Woodstock

The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations. Open...