HOME, a large-scale spectacle from the American theatre artist Geoff Sobelle and a collective of co-creators, is running at the Bluma Appel Theatre in the St Lawrence Centre for the Arts though June 16.Wars rage, the world burns, democracy teeters, but housing is still the number one topic on the minds of Canadians. The next federal election continues to look like it will hinge on the issue.
Sobelle, an illusionist before he became a theatre maker, begins the performance by casually walking from the audience onto what looks like an empty stage, pulling the frame of a wall out from the wings and stapling a plastic sheet to it. In theatre, the word “house” is used to refer to the areas in a performance venue that the audience accesses, such as the lobby and the auditorium. By eventually bringing a slew of spectators up on stage, and having performers infiltrate the seats, Sobelle lends the St Lawrence Centre’s “house” a feeling of home as well.’s a neat show, for sure.