Jordan Tannahill

Theatre of the Unimpressed

Jordan Tannahill

Tannahill is a mover and shaker in the Toronto arts scene, and his work has gained international attention at festivals and galleries. He directed the world premiere of Sheila Heti's All Our Happy Days Are Stupid at his storefront theatre Videofag in 2014; the play will be remounted by McSweeney's in NYC in 2015.Declining theatre patronage have forced many once-vibrant companies and venues into difficult financial situations; Vancouver's celebrated Playhouse Theatre closed in 2012, despite public outcry. We tend to mourn the loss of these cultural institutions and move on. Tannahill suggests that contemporary theatre could be more engaging, forward-thinking and accessible than it is, and do more to grow its audience instead of blaming slow ticket sales on society's lack of cultural engagement.

Declarations

Jordan Tannahill

This is a pressed bruise. This is Greta Garbo's smile. This is the smell of Windex. Declarations is an imperfect chronicle of a life lived; a body pulled through time, encountering meteorological phenomenon, mythology, political calamity, pop culture, and everyday happenstance along the way. Written in the wake of his mother's terminal cancer diagnosis, Tannahill's Declarations is a staggering archive of sensations, memories, and voices asserting that here lived, for a time, a woman. Jordan Tannahill is an Ottawa-born, London UK–based playwright and filmmaker. His work has been presented at major theaters and festivals across Canada and internationally.