Speaking vibrations
by Jo-Anne Bryan, Carmelle Cachero, King Kimbit & Jordan Samonas
May 24–Jun 4
Speaking Vibrations is an immersive, inclusive and multi-sensory experience in ASL song/poetry, music, rhythm tap & dance.
a single sign told a story.
she lifts her hand. sound moved through her and within me.
she signs my sensations. my fears and dreams fell out in her rhythm.
something stirs in me.
what happens when I come into contact with a body in all its forms?when I see in my feet, hear in my hands and speak in vibrations?
Past Shows
Daisy
by Sean Devine
Nov 30–Dec 17, 2021
A Canadian premiere based on true events, “Daisy” tells the story of the Madison Avenue advertising team that set out to create the first modern political attack ad for the 1964 presidential campaign of Lyndon Johnson. Infamously known as the “Daisy ad,” it ran once and was immediately banned, but its impact is still felt. War was the objective. Peace was the bait. Everyone got duped.
Blissful State of surrender
by Sanita Fejzić
Feb 22–March 6, 2022
“Blissful State of Surrender” is a dramatic comedy about a Bosnian-Canadian family and the continual culture clashes between the parents and their three grownup daughters. This humorous and haunted portrait of the Muslim refugee experience explores the lives of a family coping with long-kept secrets, intergenerational differences and PTSD.
The runner
by Christopher Morris
CANCELLED
Z.A.K.A is an Orthodox Jewish volunteer force in Israel. They collect the remains of Jews killed in accidents. When Jacob, a Z.A.K.A volunteer, treats a young woman suspected of stabbing a soldier, his world is changed forever. A powerful thriller from Toronto’s Human Cargo, winner of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding New Play
Heartlines
by Sarah Waisvisz
Mar 22–Apr 3, 2022
“Heartlines” traces the interaction of love, art, and war as it reimagines the lives of French surrealist and avant-garde artists Lucy Schwob (a.k.a. Claude Cahune) and Suzanne Malherbe (a.k.a. Marcel Moore), who were secretly Jewish, lesbian life partners, active in the French Resistance during the Second World War.