HUDSON BAY EPIC

Frivolous Fools Performance is a creation-based theatre company committed to devising contemporary folk narratives through the naked mechanics of storytelling. We are an independent, Calgary-based company under the artistic direction of Geneviève Paré and Ian McFarlane. We work collaboratively with inter-disciplinary artists to uncover avenues towards creating captivating performance through humble magic... We are currently planning a Fringe tour of our production titled, The Hudson Bay Epic. This one-act script was written by two of our ensemble members, Geneviève Paré and Ian McFarlane. It is a historical fiction, which reveals an unexpected love affair amongst the frigid backdrop of Henry Hudson's fourth and final attempt to find the northwest-passage. It involves forbidden love, secret identities, mutiny and folk magic. Three actors portray seven characters, while providing a live soundscape on an acoustic ship made entirely out of found materials.