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Humanity & Other Experiments

September 19, 1985 to September 22, 1985
Performance
This is a conceptual "rondo", a sort of emotional and political "row-row-row your boat" designed for staging in airlines, drive-in movies, performance art galleries and stadiums such as BC Place. The entire audience will be expected to participate. They are advised to wear old clothes.

September 19, 1985 to September 21, 1985
Performance
This strong script contains an emotional, almost irrational awareness of social issues, which is juxtaposed against a preoccupation with visual impact. This stark piece is a demand from a young woman's life.

September 16, 1985 to September 18, 1985
Performance
Off Course has developed a series of original scenes from improvs and scripts for this Festival. Humour and the unexpected are used to illustrate the difference between the way things are, and the way they seem to be. Slides and performance about personal transformation and much more. Be pushed over the edge and laugh too.

September 16, 1985 to September 18, 1985
Performance
Two young people attempting to come to grips with their youth. "We left it, we can't get back." Realizing now that what is left is a "sweet romantic tale shows me what the... I am... Blood and dreams, that's all."

September 15, 1985 to September 18, 1985
Performance
"...Suicide and the contemplation of death. Don't think of it as being dead, a cessation of life. It is not a contemplation of being anything. The mind wanders over people once known, perhaps loved. What they will do when the news of your death reaches them. Take this one step further..." - M.F. Perrin. An Ebbing of Curiosity is an original script developed for the stage by The Working Theatre under the direction of Nicola Perrin. The text has been derived mostly from the correspondence and writing of Margaret Stratton and Michael F. Perrin.

September 15, 1985 to September 22, 1985
Performance
A poignant farewell from a cowboy who's riding into the sunset... just like in the movies. By Sam Shepard.

September 14, 1985 to September 15, 1985
Musical Event
Hear and see the music of Carolyn Bell brought to life in the tumes: Mr. Corksnote, Saxaphone, and many others.

September 14, 1985 to September 21, 1985
Performance
"...So can you use the same sentence once. The second time it is already a mistake; by the next time it is a disgrace; and finally it is an idiocy." - Peter Handke. Performed by Norman Armour and Stan Rogal. Directed by Gina Stockdale.

September 13, 1985 to September 22, 1985
Performance
Vancouver's first festival of alternative theatre and performance art.

September 13, 1985 to September 15, 1985
Performance
Our heroes are cab drivers who are longing to be princes and princesses and they conjure up their own romantic world in order to convert frogs into princes! Their Wonderland is the real and unreal city of New York - here you find larger than life characters entering into their cab adventures for the next installment of their whimsical nightmare or dream. The three stories are about the magic of life and people seeking a happy ending.