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Through the Eyes is a play about seeing: about how a great artist offers a new way of looking at the world, and about how when we tell a story, we see new details and come to new conclusions about the story and our place within it. Through the Eyes is told from the view of an unnamed courtier assigned to serve as Gianlorenzo Bernini’s translator while the great artist sculpts a portrait of King Louis XIV. In an opulent and dangerous world, bristling with cruelty and intrigue, tyrannized by passion and violence, the courtier steers Bernini through a maze of political conspiracies and consoles him through his many disputes with the impetuous and wilful King.
Inspired by modern Influencer culture and using the lens of social media, mediating technology, and “curated feeds,” this contemporary re-interpretation of a Classic Canadian play invites audiences into a world of 21st Century Baroque intrigue where the stakes are high and self-presentation is everything.