The Archive of Missing Things by Zuppa Theatre Co.

An audience is led on a digital scavenger hunt of a lost archive, with the help of live actor vignettes, audio excerpts, and an iPad app.  
Attended Summer 2019 at Summerworks in Toronto, ON
 Written and Created by: Zuppa Theatre Co. with Kate Cayley 
Featuring: Miranda Jones, Ursula Calder and Stewart Legere
Narrated by: Gabriel Leblanc 
Directed (production and creation process) by: Alex McLean 
Web design and development by: Ned Zimmerman 
Sound Design by: Brian Riley 
Original Music by: Stewart Legere and Brian Riley 
Technical Director and Production Manager: Jessica Lewis
Costumes by: Andrea Ritchie 
Chief Archivist: Alex McLean 
Original production produced by: Ben Stone 
Featuring in the original production: Kathryn McCormack 
Interns: Tom Niles (Phase 3 Development); Brody Wilkinson-Martin (Phase 2 Development) 
Photos (Halifax) by: Zach Faye 
Photos (Toronto) by: Henry Chan 
​Created in Partnership with: Dalhousie Libraries

“The Archive of Missing Things was founded in order to collect, catalogue and store all missing objects that are in the world. The Archive was built around a secret.”
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The Archive of Missing Things is a contemplative game that happens undercover in a library. Equipped with an iPad and a headset, you have 90 minutes to explore a maze-like archive in search of the secret at its centre. Clues are everywhere: if you look and listen closely enough, you may just notice them. Created by Zuppa with Trillium-Award-winning writer Kate Cayley, The Archive of Missing Things is an online book, a game, and an ambient performance for libraries in the age of rising sea levels.
Awards & Press 
​“a hypnotic experience that takes on more layers of mystery and intrigue as it goes on.” – Now Magazine
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“… one of the most incredible experiences with performance art that I’ve had in recent memory.” – Mooney on Theatre

Selected as one of the Best Productions and Best Ensembles in Now Magazine’s 2019 Summerworks Festival Wrap-Up
Presentations
  • Derelict and Lancaster Arts: Lancaster U.K. 24 September 2019
  • Derelict: Preston U.K. 21 September 2019
  • Derelict: Manchester U.K. 17-18 September 2019
  • International Agatha Christie Festival: Torquay U.K. 11-15 September 2019 
  • Summerworks - The Presentations Series: Toronto ON 13-17 August 2019
  • ​The Good Downey and Chanie Wenjack Legacy Space: Halifax NS 7-8 August 2019
  • Stages Theatre Festival: Halifax NS 15-27 May 2017​​