Project Details

Project created by: Jennifer Mascall & Claire O'Neil

Key Collaborators: Footnote New Zealand Dance (Partner); Aline Laflamme, Joanna Ashworth, Nicholas Macfarlane (advisory panel); Key guest artists: Andrea Grant, Kathleen Nisbet. There is also a large portion of dancers, research and performers alike, and artists, activists and explorers who have helped the research and workshop process so far.

Audience: Generally human audiences of all ages preffered.

Length in minutes: Full Length work

Space required: This work is build for theatre with hybrid parts that will be community dependant, potential for exploration of outside spaces.

Preparation required: Ideal 1 day, could work with 8 hrs.

General technical requirements: TBD - Creation based on procenium theatre with exploration of lobbies and outside spaces. Projection, story telling microphones and different vessels of water are all a part of it.

Availabilities: Available except for the following times - New Zealand National tour: The Impossible Has Already happened Spring 2022, New Zealand tour summer 2022, Canadian National tour Spring 2023.

Number of performers on tour: 10-12

Number of support staff on tour: 2-4

Community Engagement Activities

We’d like to begin talking to presenters/community members now, a year and a bit before we tour Canada, to create discussion and share the capacity for change. We need your help so that when we visit we can work on the things that actually affect each place. Water use is a part of all life, and it needs to be treated with respect. There is no one whose life hasn’t been touched by water. For us at this time, it’s about connecting across cultures, and countries to the core of human potential for impact. We’re still playing with what form of community collaboration carries the most impact, and welcome ideas and suggestions from presenters, who know their community best. We are interested in the exchange of stories, ideas, and practical impact. Participants are invited to gather and share about water, resulting in a video lobby exhibit, dancer accompaniment, and storytelling. We aim to integrate this with the show itself. We’re seeking donors to match the money from ticket sales towards local communities without clean water. Environmental agencies on how to harness the power of individuals. We want to start with you.