Akpik Theatre's

A COMMUNITY TELLING OF PAWAKAN MACBETH

OCTOBER 3 - 8, 2023
SCOTIABANK STAGE

by Reneltta Arluk

Drama, Shakespearean
co-presented by Neptune Theatre and Prismatic Arts Festival


A community telling of Pawâkan Macbeth is Reneltta Arluk’s groundbreaking reimagining of Shakespeare’s darkest play into Cree history, legend and cosmology.

Set during pre-colonization, when Plains Cree were allied with Stoney Nakoda, and at war with Blackfoot over territory, food, supplies and trade. When true autonomy existed among Indigenous Peoples and with that their spirits, their wisdom, practices, makers, tricksters, shifters, their darkness and light. As the  Canadian Government moves west with Sir John A. MacDonald as the leader, a harsh new world  wrought with immense fear, starvation, and uncertainty awaken the darkest of Cree spirits, the Wihtiko – a being with insatiable greed. 

Through the exploration of Plains Cree language, history, stories and cosmology Arluk asks, What is it to be human? What makes a human vulnerable to the Wihtiko?  Inspired by working with the youth of Frog Lake First Nation, and shared stories from Elders in the Treaty 6 region, Arluk has created a terrifying journey through love, greed, honour and betrayal, with coyote howlers teaching us that resurgence requires balance.

 

SHOW TIMES

Tuesday to Saturday - 7:30 pm
Sunday - 2:00 pm  

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KEY DATES

MASKED PERFORMANCE:
Sunday, October 8 - 2:00 pm

TALK BACK NIGHT:
Friday, October 6 - 7:30 pm

We gratefully thank our sponsors for their generous support:

 

THE CAST


Lisa Nasson
Mallory Amirault
JD Montgrand
Mitchell Saddleback
Spencer Streichert
čačumḥi – aaron wells

๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— 

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: Reneltta Arluk
๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Barry Balinsky
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Patricia Vinluan
๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜: Darlene Auger
๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Jhaik WindyHair
๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Nathan Loitz
๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Logan Martin-Arcand
๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Cimmeron Meyer
๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Carmen Braden
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Brad Trenaman
๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Cody Clyburn
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Reneltta Arluk
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Tallis Kirby
๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ & ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Holly Gunderman
๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Elena Vandakurova
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Chris Hayes
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: GNW Scene Shop

 

SHOW TIMES

Tuesday to Saturday - 7:30 pm
Sunday - 2:00 pm  

It's Time to Save!
2023/2024 Season Ticket packages are on sale now, click here to purchase.



KEY DATES

MASKED PERFORMANCE:
Sunday, October 8 - 2:00 pm

TALK BACK NIGHT:
Friday, October 6 - 7:30 pm

We gratefully thank our sponsors for their generous support:

 

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We are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq, and we acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.