Development

Aluna Theatre’s Caminos Festival

Premiere

Tarragon Theatre & Aluna Theatre

artistic team

Rosa Labordé (Writer/Director), Nicola Correia-Damude, Matt Edison,* Fab Filippo, Scott McCord, Justin Rutledge*

*Tarragon Premiere

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An environmental activist falls in love with her opposite while her co-dependent brother spirals into chaotic self-destruction and does everything he can to push the new lovers apart in a play that playfully asks whether our failings at human intimacy are inextricably linked to our failure to protect our planet. Incorporating magic realism, humour and live music, Marine Life explores themes of environmentalism, creativity, mental illness and personal responsibility in a delicately romantic dark comedy, set against a backdrop of apocalyptic proportions.

the Globe and mail

“Marine Life, Rosa Labordé’s charming new play at Tarragon is perhaps the most pleasant hour and a half you’ll spend contemplating a) whether the guy and girl will end up together; and b) how climate change and rising oceans may soon return humans to the watery depths from which we emerged billions of years ago.”

NOW MAGAZINE

“Eco activism goes romantic comedy in Rosa Labordé’s delightful Marine Life, a show that tackles big issues with heart and soul. Labordé writes dialogue that crackles with wit in a play that deals with one of the most pressing issues of our time but Labordé is never didactic...”