What The Thunder Said

a challenging, intense, and profoundly moving piece

As a culture what have we learned from WWI?

What echoes and parallels persist a century later?

On the centenary of the First World War, the award-winning hometown One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble teams up with esteemed Canadian theatre artist, Peter Hinton – for the world premiere of What The Thunder Said.

This performance triptych examines the turbulent first quarter of the twentieth century. Using T.S. Eliot’s iconic poem, The Waste Land, for inspiration, language and illumination, the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble examines lament, the struggle for hope and beauty amidst the damage in the aftermath of the First World War.

ARTISTIC

Director: Blake Brooker
Composer and Digital Designer: Richard McDowell
Created by the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble & guest artist Peter Hinton.

CAST

Denise Clarke
Andy Curtis
Michael Green
Peter Hinton 

CREW

Stage Manager: Michelle Kennedy
Technical Director: Nicole Olson Grant-Suttie