Perhaps in a Hundred Years
Small Wooden Shoe brings back the tender science fiction
that first brought together (now) long time collaborators.
At Summerworks 2011
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Six years after their first collaboration Jacob, Ame and Chad return to the show they love.
In 2005, unbeknownst to almost everyone, theatre and dance artists Ame Henderson, Chad Dembski, Jacob Zimmer spent a summer in Hub 14 making a play. Now, six years and more than a dozen more shows and events together, national and international tours, they return to spend another August at Hub 14.
Perhaps in a Hundred Years is a tender science fiction story about three friends stuck in outer space, waiting for the future to arrive. They tell stories, sing songs, pass notes, and try to answer some questions about communism, candy bars and parties. Dancing, lip syncs and quiet beauty fill the space. Our heroes are surprisingly optimistic, given the conditions outside, armed as they are with cheerful pop songs and over a millennium worth of utopias. Despite an almost overwhelming pessimism for the long term future, which many of us share, Perhaps in a Hundred Years endeavors to keep it upbeat, or at least tenderly, militantly, hopeful.
Perhaps in a Hundred Years mixes space-rock show with confessional, talk show with theatre to create performance for the future from the past (or at least from 2005.)
“Broadcast #1 We are in space. That much is clear. We seem to have forgotten how we got here. Or perhaps we never knew. We don’t know if we are on our way to some distant planet, or on our way home. We don’t know what year it is, or how many have passed. Perhaps a hundred, perhaps more. So we speculate. We consult palm readers and the bottom of vodka bottles. We don’t remember who we were before. I think I may have been a printer. Chad has a hunch he won the Tour de France seven times after a bout with cancer. Ame is still undecided, but suspects she left children behind.”
conceived by: Jacob Zimmer
created and performed by:
Chad Dembski, Ame Henderson and Jacob Zimmer
in collaboration with:
Kilby Smith-McGregor
Production History: 2005:
August: Hub 14 – Toronto October/November: Hub 14 – Toronto; Khyber Centre for the Arts – Halifax, Nova Scotia; Third Space Gallery – Saint John, New Brunswick; Cafe Esperanza – Montreal, Quebec**
*Perhaps in Hundred Years was created in partnership with Candid Stammer Theatre with the support of the Toronto Arts Council.
** With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Section.