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Directed by MFA Director Omar Muñoz
The Last Jubilee follows the s tory of a group of artists in a society overrun by A.I.\, surveillance and policing\, and where art has been deemed a threat and made illegal. This gr oup of artists\, who call themselves The Jubilee\, gathers every week to ma ke art in secret. This week\, things end up looking a little different.
Join us on July 9 at 7:00 p.m. P DT\, for the premiere of The Las t Jubilee. If you've been missi ng the arts\, then this is the show for you!
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As we all know\, in the last year the world has experienced what for many will always be remembered as a traumatic episode . The COVID-19 pandemic struck and transformed the world we lived in into s omething we could barely recognize. A world in which isolation and paranoia from an invisible enemy were the norm. Artists around the world lost their jobs and in countries where government support was not an option\, the eco nomic hardship pushed our colleagues into unknown territories to survive. < /span>The Last Jubilee was born in response to the frustration of havi ng our livelihood been taken away from us and of having become non-essentia l individuals in the eyes of society. In this show\, we extrapolate the rea lity we were experiencing and place the action in a dystopian future where art has been definitely banned by a technology-driven political party. We p ose questions not only about the nature of theatre\, but also about the pla ce art holds in society. We invite you to explore these questionings to the beat of what we have named a cabaret-thriller\, entirely created by UBC fo lks in COVID-19 times.
I woul d like to close with a quote that did not make it to the final version of o ur script\, in the hope that it strengthens the hearts of every artist who has been affected during this pandemic.
“Art is everywhere. There is art in the forests and in the seas. You can hear it in the humming of the night and see it in the colours of s pring. Art is everywhere for those who want to see it. And we choose to see it. This is a revolution\, and it starts here.”
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Direct or – Omar Muñoz
Stage Manager – Rachel Wong
Assistant Stage Managers – Caroline Ta ng & Elyse Wall
Set Designer – Jennifer Stewart
Assistant Set Designer – Vivek Sodal
Lighting Designers – Mikaela Joy Kawaley-Lathan & Zac La brie
Lighting Programmer / Lighting Board Operator – Brendan Lowe
Sound De signer – Shiori Hatamoto
Composers – Alain Tahir & Holly Col lis Handford
Choreographers – Chantal Gering & Erin Purghart
Editor – Alain Tahir
Camera Operators< span style="font-weight: 400\;"> – Omar Muñoz\, Chantal Gering & Erin Purgh art
Assistant Production Manager – Catt Main
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Claire – Shann on Poole
Diego – Omar Muñoz
Hail – Holly Col lis Handford
Levi – Er in Purghart
Sal – Chan tal Dobles Gering
Simon – Alain Tahir
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Acting Department Head / Directing Advisor – Stephen Heatley
Directing Advisor
Lighting A dvisor – Robert Gardiner
Scenic Design Advisor – Patrick Riz zotti
Sound Advisor – Patrick Pennefather
Voice Coach – Sheila Langston
Movement Coach – Marlise McCormick
Stage Management Advisor / C19 Safety Officer – Collett e Berg
Technical Director & Scenic Painting Advisor
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Administrator – Cam Cronin
Production Manager – Borja Brown
Head of Properties – Lynn Burton
Head of Wa rdrobe – Jodi Jacyk
Le ad Carpenter – Jeremy Vreeken
Lights & sound specialist – Za ch Levis
Assistant to the Head – Sophie Corless
Film Program Administrator – Sarah Crauder
Audienc e Services – Tony Koelwyn
Visual Resource Library < span style="font-weight: 400\;"> – Dmitri Lennikov
Film Equipment Manager – Stuart McFarl ane
Academic Administrator – Ian Patton
Communications Specialist – < span style="font-weight: 400\;"> Andrea Cheng
Technical Dir ector – Keith Smith
Theatre and Film Studies Graduate Se cretary – Karen Tong
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Friday\, July 9\, 7:00 pm (premiere)
Available fo
r streaming until August 8\, 2021.
Watch on You Tube. Staged and filmed at the UBC Frederic Wood Theatre on the traditional \, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
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