SELECTED AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
"The amount of will power in this decision. Seeing that moment and how compelling it could be.”
“Anne provides the chance to empathize with the people left behind”
“The realization that you have to suffer indignities at end of life.”
“Audience interaction - I hate it normally but it was so open hearted. I felt safe and vulnerable.”
Assist Ed by Andrew Ritchie
Theatre Passe Muraille BUZZ Presentation Series | You Are Here Theatre | Main Theatre Space | November 2017
PRODUCTION HISTORY
June 2017 - Presented by Theatre Network's Nextfest
February 2017 - Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
June 2016 - Presented by Dirt Buffet Cabaret at Nextfest
April 2016 - Presented by York Experimental Solo Festival
Welcome to Ed’s room at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, the best place to drink, smoke and live large. Go down the palliative lens into one man’s battle to be dead and the inability of his family to assist him. A provocative and entertaining look at male depression, assisted suicide and how the men in our lives create their identity. What would you do if you asked for help and never received any? How do you ask someone to help you die? Would you pull the plug for someone? Inspired by true events about learning what it takes to be a man.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Anne: Hannah Spear
Ed: Andrew Ritchie
Director: Taliesin McEnaney (November 2017)
Director: David Di Giovanni (June 2017)
Dramaturge: Elena Eli Belyea
Scenographer: Claire Hill
Stage Manager: Kathleen Hemsworth
Production Assistant: Marlee Yule
SUPPORT
This project was supported by the Edmonton Arts Council and the City of Edmonton in 2020-2021 for a rewriting and research process. The 2017 production was generously supported by Theatre Passe Muraille and the Ontario Arts Council through the Theatre Creators' Reserve Program. You Are Here Theatre would like to acknowledge the funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government.