ARCHIVE – Cockroach – Mar. 1-19

Pre-Show Talk (Open to the Public)

[gdlr_space height="20px"] Featuring Rawi Hage, Jonathan Garfinkel, Vanessa Porteous and host Stephen Hunt Join Alberta Theatre Projects and Wordfest on Friday, March 4th to hear from the artists involved in the stage adaptation of Cockroach. Stephen Hunt moderates as Rawi Hage (novelist), Jonathan Garfinkel (playwright), and Vanessa Porteous (director and Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects) discuss the process of adapting a novel into a play, and transforming words on a page into living, breathing, live theatre. Alberta Theatre Projects presents Enbridge New Canadian Play, Cockroach by Jonathan Garfinkel, based on the novel by Rawi Hage.

Cockroach by Jonathan Garfinkel (Ticket Holders Only)

[gdlr_space height="20px"] [gdlr_button href="https://www.artscommons.ca/WhatsOn/ShowDetails.aspx?show_id=19534083-E86C-4054-8FBE-B2BB5996EFFE" target="_self" size="medium" background="#d55949" color="#ffffff" border_color="#999999"]Buy Tickets[/gdlr_button] To order by phone, please call the Alberta Theatre Projects Ticket Office at 403-294-7402 [gdlr_box_icon icon="fa-bug" icon_color="#d55949" icon_position="left" title="About the Play" ]Cockroach By Jonathan Garfinkel Based on the Novel by Rawi Hage Directed by Vanessa Porteous Featuring Haysam Kadri A man from an unnamed Middle Eastern country hustles to survive in icy cold Montréal. He’s a charmingly treacherous liar, a thief with a haunted past. He’s got problems: sometimes he thinks he’s a cockroach. How can he escape the dark corners of his life, get beyond survival and start to thrive? When he meets the man who hurt the love of his life, he can’t help himself. He starts to plot revenge. Read more... Audience Advice: Strong language, mature content [/gdlr_box_icon]