Hunger Strike

SNTC IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE RETURN OF THE CIRCLE OF VOICES PRODUCTION

Emerging Métis writer Sarah Vermette has collaborated closely with the youth from the Circle of Voices to write Hunger Strike. Inspired by the Idle No More movement, the play strives to inform all people that the earth's natural resources are dwindling and this should not be taken lightly. Hunger Strike follows the story of a young pregnant girl named Sage, who is struggling to live in a world where healthy food, clean water and air are highly regulated commodities controlled by an oppressive "utopian" government. The play marks the end of SNTC’s 2012/2013 Circle of Voices (COV) theatre training program. This is the tenth COV program since 1999, a unique culturally grounded program that pairs Aboriginal youth with cultural leaders and theatre professionals in the community.