While her mother slowly loses her vision, optometrist Leslie Ting makes a career change to pursue her dream of becoming a professional musician. After her mother dies suddenly, Leslie, now a violinist, listens to the silence to discover what she never saw before.
Speculation is a theatrical concert with an immersive visual design based on the experience of vision loss. A monologue interweaved with live performances of Beethoven and John Cage tells a mother-daughter story of loss and listening.
“Speculation is outstanding, beautiful, and profoundly moving. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”
“Speculation articulated for the first time things I’ve felt to be true, but never surfaced consciously ... unlike anything I’ve experienced in the classical realm. ”
“...very moving and very intelligent....the most worthwhile artistic performance (or artistic anything) I’ve attended in the past five years.”
“It was mesmerizing for me...the story of mothers and daughters, told in such a beautiful way.”
Photo: Melissa Sung
We are so excited for our upcoming Canadian dates in 2019/20!
We need your help to share this powerful work with new audiences. SPECULATION is only made possible through the generosity of our donors and sponsors.
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SPECULATION is pleased to be in partnership with Chamber Factory: Works for Small Ensembles.
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Please say hello! This show is available for touring, it has presented in a black box theatre, an 18th century church and soon, a former furniture factory.
