BIG BANG
An Artists' Laboratory to Support Experimentation & Innovation in Storytelling.
In our ongoing desire to support creators in their artistic process, Infinithéâtre is introducing our third edition of the Big Bang Artists' Laboratory. Projects in development receive extended time in a rehearsal hall to explore and experiment, bringing together writers, directors, designers, and performers as they together find exciting and innovative ways of telling live stories.
CURRENT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
WHALEFALL
On May 30th 2020, Montrealers woke to an improbable and magical sight. Between the iconic clock tower and île Sainte-Hélène, a fluke broke the waters of the St-Lawrence, announcing the arrival of a young humpback whale that had traveled over 400 km upriver. Her arrival uplifted the city in a time of isolation.
Part documentary theatre, part puppet show, Whalefall examines the complexities of culture, community, and the bonds that unite us.
This project in development is being co-written by Ashe Lang and Riley Wilson.
RECENT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
DOMINOES AT THE CROSSROADS
Written by Kaie Kellough
Adapted + Directed by Zach Fraser in collaboration with the creative team
Adapted from the novel by Kaie Kellough, Dominoes at the Crossroads was in development as part of our Big Bang Artists Laboratory through 2023, and premiered in March 2024 at the MAI.
Dominoes at the Crossroads represents a vital, poignant voice from the Montréal landscape. Kaie’s writing resonates widely in a world where so many people straddle between cultures and have not one, but multiple roots and homes. We are all, so many of us, displaced and continually searching for our place in the world, literally and figuratively. Dominoes is a poetic ode to this epic and universal search for home and identity, gently anchored into port here in our eclectic city that is Montréal.
