In the Unseen World: Important story in need of polishing
In the Unseen World, performed at the new LabO “black box” theatre space, is a devised theatre performance directed by University of Ottawa MFA directing student Vivi Sørensen. The piece is a reaction to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and the performance moves between a present day Inuk journalist writing a story on the topic and traditional myths. Sørensen, originally from Nuuk, Greenland, is particularly interested in working with storytelling, influenced by old Inuit stories she heard throughout her childhood. Her love of the form is evident in her mastery of it. The strongest and most beautiful parts of the performance are during the storytelling portions. So much so that the performance, which is full of potential, ends up uneven as a consequence.