The Folding Wife

Overview

Hybrid art is an exciting byproduct of our shrinking planet. As cultures detach from their geographic origins, they slip like quicksilver between one another to produce fascinating happenings. In The Folding Wife, the merging of different practices — poetry, physical theatre and shadow play — are as much content as they are form; they are material evidence of the trans-cultural experience of many modern families.

Writer Paschal Daantos Berry draws on her own experiences and anecdotes to present the tale of three Filipina women, Clare, Dolores and Grace, who are each compelled to strike out and seek a new homeland. Produced by Urban Theatre Projects, The Folding Wife crafts space and time, like folding and creasing paper, to shape a tale of our ever-shifting, hybrid world.