About this Event
A Surreal SoReal Theatre Production (Montréal)
Copresented by Ghost River Theatre and One Yellow Rabbit
as part of the 40th Annual High Performance Rodeo
ABOUT
Callen is a confident but screen-absorbed programmer and influencer whose partner, Claire, is expecting their first child. Overwhelmed by fear of failure, disconnection, and the looming weight of responsibility, Callen flees into a nearby cave after becoming obsessed with the imagery of the 2018 Thai children’s rescue.
There, he becomes trapped. In the darkness, a living, animate light teases and guides him, showing him visions that blur past and present—Claire’s pregnancy, echoes of the trapped children, and his own mortality. The cave becomes a womb-like realm where Callen is, by turns, the rescuer, the child, and the one in need of saving.
Drawing on echoes of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, The Impossible Light reframes modern illusions: not shadows on stone walls, but the glowing screens of everyday life. To emerge, Callen must face his fears, surrender his digital distractions, and rediscover the raw, physical world—and the fragile beauty of human connection.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 PM (Opening Night)
Friday, January 16 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 17 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 18 at 2 PM
The show is 70 minutes long with no intermission.
CREDITS
Jon Lachlan Stewart – Creator and performer
Eric Rose – Outside eye director
Shoshanna Bass– Outside eye director
Jesse Ash – Sound designer and music composition
Claire Seyller – Lighting designer
Manuel Acevedo – Technical director
Danaelle Ducharme – Production manager
Marguerite Hudon – Stage manager and touring head of lights
Carol-Anne Bourgon Sicard – Set design
Alizée Millot – Object design
The Impossible Light is made possible in thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts du québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, as well as Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.
https://www.ghostrivertheatre.com/the-impossible-light
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
West Village Theatre, 2007 10 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, Canada
CAD 35.00
