“Deceptively simple, the play is deeply spiritual and gives the best medicine possible after tragedy: cosmic comedy and earthly kinship of any who have lost and kept on going.”
After The Fire
by Matthew MacKenzie
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The Citadel, Edmonton
(part of the Highwire Series) - TBA
”They say the fire’s still burning. Beneath the ground. They say it could stay burning, for years.”
After The Fire featuring Sheldon Elter, Jesse Gervais, Louise Lambert and Kaitlyn Riordan; Photo by Dahlia Katz
Set in the aftermath of the fire that nearly destroyed Fort McMurray in 2016, After the Fire is a dark comedy centred around two couples whose lives have been deeply affected by the disaster.
In 2019, Punctuate! premiered After the Fire by Matt in Toronto at The Theatre Centre, before taking it back to Edmonton, Maskwacîs, Saddle Lake First Nation and Canmore/Morley. After the Fire was nominated for two Dora awards, in the independent Playwriting and Acting Ensemble categories
Written by MATTHEW MacKENZIE
Directed by BRENDAN McMURTRY-HOWLETT
In association with Punctuate! Theatre and Dreamspeakers Festival Society
Set & Costume Designer Alison Yanota, Lighting Designer Kaileigh Krysztofiak. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
“After the Fire may have one of the greatest surprise endings ever in a Canadian play- and certainly has one of the most Canadian surprise endings ever to a play... It is also good writing that alters your perception of all of the characters, the state of their relationships - and maybe Fort McMurray as well.”
Photos Featuring Sheldon Elter, Jesse Gervais, Kaitlyn Riordan and Louise Claire Lambert. Set & Costume Design by Alison Yanota. Lighting Design by Kaileigh Krysztofiak. Photos by Dahlia Katz.
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