40 Days and 40 Nights
The Theatre Centre, Toronto: April 25-May 6, 2018
Created and performed by Kim Collier and Daniel Brooks
Consulting Director: Jennifer Tarver
Assistant to the Creators: Lucy McNulty
Partners in Creation: Electric Company Theatre, Necessary Angel Theatre Company and The Theatre Centre
Currently in Development
Workshopped in 2016 at the Theatre Centre, Toronto
Workshopped in 2017 at Progress Lab 1422, Vancouver
Premiering April 2018
A bell is rung, a glass of water ceremoniously downed, and the audience enters into a gentle, stimulating, interactive meditation on love. The project was inspired by a challenge to live for 40 days and 40 nights making all choices based in Love, and draws on the magical poetry of Hafez, the philosophy of Alain Badiou, Hindu festivals, Biblical tales, and countless other ruminations on the word Love. An immersive theatrical experience that will inspire you to believe, even for a moment, that Love is something active and alive in the world.
