Other Side Through You
Description
Other Side Through You by exit.left productions
Director/Dramaturge/Co-designer: Jamie Nesbitt
Performer/Playwright/Co-designer: Cat Main
Other Side Through You is a charged, theatrical blending of fact and fiction that wrestles with the science and spirit behind communication. Cat Main's sister has cerebral palsy and "talks" with an alphabet board. With the help of a facilitator who holds her arms Cat's sister points to letters on the board to spell out what she wants to say. The problem…not everyone believes her sister is the one communicating.
On a quest for the truth Cat talks to world famous sceptics, family members, top researchers & speech pathologists. Using verbatim text from these interviews Other Side Through You takes us on a journey that explodes the personal into the political and immerses the audience in a dialogue on what constitutes real and authentic communication between any individuals.
Company
exit.left productions is a small Vancouver based company run by Co-Artistic Directors Cat Main and Rachel Peake. The company provides opportunities for emerging theatre artists to collaboratively create new work. Cat and Rachel seek out dynamic artists who thrive in exploring the wide variety of their skills and aim to offer their audiences a fresh perspective, a point of departure from the mainstream, towards the left.\
Credits
Cat Main - Performer/Playwright/Co-designer
Cat is a Vancouver based performer & theatre creator and the co-artistic director of exit.left productions. Most recently she was the 2010 Artist in Residence with Theatre Replacement. Over the last few years she's also enjoyed working with Realwheels, Rumble Productions, Pi Theatre, Sea Theatre, Théâtre la Seizième, Gateway Theatre, Carousel Theatre, Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre, Toronto's Why Not Theatre, as well as Boca Del Lupo (Jessie nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble). Cat has also worked as a voice actor doing cartoons, video games and radio. She is currently teaching movement at the Vancouver Film School and as well as being an instructor at Arts Umbrella and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Cat also runs workshops for adult siblings of people with disabilities through PLAN and the Centre for Ability and will be beginning an MA in Expressive Arts Therapy this September. She is a graduate of Studio 58 where she was the recipient of the Earl Klein Memorial Scholarship.
Jamie Nesbitt -- Director/Dramaturge/Co-designer
Jamie works across across North America. His resume includes: The Canadian Stage Company (Toronto), the NAC (Ottawa), The Vancouver Playhouse (Vancouver), Soulpepper (Toronto), Company XIV (New York), Theatre Calgary (Calgary), Bard on the Beach (Vancouver), The Arts Club (Vancouver), The Electric Company (Vancouver), Pi Theatre (Vancouver), The Belfry (Victoria), Why Not theatre (Toronto), Cahoots (Toronto), Citadel (Edmonton), The Yukon Arts Centre (Whitehorse), and many more. A graduate of Studio 58, he is the recipient of 7 Jessie Richardson Award nominations, 1 Jessie Richardson Award, the 2008 Mayor Arts Award, the 2007 Sam Payne Award, and the 2006 Earl Klein Memorial Scholarship. www.jamienesbitt.ca.
