Weathering and Waiting
Created by Opal Jennifer Elchuk with Victoria Kopf, Jeff Cadence and aquapher | Produced by Opal Creations | Origin: Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, ON
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Show Details
Featuring a unique apparatus – the Aerial Canoe – this performance takes audiences on an emotional journey, told with the spectacle of circus, physical theatre and musical soundscape.
Content Notes
There are a few moments where a flashing light and thunder sound happen together, a bit suddenly. The story conveys an emotional journey that can be understood as characters facing mental health challenges, including one character who gets washed away at sea which can be interpreted as suicide or death, however it is not explicitly so.
Showtimes
- Sunday, June 158:00pm
- Monday, June 166:00pm
- Wednesday, June 186:30pm
- Thursday, June 197:00pm
- Saturday, June 2110:00pm
- Sunday, June 223:00pm
Featuring a unique apparatus – the Aerial Canoe – this performance takes audiences on an emotional journey, told with the spectacle of circus, physical theatre and musical soundscape. Water imagery and aerial acrobatics convey themes of isolation, depression, and grief, contrasted with perseverance, connection and joy; telling a story about resilience of the human spirit.
Research and creation was supported by The Canada Council for the Arts. It was first presented, by Public Energy, at the Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough Ontario, in 2024.
This work aims to move audiences to relate to the challenging emotions in this story, provoking a sense of empathy and union amidst the mental health and climate challenges facing humanity today.
Performers: Jennifer Elchuk (Opal), Victoria Kopf, Jeff Cadence
Original music: aquapher (Jared Bremner)
Lighting design: Patricia Levert
Dramaturge: Emily Hughes
Presented with The Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts
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