Centaur Theatre Company

skydive

Reaching New Heights
"This inspiring, brilliantly executed work is backed up by science and expertly guided by the theatrical know-how of directors Roy Surette and Stephen Drover."... "It's an original, quite unlike anything that has ever landed on the Centaur Theatre stage over the past 40 years."...
Pat Donnelly - November 15, 2008

Brilliant script helps 'Skydive' soar
"Skydive demands to be seen because it is theatre that glories in creativity from its audacious concept to its gravity-defying execution."
Louis B. Hobson, Sun Media - October 18, 2008

Skydive takes breath away
"Stunningly imaginative in conception, and every bit as striking in execution, the Realwheels production of Skydive ... deftly weaves together the imagery and images of falling ... to take us on a hilarious and wildly clever ride through shared memory and the crazy world of dreams." ... ... "Theatre-goers who crowded the Max Bell Theatre for the final preview on Thursday loved it." ... "Who wouldn't?"
Bob Clark - October 18, 2008

Skydive takes breath away
"I was totally blown away by the tremendous physicality"

Skydive takes breath away
"really innovative theatre…an invigorating introduction to a brave new realm of possibilities"

Sharman Yarnell interviews Skydive's Bob Frazer.

Behind the scenes sneak preview

See a behind-the-scenes video report on SKYDIVE.

November 11 - December 7, 2008

Montreal Premiere

Centaur Theatre Company presents
A ?REALWHEELS PRODUCTION
By KEVIN KERR
Directed by ROY SURETTE & STEPHEN DROVER
Aerial Choreography by SVEN JOHANSSON
With ES Dance Instrument Operators
JETHELO E. CABILETE, CHRISTOPHER FRARY, SHANE SNOW, LEE VINCENT

STARRING

Set Design by Yvan Morissette
Lighting Design by Adrian Muir
Costume Design by Keith A. Parent
Sound Design by Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe
Stage Manager Angela Beaulieu
Technical Direction Jayson McLean
Touring TD/Lighting Director Cody Stadel

Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Direction,
for Outstanding Sound Design and for
Significant Artistic Achievement for Aerial Choreography

The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology Award

Skydive is a unique theatrical presentation that is staged with the two performers soaring above the stage floor for the entire length of the play. The story unfolds in the 30 seconds of a skydiving free-fall gone horribly wrong. In the stretched out perception of time in a crisis, the story travels back in time to the events that led up to the disastrous jump when Morgan, a frontman for an 80’s cover band, decides to help his reclusive agoraphobic brother, Daniel, escape his spiraling descent into fear-bound paralysis by a therapy technique that involves jumping from an airplane in order to face one’s fears.

With breathtaking aerial choreography, cinematic action sequences, and a cheeky soundtrack of 80’s pop, Skydive is a celebration of the power of imagination in the pursuit of the universal dream to fly.