— Reneltta Arluk wanted to acknowledge the origins of the story told in her Statford Festival production “The Breathing Hole,” so the director took the project to the North. “When you put Indigenous people onstage, Indigenous people sit in the audience, too,” she added. “It is Inuit that is feeling the impact of climate change because of the gasses, chemicals that go up, because of how pollutants travel to the North. “When you’re having these discussions about climate change, it’s not going to go back — it’s only going to go forward. …“We have to accept climate change like we have to accept death — and we’re still deniers.”“The Breathing Hole” will be onstage at Stratford’s Studio Theatre until Sept. 22.

Source: National Post August 17, 2017 20:48 UTC