“These aren’t dramatic, made-up moments,” said Glynis Leyshon, who is directing Ten Lost Years for CCPA. “These are moments people lived and experienced.”
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The book by Broadfoot, a former Vancouver Sun reporter who spent the last years of his life in Nanaimo, was adapted into a piece of verbatim theatre by Jack Winter, with period folk music by Cedric Smith. The Canadian production about the experiences of Canadians between the years 1929 and 1939 was an instant hit, and left an indelible mark on Leyshon, who saw the Toronto original when it premiered in 1974.
“When I thought of a play that would give the ensemble an experience of a different style of theatre, it was front of mind. And I was not disappointed when I went back to it.” The original production put the focus on farmers, and was designed to be performed by six men and four women. Leyshon is working with a cast of six , so trimming was needed to make the on-stage/off-stage assignments more manageable for the participants.
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