Perched high on the seventh-storey ledge of an apartment building, a man is preparing to jump.

As the lives of the building's eccentric residents are revealed through nearby windows, the man comes to realize that every one of them has a reason to jump - and that he just may be the most rational of them all! This production marks the 20th anniversary of two-time Governor General's Award-winner Morris Panych's breakthrough play. The internationally successful, life-affirming story about a man searching for meaning is a landmark in the Canadian theatre canon. This touchingly funny, surrealist play is about the surprises that come when you take your life into your own hands. Peter Anderson reprises his Jessie Award-nominated role. 

In co-production with Theatre Calgary

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AWARDS
1990 Six Jessie Richardson Awards including Outstanding Original Play
1990 Governor General's Award nomination
1991 Four Dora Mavor Moore Awards

REVIEWS
"Panych mixes Magritte, Sartre, Woody Allen, and the Book of Job with Buster Keaton and Magic Realism.  It's a special chemistry with special results." - CBC Radio

"Stunningly theatrical, endlessly witty, and cruelly clear-headed" - The Georgia Straight, Vancouver

"a slick, polished Fellini-esque freefall...a witty must-see" - Toronto Sun

"sweet and funny...with a wry incongruity...well-conceived" - The New York Times

Written by Morris Panych
Directed by Dean Paul Gibson
Starring Peter Anderson

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