2022
Migration
A contemplative journey for this time of many passings, many transitions and many becomings. A sacrifice for the good of one and the good of all. Come light a candle.
Collaborators: Tomoyo Ihaya (visual artist), Alex Lazaridis (director), James Maxwell (sound design), Delia Brett (choreographer-performer), Amy Kubanek (performer), Paula Viitanen (Set design and TD), Jamie Sweeney (Light design), Hin Hilary Leung (performer), Taiga Chiba (carpentry), Sooyeon Goo (assistant to Tomoyo), Mona Lisa Ali (video animation), Parjad Sharifi (contributor), Diego Romero (contributor). Special thanks to EDAM dance.
2019
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! ...
with a sing-a-long!
Not a critique but a journey into the hidden corners of this enduring work. We ask ourselves who we are in relation to this endlessly produced musical? 500 licensed productions a year! What's the enduring appeal? Can this be anyone's story? Can it be ours? Fight With a Stick’s company of theatre artists, composers, video artists and choreographers dive deep into the sensory world that made the musical an instrument of American national identity building, but also an inspiration to generations of musical theatre fans. As always the company messes with states of perception to draw out what is lurking in the background — the cornfield, the sky, the sounds of the landscape.
“Oh What a Beautiful Morning! is not a play — although it is playful. It is not a romantic musical — although there is music. It is not a movie — although there is film. It is something completely new, and I was as ‘high as an elephant’s eye’ when it was over” — Jo Ledingham, Theatre Reviews.
Created by: Performers — Hayley Gawthrop, Logan Hallwas, Hin Hilary Leung, Sean Marshall Jr., Makailla Pallyaguru. Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (director), Paula Viitanen (TD/set), James Maxwell (sound design), Josh Hite (video creation), Jordan Lloyd Watkins (video design/technologist), Delia Brett (choreographic consultant), Sharon Lau (light design), Janice Ma (costume design), Katie Roberts (production management), mia amir (artist-in-residence), Jay White (graphic design).
We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, the Hamber Foundation.
A Vista
The company’s team of theatre artists, composers, video artists and performers dove deep into the sensory world that has made Oklahoma! a propagandistic monument to American national identity building.
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! was created collaboratively by Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (direction), Steven Hill (dramaturg), Josh Hite (video creation), James Maxwell (composer), Paula Viitanen (technical direction), Hayley Gawthorp (performer), Hin Hilary Leung (performer), Claire Carolan (light design), Diego Romero (movement consultant), Delia Brett (movement consultant), Rita Wei (stage management).
2018
Oh What a Beautiful Morning!
The company’s team of theatre artists, composers, video artists and performers dove deep into the sensory world that has made Oklahoma! a propagandistic monument to American national identity building.
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! was created collaboratively by Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (direction), Steven Hill (dramaturg), Josh Hite (video creation), James Maxwell (composer), Paula Viitanen (technical direction), Hayley Gawthorp (performer), Hin Hilary Leung (performer), Claire Carolan (light design), Diego Romero (movement consultant), Delia Brett (movement consultant), Rita Wei (stage management).
2017
Cinerama
Cinerama creative team: Steven Hill (director), Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (philosopher of scenography and spatial dramaturg), Scott Billings (installation design), Natalie Purschwitz (installation design), Nancy Tam (sound design), Paula Viitanen (technical direction). Performer-Devisers: Delia Brett, Nellie Gossen, Elissa Hanson, Josh Hite, Walter Kubanek, Melissa Meneses-Skoda, Diego Romero, Jordan Watkins. Tech support: Parjad Sharifi.
2016
Revolutions
Revolutions was created collaboratively by: Steven Hill and Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (co-direction), Jay White (set design), Josh Hite (video artist), Nancy Tam (sound design), Sean Marshall Jr. (performer-deviser), Kyla Gardiner (Lighting design), Beckett Brett (performer), Delia Brett (performer-devisor), Paula Viitanen (stage management), Carmine Santavenere (performer-deviser).
2015
Steppenwolf
In this new work inspired by Herman Hesse’s 1927 novel and staged for the Russian Hall, the audience is seated before a bank of mirrors. Somewhere within the reflection, a story begins. As the evening unfolds, the viewers become the viewed in a “Magic Theatre” where the entrance is “not for everybody.”
Steppenwolf is the debut work of Fight with a Stick. Nominated for the Critics Innovation Award.
Steppenwolf was created by: Directors: Alex Lazaridis Ferguson, Steven Hill. And devisers: Nazli Aktari (performer), Nneka Croal (performer)Josh Hite (video), Brette Little (performer), Sean Marshall Jr. (performer), Natalie Purschwitz (set, costumes),(performer) Parjad Sharifi (light design), Nancy Tam (sound design).