What do Beowulf, Bambi and The Terminator have in common? They all feature in MINE, an experimental production from Vancouver's Theatre Replacement. The show is created by Maiko Yamamoto, her teenage son Hokuto MacDuff and collaborators, and explores mother and son relationships through Minecraft™!
Using the wildly popular, best-selling video game of all time, gamers and performers from 12 to 50 years old enact parent-child narratives from pop culture and personal experiences, live on stage. Follow the journey from Grendel to Beowulf, through the woods to Bambi, to a mother-son prophecy filled with time travel and cyborgs featuring “Sarah Connor” and her son in The Terminator. Inspired by the real-life relationship between Theatre Replacement’s Artistic Director, Maiko Yamamoto, and her 12-year-old son's obsession with Minecraft™, MINE opens us up to expansive and strange new territories in this production for adults and kids age 10+
Credits: Theatre Replacement, Vancouver, Canada