FLUSH (2021)

Assistant Director
Shaw Festival
June 2021

One of the greatest love stories of all time, seen through the eyes of a dog. Not any old dog: Flush was the subject of some delightful verses by Elizabeth Barrett, the invalid poet who amazed the world by eloping with Robert Browning. Virginia Woolf’s ‘biography’ of one of history’s greatest cocker spaniels is a comic masterpiece about much more than a dog.

While this process was certainly not what I expected, I had a wonderful time learning from Artistic Director TC. Given the state of the pandemic at this time, we presented the show both outdoors and indoors, creating new and unique challenges that were fun to work with—particularly because of the puppetry work throughout this production.

Based on the novella by Virginia Woolf
Adapted by Tim Carroll
Directed by Tim Carroll
Featuring Julie Lumsden, Drew Plummer, Travis Seetoo, and Jacqueline Thair
Design by Hanne Loosen
Lighting Design by Nick Andison
Puppetry by Alexandra Montagnese