The Story
A woman living in a retirement home is slowly consumed by a larva attached to her body, becoming increasingly isolated when no one believes her. Together, they enter a strange landscape populated by her memories, where the larva is at home and the woman is increasingly lost, forcing her to confront a past she has tried to bury.
Creative Team
Saman Shahi is a Juno and Dora Nominated composer, and conductor based in Toronto with a global track record of notable performances, commissions, broadcasts and publications. He is a Member of the Canadian League of Composers, the Canadian Music Centre and SOCAN. He is the Music Director of the Peterborough Concert band, a Teaching Artist with the Canadian Opera Company, and the Artist in Residence with the Pro Coro Canada (2026-2028). His composition albums, “Breathing in the Shadows” [Leaf Music – Juno Nominated], “Microlocking” [People|Places| Records], and “Fragments” [Redshift] were released in 2020, 2021 and 2026. https://samanshahimusic.com/
Rachel Gray is a Dora Award-nominated interdisciplinary artist, director, and librettist based in Ottawa, Canada. Working across visual art, film, performance, and opera, she creates collaborative, immersive works. She co-founded several artist collectives, including Island of Listeners, Ghost Rooster and Project INK exploring disability, cross-sensory translation, and relationships between human and non-human worlds. https://www.rachelgray.art