Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents the world premiere of Upintheair Theatre’s REVELATIONS

The hybrid production In association with Rumble Theatre is part interactive game, part live performance

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Revelations. Photo by Quang Bui

Get ready for a ride: Revelations is unlike any show you’ve experienced before. Part interactive game, part live performance, it’s played first at home via walkie-talkie and culminates with a dance party at the end of the world.

Presented by the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Revelations is an Upintheair Theatre production in association with Rumble Theatre running from September 16 to 26.

The inventive production draws inspiration from tabletop board games, escape rooms, game shows, puzzles, role-playing, and theatre.

Toronto-based artists Anahita Dehbonehie, Griffin McInnes, and Aidan Morishita-Miki co-created and direct the hybrid work, which explores personal and collective responses in the face of disaster.

Experimental in performance form with a distinct DIY aesthetic, Revelations questions the origins of ideas around catastrophe, fuelled by a summer that has seen unprecedented heat waves and wildfires in B.C. amid the backdrop of a lingering pandemic. The presentation creatively investigates how prepared we are to deal with the fallout from a disaster and confronts themes around climate change and inequality.

Participants can experience Revelations solo or work as a household with a group of up to six people.

Here’s how it works: A Revelations Consultant will hand-deliver a survival kit and a walkie-talkie to a home address in a prescribed catchment area. That’s where the gameplay elements get underway. From there, the interactive portion unfolds outdoors on the grounds of Deer Lake Park. A dance party brings the event to a raucous close.

Revelations was developed as part of a residency at Kingston’s Kick and Push Festival in August 2020 with the support of the Ontario Arts Council. This past spring, it was selected as the Updrafts Collaborative Commission by Upintheair Theatre.

For the upcoming production, the creative team collaborated remotely with Updrafts’ dramaturg David Geary,

Other members of the creative team include Edwardine Van Wyk, Anjela Magpantay and Mack Gordon, Revelations Consultants for Apocalypse Consultation; producers Daniel Martin, David Mott, and Pippa Mackie; technical director Taylor Janzen; and Kayleigh Sandomirsky, stage manager.

Tickets, $25 per household (maximum of six people), can be purchased by calling Shadbolt Centre of the Arts box office at 604.205.3000.

Households must be located in East Vancouver, New Westminster, or Burnaby.

The family-friendly show for ages 10+ with an accompanying adult happens rain or shine.

For more information, see https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/revelations.

Post sponsored by Upintheair Theatre.