MONSTROSITY: A Summer Readings Festival

antigone: 方

By Jeff Ho

An urgently contemporary adaptation of the classic Greek story, antigone: 方 is inspired by the 2014 Umbrella Movement student protests in Hong Kong and the 1989 uprising in Tiananmen Square. In antigone: 方, re-education awaits anyone who questions the state's traditional doctrine. Antigone faces high stakes as she stands up for her brother against her father's will. In the courage of a young woman, there is hope for the future.

Directed by Kenneth Tynan

Featuring: Alison Chang, Violet Grace, Ayako Karasawa, Chris Lam, Kenneth Liu, and Geoff Sugiyama

Little One

By Hannah Moscovitch

A chilling psychological thriller, Little One is the haunting story of adopted siblings Aaron and Claire—one the definition of normal, the other deeply disturbed and unpredictable—and the strange lives of their neighbours, a man and his mail-order bride.

Directed by Keltie Forsyth

Featuring: Alison Chang and Alexander Forsyth

My Roommate Ahriman

By Francis Dowlatabadi

A young Iranian-Canadian man comes to terms with his sexuality and contends with the disconnection from his culture while inadvertently co- habitating with an ancient Persian spirit of chaos. A new work by Vancouver playwright Francis Dowlatabadi.

Dramaturged by Lois Anderson