The story of Gwendolyn Magnificent and Bartholomew Spectacular starts with demanding dragon fruits and ends with heartache whispered into the ears of birds and constellations. With spoons, water glasses, whirly-winds and a mandolin, they create the sounds and images of a landscape forever altered by regret. Part storytelling, part concert, this is a tale of love heard best through a tin can telephone.
Created and performed by
Nicolas Di Gaetano and Emily Pearlman
Directed by Patrick Gauthier
Lighting design by Lynn Cox with Mi Casa Theatre
Costume and Props design by Sarah Waghorn
A love story for adults and precocious children
* Winner *
Outstanding New Creation &
Outstanding Fringe Production
(Prix Rideau Awards)
Outstanding Production
(Ottawa Fringe)
“To miss something as indelible and enchanting and inventive as Countries Shaped Like Stars would have been tragic.”
– Alibi Magazine, New Mexico
“Gently unhinges language and logic, so that we can play in the spaces between words and bathe in the emotions that underlie reason. Another way of saying this is that Countries Shaped Like Stars makes you feel as openhearted and happy as a kid.”
– Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver BC
Production History
Countries Shaped Like Stars premiered at the Ottawa Fringe in 2009, and has since gone on to tour to living rooms, community centres, bars and traditional theatre spaces across Canada.
Official Selection:
OYR High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, AB, 2017
Chinook Series, Edmonton, AB, 2017
Fringe Encore Series, Ottawa, 2017
Saskatoon International Children's Festival, SK, 2014
Festival Players of Prince Edward County, ON, 2013
Ottawa International Children's Festival, Ottawa, ON 2013
Globe Theatre Schumiatcher Sandbox Series, Regina, SK 2012
Yukon Arts Centre Firehall Series, Whitehorse, YK, 2012
Wildside Festival, Montreal, QC, 2012
Revolutions International Theatre Festival, Albuqueque NM, 2010
SummerWorks Theatre Festival, Toronto, ON 2010
Neanderthal Arts Festival, Vancouver, 2010
Wakefest, Wakefield QC, 2009
COUNTRIES SHAPED LIKE STARS
