Breaking Plates

A unique hybrid of documentary, silent film, drama and dance, 'Breaking Plates' puts revolutionary women of the past on the screen with present day filmmakers. Contemporary women talk to characters from 100 years ago, reanimate their antics and emulate their mayhem moves. As early 21st century performers step into the clothes of their early 20th century counterparts, battling their haywire machines, exploding gags, and eruptive bodies, they learn to wield humour as a weapon against the structures that contain them today.

Cast

Violette Ayad

as Violette

Karen Pearlman

as

Richard James Allen

as Handsome Hank

Julie-Anne Long

as The Domestic Help

Emma Watkins

as Em Mayhem

Jadzea Allen

as Jaz

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