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TAMAHNOUS PRODUCTION IS LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR LOCAL ACTOR

ORDS SEEM to faila normally articulate Megan

Leitch when describir Tamahnous Theatre’s

w 3 Blood Mley, latest experiment in theatre

that takes place in Gastown’s historic Blood Alley.

But then what words could ex. plain a work that has ag set scrape — a mere 40 lines of text — not one but theee directors, and actors scaling back walls?

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“Asan actor, it’s been hard to play,” says the 26-year-old Leitch, a bubbly dirty-blond-headed woman who looks about 18.

5 Blood Alley, which opens Fri- day (and previews tonight and Thursday), is being billed as ‘tan environmental exploration” of the hictden obsessions that fie within each of us.

It consists of five modules — beginning in a law office and end- ing in eternity — all of which take place under the night sky of Gastown’s Blood Alley, with the audience following the actors

through doonways, tuonels and narrow allovways.

Tamahnous’ creation began as AN eXperimMent explains the former West Vancouver actor, with creators Jen Snelprave. Chick Satpper and Jet Corness wanting fo push the boundanes et tradi tonal theatre by stranumny together a senes of disconnected images and communicating through movement, dance, music and ins agery rather than diatogue,

But they realized that both au- dience and actors would need something more to hang on ta. so they added some ditlogue and characters (none ot the Characters dre named),

Needfess to say, more than usual will be demanded of audience: goers, And, aeedless to say, the work is a risk for Tamahnous. But Leitch is optimistic that Vancouver audiences will respond favorably to the work.

“Each person will come away with their own feelings about what it all means.” she savs.

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