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The Breathing Hole / Aglu ᐊᒡᓗ

Ottawa, Ontario

November 30, 2022 – December 10, 2022

Presented by
National Arts Centre

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With extraordinary design featuring large-scale puppetry and an outstanding cast of 16 actors, The Breathing Hole / Aglu ᐊᒡᓗ is a masterful feat of stagecraft and imagination.

In 1535, after experiencing an unsettling vision of the future, an Inuk woman named Hummiktuq adopts a polar bear cub. Dramatic and humorous, The Breathing Hole / Aglu ᐊᒡᓗ follows the bear as he takes the audience on an epic five century journey from a tiny Inuit community, through the tragic Franklin Expedition, and into a 21st century ravaged by climate change. The play is presented in English and Inuktut.

Credits:

Written by Colleen Murphy
With Siobhan Arnatsiaq-Murphy
Nattilingmiutut Language Direction by Nilaulaaq Miriam Aglukkaq
Nattilingmiutut Translation by Janet Tamalik McGrath
Directed by Reneltta Arluk

An NAC English Theatre and Indigenous Theatre Co-production.