry | Playwright |
| Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | Playwright |
| Erin Brubacher | Director |
| Elysha Poirier | Live Video |
| Rebecca Picherack | Lighting Designer |
| Kaitlin Hickey | Set Designer |
| Aleda Deroche | Sound Consultant |
Music
| Cris Derksen | Cello and Live Music |
Production
| Christina Cicko | Stage Manager |
| Nicole Camphaug | Seal Skin Shoes |
| Mattea Kennedy | Painter |
| Ellie Arscott | Painter |
| Matthew Nuqingaq | Jewelry |
Staff
| Charissa Wilcox | Head of Production |
| Adrien Whan | Technical Director |
| Suzie Balogh | Chamber Technician |
