Sea Sick

By: Alanna Mitchell
With: Franco Boni and Ravi Jain

Sea Sick is journalist Alanna Mitchell’s account of her three-year odyssey around the globe, investigating the health and science of the world’s oceans. Through her journey, we meet some of the leading global experts in oceanography, environmental science, and climate change. The result is an intimate, humorous, and chilling plea for a Darwinian leap forward—one that urges us to adapt in the face of extinction.

Alanna Mitchell says the ocean “holds the switch of life.” So why do we know—and care—so little about it?
Following the path of her award-winning book of the same name, Sea Sick is an exploration of a subject we ignore at our own peril. Her curiosity led her to a startling realization: the oceans are in grave danger, and their degradation poses a profound threat to human life. The staging is simple: a chalkboard and a table. That, and her words, are all Mitchell needs to keep us riveted. Her work is personal, scientific, and political—and in all three dimensions, it is a revelation.

Logic of the worst

By: Étienne Lepage, in collaboration with Frédérick Gravel

This performance introduces five performers who delve into the concept of “the worst.” Through anecdotal stories, demonstrations, and flights of fantasy, “the worst” reveals itself as a potent philosophical acid—one that exposes our relationship with the world, casting a playful yet relentless light from which not even the performers can hide.