Boil Alert is a hybrid, border-crossing documentary featuring activist Layla Staats as our guide to the struggle of First Nations reserves to receive a basic human right — drinkable water.
TIFF 2023 Spotlight: BOIL ALERT
Boil Alert is a hybrid, border-crossing documentary featuring activist Layla Staats as our guide to the struggle of First Nations reserves to receive a basic human right — drinkable water.
To entice you even more about attending some of the performances at this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival, I have another instalment of my 5 Questions With… series!
Learn more about SummerWorks from another of the six guest curators, Alison Wong 黃巧文, a director, producer, and performance maker born in Hong Kong and now based in Treaty 13 territory, also known as Toronto.
In getting you ready for the 2023 SummerWorks Performance Festival, I bring you another spotlight interview with one of the six guest curators.
I return with my 5 Questions With… Series with Aria Evans, a queer, Toronto based, West Coast born award winning interdisciplinary artist who’s practice spans dance, theatre and film.
The SummerWorks Performance Festival returns to Toronto with a wide range of artistic programming that invites audiences to gather together to create new connections with one another and experience the palpable joys of intimacy, ephemerality, and community.
The online film academy, The Art of Documentary (AOD) was founded by Mark Bone and Michael Del Monte. AOD was founded to provide a course and a community that helps advance a more well-rounded filmmaker and gain access to professional opportunities.
Michael recently spoke with me this week to share more info about AOD and their inaugural Art of Documentary Film Festival taking place this Saturday, July 15th at Innis Town Hall in Toronto.
Frankenstein(esque) brings five artists together along with a 6 foot tall puppet in a loose understanding of Mary Shelley’s original novel, along with conflicting views on parenting and art.
After a sold-out run in 2021, as well as seven Dora nominations and two wins (Outstanding Performance by an Individual & the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award), Guild Festival Theatre‘s (GFT) Alice In Wonderland will make a spectacular return to Guild Park before touring to theatres across the province.
Creator/performer Sébastien Heins invites Toronto to a joyous, high-octane, deeply personal adventure story, all experienced at the touch of a button. Video games, theatre and memoir collide in No Save Points as Heins places the control(er) in the hands of the audience, entrusting them to pilot his performance using state-of-the-art motion capture and haptic technology.
Intimate and innovative, the piece is inspired by the real-life story of Heins’ mother being diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, a rare genetic illness. No Save Points is crafted for gamers and theatre-lovers alike.
Dr. Dwight Chapin practices medical acupuncture and Active Release Technique™, a non-invasive treatment to locate and quickly resolve soft-tissue disorders. He also co-owns and operates a large multi-disciplinary clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, and has led corporate wellness programs for nationally-recognized corporations, including The Globe and Mail, Canada Post, and General Mills Canada Corporation.
Mexican-Canadian composer Luis Ramirez returns to speak about this latest composition, PICANTE, set to premiere with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) later this month.
Some of you may recall, Ramirez and I spoke last year about his career and being one of three early-career composers part of the TSO’s NextGen Composers initiative. This initiative is part of TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno’s commitment to supporting and developing Canadian talent.
Coming soon! My interview with @lenorezann abo
