UpStart 16: Festival of Innovative Theatre Opens Tomorrow

[Janelle Rainville]

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The Theatre & Performance Programme in the Department of Drama and Speech Communication at the University of Waterloo would like to invite you to their winter production of UpStart 16: Festival of Innovative Theatre

UpStart 16 is the latest edition in the University of Waterloo's bi-annual one-act play festival, and features three new scripts written, developed, directed and designed by Theatre and Performance students working under faculty supervision.

Check out our trailer on YouTube<https://youtu.be/gS4iY8NwnSc>.

Date:     Wednesday, March 16th to Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Time:     7:30 p.m.
Running Time:   2 hours (including intermissions)
Venue:  Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building
              200 University Avenue West,
              Waterloo, ON

Map & directions<https://uwaterloo.ca/drama-speech-communication/directions-and-parking-info>

The 3 plays that are being presented are:

The Rocket Man - Adapted from Ray Bradbury's short story of the same title, The Rocket Man delivers a view on family life in a world where space travel is common and homes automatically clean themselves.  The family of a "rocket man" anxiously awaits his arrival from the latest dangerous, glamorous mission, knowing that when he does return nothing will ever be the same.  Kelly Hornung's stage adaptation brings the dazzling, romantic world of Bradbury's imagination to life, along with his vivid characters and the terrible lessons they must learn.

Out of the Box - Imagination can take us on far-off adventures through time and space, or hold us captive with painful memories. Out of the Box is the story of children's author Avery Corwin, the writer's block he suffers as he tries to complete his best-selling book series, and questions of what happens to the imagination when we are forced to grow up.

Phone Book - A young man feels his life is far too predictable, so he decides the only logical course of action is to call ten strangers from a payphone in the hope that he might break from his script. Phone Book is a one-man show that explores the repetitive nature of our day-to-day lives.

Check out this trailer, produced by the Alumni Office.  https://youtu.be/V-nfWmlEVDY

In order to reserve your tickets, please contact the Box office at 519-888-4908 or purchase your tickets at the door.



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