Rolly’s Garage
124 Ossington Ave, Toronto
SummerWorks Theatre Festival
August 6 - 16 2009

Conception and Direction: Jordan Tannahill
Featuring: Adam Burgess, Sarah Finn, Tawiah M'carthy, Amelia Sargisson, and Marika Schwandt
Technical Direction: Rebecca Powell
Assistant Technical Direction: Nick Rose
Set Design: Julia Chemij
Hand-Drawn Animation: Bruce Tannahill


The Art of Catching Pigeons by Torchlight invites you into a massive blanket fort where you will come face to face with various real-life figures from Toronto ’s night shift. Through projection, shadow puppetry, and a-capella singing, the secrets, desires, and dreams of high school janitors, male prostitutes, Tim Horton’s workers, and obstetricians come to life. Part DIY-planetarium, part anthropological mystery tour… it’s a sleepover ghost story in your best friend’s basement, this time with all of Toronto invited.

Awards and Reviews
The Spotlight Award (SummerWorks 2009)
“NNNN” – Critics Pick, NOW Magazine
“…a captivating performance” – Eye Weekly
“…a unique, fascinating piece of theatre” – The Torontoist