Small Wooden Shoe tries to
Connect the Dots

Dedicated to the Revolutions Part Two: The Information Revolution.
Produced in association with Buddies In Bad Times Theatre as part of Audience Relocation.

Conceived and Directed by Jacob Zimmer
Created with and performed by Frank Cox O’Connell, Chad Dembski, Ame Henderson, Erin Shields.
Dramaturgy by Brendan Healy
Design by Trevor Schwellnus
Stage Management by Laura Nanni

January 12 + 13 2006 | 8 pm | $10
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Tallulah's Cabaret – 12 Alexander Street

This internet thing shows no sign of being the fad some thought it might be. It just keeps growing. When connections are missed, bad things happen. With such difficulties in mind, then, I want to propose a kind of public-works project: it is clear that we must spend some time dedicated to the revolutions.

Small Wooden Shoe again demonstrates the difficulty of demonstrating the effects of progress on our lives.

Gutenberg, Copernican, Newtonian, Darwinian, Industrial, Nuclear, Information – Small Wooden Shoe tackles one after another in the Dedicated to the Revolutions series. Bringing together lecture-demo, talent show and debating tournament, this is theatre that engages the audience in an honest, casual way while maintaining the need to step up and entertain.

The company that created the 2006 Rhubarb! hit Do You Have Any Idea How Fast You Were Going? brings the second show in the Dedicated to the Revolutions series to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

Now we focus on the Information Revolution – computers and the Internet have “changed everything” and we will endeavor to show how that happened and what it means – with string, children’s games, music, and a keen sense of humour.

>> For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated in history and moments of
>> radical shift. This project emerges from that fascination

Connect the Dots brings together Small Wooden Shoe regulars Ame Henderson (Public Recordings, Clash, Hub 14), Chad Dembski (Public Recordings, Bluemouth Inc. [Dora Nomination: Outstanding Performance], Crate Productions), Trevor Schwellnus (Aluna Theatre [Dora winner: Set Design], Public Recordings, Mammalian Diving Reflex), new collaborators Erin Shields (Tarragon Playwrights Unit, Suitcase in Point) and Frank Cox O’Connell (One Reed Theatre, Theatre Direct) with Artistic Director Jacob Zimmer to create a unique performance in Tallulah’s Cabaret