The Design of the Poster

The design of the poster (at top left) is based on two concepts that the writing team gave to me - firstly, concentric rings such as are found in mandalas, ripples from a pebble dropped in water, sound waves, etc., and secondly the idea of weaving strands of the story together.  I first created a collage using pieces cut from coloured paper on a black background.  The circular shapes, purposefully a bit off-kilter, were positioned on the background and then the straight pieces were literally woven through them.  Once I had adhered everything to the background, I scanned the collage into my computer and did further manipulating of the colours and shapes with Photoshop until I got the affect I was after.  After that, I added in the text and logos. We will be using this image on posters, cards, t-shirts, etc.  You will be seeing it posted around Kingston starting about mid-April.

Rehearsals are underway!

Murray and musicians



Murray in action



The cast in the performance space



Murray, Eleanor and Marie confer



R. Murray Schafer and Eleanor James were in Kingston for the rehearsal on March 5th, at which the creative team was able to show them the rough outline for the first 4 scenes of the music-drama.  The collaborative process of creating a show from the ground up is very exciting!  There are so many creative people at work on this production.