The Watershed is Porte Parole’s most recent collaboration with Crow’s Theatre (Toronto) and acclaimed director Chris Abraham. In this sprawling political story – but also Annabel Soutar’s most personal documentary to date – a Montreal theatre artist leads her own family on a cross-country journey, investigating the forces that are shaping the future of our natural resources. Encountering leading freshwater scientists, government officials, activists and business leaders along the way, The Watershed captures Canada in a moment of acute political reflection in an increasingly polarized landscape.
The Watershed was co-produced with Crow’s Theatre (Toronto) and commissioned by the Arts and Culture program of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. Also developed in part through The Collaborations, an initiative of the Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre. Script development support provided by Playwright’s Workshop Montreal.
