The Pipeline Project
Peak oil, First Nations land claims, and climate change are all explored with humour and empathy in this timely, meta-theatrical event.
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The Pipeline Project
Written and performed by Sebastien Archibald, Kevin Loring and Quelemia Sparrow. Directed by Chelsea Haberlin.
Associate Director John Cooper • Set Designer Lauchlin Johnston • Costume Designer Carmen Alatorre • Lighting & Projection Designer Conor Moore • Sound Designer Troy Slocum • Dramaturge Kathleen Flaherty • Stage Manager Lois Dawson • Puppeteering Shizuka Kai
Co-Produced by ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society in association with Neworld Theatre.
Immersive theatre company ITSAZOO and aboriginal performance company Savage Society bring to life a vibrant and personal account of the ongoing political battles over pipelines. Peak oil, First Nations land claims, and climate change are all explored with humour and empathy in this timely, meta-theatrical event.
The second act of the piece is a Talk Forward. Each night we invite a different speaker to respond to the piece and then participate in a facilitated conversation with the audience and performers.
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers—two Indigenous and one white—come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry. This project sends each of them on a journey of self-reflection and discovery. They confront prejudices while wrestling with their own fossil fuel dependency, cultural heritage, and first world privilege...
Quelemia Sparrow is a First Nations writer/actor from the Musqueam Nation. She does her best to live gently on the land, consume modestly and eat thoughtfully: “I think about the pigs. But I LOVE bacon.” There’s the rub. Her philosophy? “Eat nothing that could be a pet.” Like the rest of us, she’s embarrassed by some of her choices...
Probably the best thing about The Pipeline Project is that it’s a sincere invitation to dialogue. In this age of social media, so many are so eager to establish their political bona fides—and superiority—that it’s often impossible to have a vulnerable, complicated conversation in public. It’s good to know that real, human interactions can take still take place in the theatre...
Artists are citizens, too. If you’re an artist with strong political convictions, you want to use your art to express them. The challenge is to find a form that best articulates your politics, allows your artistry to flourish, and engages or maybe even activates your audience...
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