Redstart

NCT's debut production was an experimental one-act produced as a live draft reading at Nextfest and as a full production in the Garneau Theatre during the 2015 Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Redstart is the cascading story of Remedy Redstart, a broken down fortune telling machine in one reality, and a man in another. As a machine, Remedy meets Thomas, who owns a carnival. When Thomas reads the tarot cards he is given, Remedy finds himself dragged into an alternate reality. In this timeline, Remedy is confronted by the mysterious actress Esmeralda. Affected by the transfixing powers she holds contained in a blue silk flower, Remedy is led from scene to scene, and lifetime to lifetime, following Esmeralda's every beck and call with less and less resolve. As time passes, Remedy spirals toward the very desolation plaguing the carnival; the metaphysical maze he might never escape.

Approximate running time: 55 minutes

Edmonton Fringe Production

August 2015
Venue: The Garneau Theatre

COMPANY
ESMERALDA: Sydney Williams
REMEDY REDSTART: Daniel Greenways
THOMAS: Andres Moreno
Director: Rain Mair
Sound Design: Connell Stinnissen

SPECIAL THANKS
Art Design: Evan Klapstein
Script Mentorship: Colleen Murphy
Script Mentorship & Equipment Loan: Vern Slipetz
Equipment Loan: Linette Smith
Rehearsal Space: St. Paul's United Church
Benefactors: Pat & Matthew Greenways
Preshow Music: David Unsworth
Photographs: Bob Olson

Nextfest Reading

June 2015
Venue: The Mercury Theatre

COMPANY
ESMERALDA - Raelynn Desmarais
REMEDY REDSTART - Daniel Greenways
THOMAS - Jonathan Maertens-Poole
Director: Feo P-S
Project Mentor: Andrew Ritchie