A violin sits centre stage under a spotlight as an ethereal soundscape fills the room from the many speakers which surround the playing space. This violin, and the musician who wields it, are asking you to listen to the stories they’re about to tell in their own ways. Leslie Ting’s What Brings You In tracks…
Once upon a time there was an older lady who found herself walking through the woods. She doesn’t know it yet, but she is on the journey of a lifetime. But will she make it to Bremen? Gather ‘round to hear Gregory Prest’s haunting fable Bremen Town, a story about finding yourself while finding your…
They’re back, witches! The Sanderson Sisters are returning to the land of the living for one night only, and you are their invited guests. But will you make it out alive? Join Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Sapphira Cristál, and Landon Cirder as they bring the magic of Hokus Pokus Live!, and the power of drag, to…
After a brief hiatus, The Confidential Musical Theatre Project is coming back to Toronto! The show and casting is a total secret! Audiences won’t know which musical they’re seeing until they arrive! I got to ask Taylor Long, one of the project’s lead artists, about what the experience of The Confidential Musical Theatre Project is…
Generations of fighters, of freedom seekers, of tenacious Sankofa women come to a beautiful culmination in the being of Benu Sankofa. The final play in The Sankofa Trilogy, word! sound! powah! takes on issues old and new as Benu and The Poets in Solidarity long for a truly independent Jamaica. This last instalment of the…
This review most definitely contains spoilers. If you just want to go on the ride that is Slave Play, then I highly recommend doing so. As per Canadian Stage’s website, “Slave Play contains nudity, sexual content, simulated sexual violence, and racially violent language. Recommended for audiences 18+ only.” But if you’d like to know a…
benu – Watah Theatre and The Theatre Centre In the second play, benu, Sekesu Sankofa, Mudgu’s offspring, battles postpartum depression while navigating the alienation, invisibility and abuse Black womyn experience in the healthcare system. September 30 – October 5, also October 11 and 12 (Marathon Weekend) Franco Boni Theatre at The Theatre Centre – 1115…
A great deal of things can happen in the span of fifteen years: people move, fall in love, get new jobs...or they don’t, or rather, they can’t. And when that past comes knocking at your office door, when you sweep her into your trash-filled lunch room, what then? David Harrower’s Blackbird, in an intimate new…
Gather ‘round, little ones! Granny’s got tamarind balls and a story for you. A story about a bird woman who creates the world, and one of her creations, Sekesu Sankofa and how she makes a little creation of her own. The next instalment of The Sankofa Trilogy, benu, has made its nest at the Franco…
Step right up! Don’t be shy! Karnak knows your future, he even knows when you’ll die. Karnak can grant wishes, too, if you want it most. What have you done with the time you were given? Are you worthy of a second chance at life, or did you Ride the Cyclone never to return? Jacob…
A View from the Box 