The Upstage Interview: Annabel Soutar on Seeds (FTA)

Eric Peterson (photo credit: Guntar Kravis)

one story may conceal another, much more ominous tale

Upstage and Charlebois Post Contributor Sarah Deshaies spoke with playwright Annabel Soutar about Seeds. Below is an abridged version edited by Estelle Rosen, CharPo Editor-in-Chief.

UPSTAGE:  Usually I write my own intro rather than just quote the press release. But today I want to read to you an excerpt from  the Festival TransAmérique (FTA) program about Seeds.

"Be thrice forewarned. One, every word spoken onstage is a verbatim quote. Two, this is more complicated than David versus Goliath. And three, one story may conceal another, much more ominous tale."

Seeds is a theatrical documentary about a 4 year court case between Saskatchewan  farmers and Monsanto. On the line is Seeds playwright Annabel  Soutar

The Upstage Interview: Annabel Soutar

The Upstage Interview is a weekly feature at CharPo and is a result of The Charlebois Post's partnership with Upstage: Theatre on Radio on CKUT.

CKUT Upstage contributor Alison Louder conducted an interview with Playwright Annabel Soutar. Below is an abridged version of the interview transcribed by Estelle Rosen, CharPo Editor-in-Chief.

Sept. 30, 2006. Laval: the de la Concorde overpass collapses. A multi-million dollar public inquiry is held, negligence is identified but nobody is held responsible. 

A story behind a story.