Huirui Zhang

Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney
Show photo©Sean Carney

Devised Theatre
GOOD MORNING, TOWNVILLE!


Directed by: Myrna Wyatt Selkirk
Assistant directed by: Huirui Zhang
Venue: Moyse Hall Theatre
Show runtime: March 29th-31th & April 4th-6th, 2023Cast
Brooke Baker as Daphne
Francesco Cremonini as Jerry
Mai Kutsuna as Grandpa
Wyn Lumley as Kitty
Olivia Marotta as Marty
Loïc Bernardo Marques as George
Atticus Mehers as Constantine
Meriem Naas as Toby
Rose Noskwith as The Bard
Dana Prather as Cassandra
Berfin Şimşek as Auntie Witch
Camylla Wiser as Tommy
Yunjia (Amelia) Zheng as Annie    
Production Team
Production Manager: Corinne Deeley
Technical Director: Keith Roche
Lighting Designer: Sarah Pattloch
Costume Designer: Catherine Bradley
Stage Manager: Magalie Goyette
ASM: Lana Ptaček & Nhi Nguyen
Creation Context & Collaboration
It was the first devised theatre I got fully involved since the very beginning. After my fresh graduation out of McGill University, I joined Professor Myrna Wyatt Selkirk’s Theatre Lab class as an invited assistant director to collaboratively create a theatre piece with the class based on mask and improvisatory work. After 6 months of preparation finding distinct character from each individual and piecing together scenes, we landed on the idea of a fantastical land named “Townville”.

Play Synoposis
Welcome to the world of Townville; a fantastical far-away land where colourful, quirky villagers reside and morning never ends. In Townville, pool noodles grow on trees and chickens whisper their secrets. One day the morning is disrupted by the arrival of three uninvited guests. They cause a change that cannot be undone.

Are you ready to unravel the identity of the three strangers and the secrets of Townville?

Press & Recognition
“a genuinely funny play, anchored by committed actors and the authentic chemistry they share.” — Bull & Bear

Updates
Berfin Şimşek is currently making a documentary based on the research and rehearsal process I recorded and the interviews she did with director and some of the cast to show a full behind-the-scene process of a devised creation.

Detailed program of the production can be consulted here.
Poster designed by Berfin Şimşek
Social posts designed by Kimberly Hönig, Poster designed by Huirui Zhang
After the closing night, Huirui with the cast













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