Pumphouse Theatre

2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW

Calgary

May 17, 2008, Saturday 8:00 PM

Buy Tickets online: CA $20.00 for Adults / CA $15.00 for Students and Seniors / CA $12.00 for Groups of 8 or more
For Tickets Call at 403-263-0079

URBAN CURVZ THEATRE PRESENTS: HELEN'S NECKLACE

Helen’s Necklace is a contemporary exploration of loss and hope, and – set in an unnamed Middle Eastern city – deals explicitly the western world’s indifference towards the plight of this tumultuous and war-ravaged territory. This is a poetic, hopeful and touching play about personal and cultural loss.

At its core, Helen’s Necklace examines the chaos of our contemporary world and human connection. Helen loses her necklace in a city very much like Beirut or Baghdad. The necklace is irreplaceable. As she searches for it she meets locals who have lost much more than she’ll ever know as a Canadian Woman. The city is a maze of danger and emotion, especially for Helen who just came to this city to attend a conference. Time and reality are slipping through her fingers.

As a modern parable on loss, this play will bring the complexities of the world we live in alive for our audience here in Calgary. A deceptively simple elegy, Helen's Necklace deftly and succinctly distills a slew of complex social and political conflicts into a series of concise, haunting scenes: topical, relevant, empowering, pensive, sad, conscience-ridden, uplifting, intimate and challenging.

Written by Carole Frechette
Translation by John Murrell
Directed by Vanessa Porteous
Starring Elinor Holt
Set, Lights, & Costumes by Cimmeron Meyer