In short: 

We're a group of diverse theatre artists who are adapting Coleridge's famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner into a contemporary theatrical production that delves into modern issues of war, destruction and the environment. We have a co-production lined up with Guelph Little Theatre for July 7-9 (2011), following which we will be mounting the production in Toronto, venue TBD. We are also looking to tour this project to schools, where we can help a younger generation access dense "academic" text and explore ways in which it is currently relevant.

To go further into it:

The performance aims to deconstruct urban images in a natural setting and explore themes of isolation and redemption. Through the eyes of six students with their six desks and six chairs, the world painted by Coleridge will be manifested and adapted. In that journey, the goal is to analyze the chemical and emotional response to drug euphoria and subsequent depression of the poet which followed his life after this work.

Though the opiate illusion stands as the framework of the piece, the true story remains as in the poem. It is the struggle of realism and the supernatural, creation of man and creation of nature and the conflict of the two coexisting. Those embarking on that journey have been hand selected performers from various training backgrounds and walks of life. Emily Nixon is a classically trained performer whose workshops in India for Shakespeare performance have lead to great recognition abroad. Andrew Pimento is highly active in Queer Cab and works often with independent companies around the city, he also is a first year acting student at Ryerson Theatre School. Emily Hughes is a Ryerson Graduate with an extensive background in aerial performance art, working as a contemporary circus artist and in the independent theatre scene of Toronto. Graeme Black Robinson is just starting education with George Brown College in tandem with Soulpepper Theatre and has advanced training in puppetry and Pachinko clown with focus on musical theatre.  Virgilia Ashton is a Caribbean -Canadian performer with heavy training in movement and body, and Eve Wylden is a veteran performer of the Toronto Indie scene having trained at University of Toronto, she has worked in numerous Summerworks shows and world premieres of works including Miss Toronto.

The director, Joseph Pagnan, uses a style of work that often embodies a highly stylized reality in both visually demanding scenography and high physical and rigid movement.  He is a huge supporter of blind casting and throughout the duration of the production each role will be explored by both male and female performers; questioning the role of gender in the performing arts and the empowerment of storytelling as a vehicle to break boundaries of both societal normative and perceived notion.