Skydive World Premiere 01.26.07 PuSh Festival

What would you risk to live out your dreams?

A clear blue sky. From far above, the distant sound of a receding airplane. Two men, a house-bound agoraphobe desperate for change and his brother, the lead singer for an 80's cover band begging for recognition, tumble at terminal velocity in the midst of a skydiving adventure gone terribly wrong.

In the terrifying 30-seconds of free-fall before impact, the men struggle to untangle the threads of their dysfunctional relationship, their long abandoned dreams, and the Jungian interpretations of Madonna, Van Halen, and Corey Hart.

Written by Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Kerr, Skydive is an action-adventure-comedy that pushes our limits of perception to the breaking point. Defying gravity in the theatre by using Sven Johansson's ES Dance Instruments, Skydive literally raises the bar and makes a quadriplegic fly! 

This PuSh commissioned premiere production will be followed by an extended run with Victoria's Belfry Theatre.

"What's the difference between comedy and tragedy?
Comedy is when you have to use your emergency chute.
Tragedy is when I have to use my emergency chute."
-Howard Gregory

Shot & edited by Candelario Andrade

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Theatre
• Vancouver
• Disability
• Quadriplegic
• Skydive

[alexessery16]

hey i saw the play.. it was excellent.. i kept asking myself why doesnt morgan move his legs when he is clearly supposed to walk.. than i found out at the end scene.... very touching story.. kept me in it with the humor .. that i liked... please play it again at the Centaur theater in montreal... it was good

[Anarchemitis]

My cousin is in some of those shots! James works for the people making the props and running the boom swings.

[fumarboom]

awesome... I can't wait to see it!