Artword Theatre
2003-04 season

October 9 to 26, 2003
Anowa
African Theatre Ensemble
Written by Ghanaian playwright Ama Ata Aidoo, directed by Rhoma Spencer. A folktale about a disobedient girl, with much wider implications. Told with music, drumming and dancing.

October 31 to November 23, 2003
Stories of the Rains of Love and Death
Modern Times Stage Company
Written by Iranian playwright Abas Na’lbandian, directed by Soheil Parsa. A quintet of interrelated one-act plays, banned in Iran, that explore sexuality, violence, power, fate and death.

November 13 to 30, 2003 (Alternative)
Tales of an Urban Indian
Native Earth
Written and performed by Darrell Dennis, directed by Herbie Barnes. Follows a young Native man from the rez to downtown Vancouver to Hollywood. Fast, funny and life-affirming.

November 27 to December 14, 2003
Sur
Artword Theatre
Written and directed by Ronald Weihs based on a story by Ursula K. Le Guin. "If Captain Scott can do it, why can’t we?" In 1909, six South American women set off on an expedition to the South Pole. A delightful fable about womanpower.

December 16, 2003 to January 4, 2004
Tea at the Palace
Puppetmongers
Ann and David Powell present their Christmas favourite, a heart-warming Russian tale, told with puppets.You’ll meet a peasant who tries to make tea just like the Tsar, a wise peasant girl who tries to befriend the prince, and the Tsar himself and all his court.