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Back to Back Theatre

The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes

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Feb 13, 2020–Feb 15, 2020

Thu, Feb 13, 8:00 PM
Fri, Feb 14, 8:00 PM
Sat, Feb 15, 2:00 PM
Sat, Feb 15, 8:00 PM

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$21 members
$24 general public
$13 students

Note: this performance contains mature content.

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Globally recognized Australian company Back to Back Theatre confronts the changing nature of intelligence in contemporary society through a brutally honest public meeting led by five activists with intellectual disabilities.

As the activists gather onstage, we’re invited into a frank and open conversation about a history we’d prefer not to know and a future that’s ambivalent at best. Weaving a narrative through the ethics of mass food production, human rights, the social impact of automation, and the projected dominance of artificial intelligence, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes reminds us that no one is self-sufficient and that, ultimately, we’re all responsible.

Based in the regional center of Geelong, Back to Back Theatre is one of Australia’s most renowned and respected companies. Since 1999, under the artistic direction of Bruce Gladwin, Back to Back has nurtured a unique artistic voice, emphasizing the ensemble's own commentaries on broad social and cultural dialogue. Created through a process of research, improvisation, and scripting, the group realizes new work through collaboration between the ensemble, the artistic director, and guest artists.

"[Back to Back Theatre] have never let the fact that their performers have a range of physical and intellectual disabilities define, or indeed, confine them from pushing and transforming our expectations of what theatre can be."

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The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes

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The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes

Back to Back Theatre, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes, photo: Jeff Busby

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This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from Ohio Arts Council and the Crane Group.

THIS PRESENTATION MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Ohio Arts Council
American Electric Power Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Huntington Bank
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Kaufman Development
Cardinal Health Foundation
Arts Midwest Touring Fund