who knew grannie: a dub aria is about four cousins who reunite for the burial of their matriarch. They go back to Jamaica and reclaim their past and discover who they are through childhood games, songs and powerful memories. On the wings of the symbolic
sankofa bird, the cousins go on a powerful cathartic journey full of joy, laughter and pain to the music of the heart and the drums of their homeland.
Producer: Obsidian Theatre in association with Factory Theatre
Considered one of Canada's most innovative multidisciplinary artists, Tanya Mars' new work explores the senses, as influenced by the images in the medieval tapestry
Tenture de la Dame a la Licorn: taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell, and "mon seule desire."
Producer: Tanya Mars
Running time: 7 hours, audience can drop in throughout the run of the show
A witty, razor-sharp international hit by multi-award-winner Yasmina Reza exploring the nature of friendship while examining the definition of art. Starring Peter Donaldson, Colin Mochrie and Evan Buliung.
Toronto's
"Best Movement Based Theatre Company" presents a poetic and darkly hopeful tale inspired by one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest plays.
Birnam Wood weaves together the dreams and memories of a forest with our own inimitable physical style.
Producer: Theatre Rusticle in association with Theatre Passe Muraille
“Pack up your troubles in the old kitbag… It’s a long way to Tipperary…
Keep the home fires burning…” These were the songs that provided a
soundtrack to the loss of millions of young lives during the “war to
end all wars”. This seminal musical celebrates the spirit of a
generation while skewering the absurdity and futility of war.