Liberators, Occupiers and Population

Already aware of Canada’s role in this historic event, I agreed to introduce the project to the rest of One Yellow Rabbit...

Sixty years on, three modern theatre companies explore a defining moment in World War II in a unique collaboration.
Any Canadian traveller who has spent time in Holland knows that the Dutch hold a persistently high regard for our nation. The reason is that in the final year of WWII, some 7,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives there in a series of large set-piece battles and vicious house-to-house fighting that was largely instrumental in liberating the country from Nazi occupation.
Now, three theatre companies - one Canadian, one Dutch and one German - mark the 60th anniversary of this turning point in their collective histories with a unique trans-Atlantic collaboration. Their rules of engagement: to create a triptych of short pieces, fused together into one tri-national work of theatre. Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit, Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer, and Het Huis van Bourgondië of Maastricht, Netherlands, will each present a section of the triptych, exploring the liberation from their own particular national viewpoint. One Yellow Rabbit's Blake Brooker will direct the Canadian portion; celebrated director Hans Werner Kroesinger will take the reins of the German section; and Feico Sobel, one of Holland's brightest young directors, leads the Dutch piece.

ARTISTIC

Directed By: Blake Brooker
Produced By: Stephen Schroeder
Sound Design: Richard McDowell

CAST

Brad Payne
David van Belle
Michael Green
Andy Curtis