The Anti-Gardener
Performed at SFU School for the Contemporary Arts
November, 2017 Written by Scott Adkins Directed by Ian McFarlane Set and Lighting Design: Gillian Hanemayer Costume Design: Dominique Hat, Nicola Rough Puppet Design: Ian McFarlane Performances: Maria Escolan, Julie Hammond, Meghan Trevor, Avery Taylor, Cindy Kao, Lia Fallah, Evan Medd |
Photo by Paula Viitanen
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Beginning with sunflowers
Then thunder-less lightning
Wilted orange blossoms
Animals go hunting
Rabbits leave last
Empty clouds bring dark nights
We must stop the Garden for Butterflies before it is too late
Before it is too late
Before it is too late.
Enter the Garden for Butterflies. Here, in the dead of winter, it thrives.
Tomás, having journeyed over the pass of Mt. Gao, is the first Anti-Gardener in a thousand years to step foot in the Garden. Mother emerges from her snail shell wearing a yellow poncho pinned with hundreds of claws from crows in the manner of clothespins. She pounds blades of grass into an army of snapdragons.
Scott Adkins’, The Anti-Gardener is a phantasmagorical journey of loyalty, destruction, ritual, and ruin. Through puppetry, mask, and music, an ensemble of six brings this impossible imagery to life in vivid form.
Then thunder-less lightning
Wilted orange blossoms
Animals go hunting
Rabbits leave last
Empty clouds bring dark nights
We must stop the Garden for Butterflies before it is too late
Before it is too late
Before it is too late.
Enter the Garden for Butterflies. Here, in the dead of winter, it thrives.
Tomás, having journeyed over the pass of Mt. Gao, is the first Anti-Gardener in a thousand years to step foot in the Garden. Mother emerges from her snail shell wearing a yellow poncho pinned with hundreds of claws from crows in the manner of clothespins. She pounds blades of grass into an army of snapdragons.
Scott Adkins’, The Anti-Gardener is a phantasmagorical journey of loyalty, destruction, ritual, and ruin. Through puppetry, mask, and music, an ensemble of six brings this impossible imagery to life in vivid form.
Photos by Paula Viitanen