Kismet, good enough.

premiering in 2029

20 years after ‘Kismet, one-to-one-hundred’ premiered, and another decade since the second (Kismet, things have changed) show- with 3 parents passed away, six children born, and Emelia travelling with her 13-year-old son instead of her 13-year-old chihuahua, the same creative team once again finds and reconnects with their initial 100 interviewees ages 1-100 that they first met in 2009. The ten-year-old who believed in unicorns is now thirty and divorced. The sisters from Bella Coola have a lot more to say about their ancestral land. Did Judy finally forgive herself and escape Prince George? A play twenty-years in the making, we return to the stage older, shocked, with an un-answerable question. What is good enough?

First Kismet trailer 2009:

Second Kismet trailer 2019:

Past Presentations: Kismet, things have changed

• Premiered at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, November 13 – 16, 2019
• Presented by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Partnership with The Cultch, February 4 – 8, 2020
• Presented by the Spark! Festival at The Belfry, Victoria, BC, March 17 -21, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

Development partners & Commissioners: Kismet, things have changed

Production Development supported by The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Caravan Farm Theatre. Development supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver and the Hawthorne Foundation.

 

Kismet, one-to-one-hundred: cast and crew

• Created and Performed – Emelia Symington Fedy, Daryl King, Anita Rochon and Hazel Venzon
• Directed – Anita Rochon
• Sound Design – Antoine Bédard
• Visual Design – Drew Facey
• Lighting Design – Gina Scherr
• Dramaturgy – Camille Gingras and Lois Anderson

Kismet, things have changed: cast and crew

• Created and performed –
  – Emelia Symington Fedy
  – Daryl King
  – Anita Rochon
  – Hazel Venzon
• Stage Manager – Geoff Jones
• Sound Design & Original Music – Antoine Bédard
• Visual Design – Drew Facey
• Lighting Design – Brad Trenaman
• Projection Design – Sophia Wolfe
• Projection Technical Support – Sammy Chien & Shang Chien
• Dramaturge – Camille Gingras