300 TAPES

Imagine recording your life on 100 tapes. Record. Rewind. Play. Listen. Stop.

Three men recorded their lives onto 100 tapes each for this intimate archive of fact and fiction that explores how our memories and identity are shaped (and warped) by time, our own ideas of ourselves and the eyes (and ears) of others.

With a ground breaking sound design, a choreography of our everyday twitches and three performers revealing everything, this bold experiment in storytelling thoughtfully and playfully provokes and questions identity, memory, perception and authenticity. 

Co-created by: Ame Henderson and Bobby Theodore

Created with and performed by: Joe Cobden, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Brendan Gall

Sound: Anna Friz
Scenography: Trevor Schwellnus
Costumes: Bojana Stancic
Dramaturgy: Vicki Stroich
Stage Manager and Archivist: Gillian Lewis

Produced by Public Recordings

Co-production: Alberta Theatre Projects and The Theatre Centre

Developed as part of The Theatre Centre’s Residency Program

Support: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council

Premiere November 2010 The Theatre Centre, Toronto

Photo: Bobby Theodore