BLISSKRIEG
Book by Alex Wlasenko & Jacob Richmond
Music by Hank Pine & Alex Wlasenko
Artistic Producer, Director & Choreographer
Britt Small
Artistic Director, Director & Dramaturge
Jacob Richmond
Musical Director
John Han
Arrangements by Hank Pine and John Han
Set Designer - Caitlenn Bull
Costume Designer - Lexy Young
Lighting Designer - Rebekah Johnson
Projection Designer - Grayson Walker
Additional Choreography - Sarah Murphy
Additional Music - Marco Bozenich
Voice Actors - Chris Mackie & Trevor Hinton
Voice Recording - Treena Strubel
Audio Technician - Paul Tedeschini
Stage Manager - Autumn Antonsen
Our original production of Action Review: Feel the Fight garnered us the Kevin Spacey Foundation Award - we were honoured to have the only musical in Canada to receive this distinction, around the same time we were selected as a soft launch for The Belfry Theatre's SPARK Festival. These two events helped us bring our attention back to Action Review - now named BlissKrieg.
BlissKrieg was conceived as a musical comedy about the two last people in the universe inside a post-human simulated paradise. Tilda would give her daughter Jingwei a crash course on humanity as they'd have just over an hour to make a crucial decision on the future of life in the universe. The production grew and evolved to have a focus on Tilda's time traveling troupe "The Jimmy Jammers" as they tried to make sense of humanity through the gothic direction of Jingwei, culminating in a show with a lot of heart, laughter, and a touching connection between a mother and daughter.
After it's 3rd phase workshop presentation in Victoria, BlissKrieg will be returning to Victoria in the near future. Stay tuned for more..
Photo by Caitlin Croteau, promo shot from Action Review |
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