Redstart
NCT's debut production was an experimental one-act produced as a live draft reading at Nextfest and as a full production in the Garneau Theatre during the 2015 Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Redstart is the cascading story of Remedy Redstart, a broken down fortune telling machine in one reality, and a man in another. As a machine, Remedy meets Thomas, who owns a carnival. When Thomas reads the tarot cards he is given, Remedy finds himself dragged into an alternate reality. In this timeline, Remedy is confronted by the mysterious actress Esmeralda. Affected by the transfixing powers she holds contained in a blue silk flower, Remedy is led from scene to scene, and lifetime to lifetime, following Esmeralda's every beck and call with less and less resolve. As time passes, Remedy spirals toward the very desolation plaguing the carnival; the metaphysical maze he might never escape.
Approximate running time: 55 minutes
Edmonton Fringe Production
August 2015
Venue: The Garneau Theatre
Venue: The Garneau Theatre
COMPANY
ESMERALDA: Sydney Williams REMEDY REDSTART: Daniel Greenways THOMAS: Andres Moreno Director: Rain Mair Sound Design: Connell Stinnissen SPECIAL THANKS Art Design: Evan Klapstein Script Mentorship: Colleen Murphy Script Mentorship & Equipment Loan: Vern Slipetz Equipment Loan: Linette Smith Rehearsal Space: St. Paul's United Church Benefactors: Pat & Matthew Greenways Preshow Music: David Unsworth Photographs: Bob Olson |
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Nextfest Reading
June 2015
Venue: The Mercury Theatre
Venue: The Mercury Theatre
COMPANY
ESMERALDA - Raelynn Desmarais
REMEDY REDSTART - Daniel Greenways
THOMAS - Jonathan Maertens-Poole
Director: Feo P-S
Project Mentor: Andrew Ritchie
ESMERALDA - Raelynn Desmarais
REMEDY REDSTART - Daniel Greenways
THOMAS - Jonathan Maertens-Poole
Director: Feo P-S
Project Mentor: Andrew Ritchie
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