On February 22nd 2010 come back in time with us to the birth of the Jazz era.
Harlem Fantasia is a fundraiser forthe Renaissance Theatre Company's
Production of
The Language of the Heart
A new musical set in the Harlem Renaissance of 1920’s New York
Join us for an evening of music with Canadian Jazz legends
Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny
And members of the cast
Sterling Jarvis
Jewelle Blackman
as we celebrate the music of the 1920's
Feb 22nd, 6 pm
$25 advance
$30 at the door
Silent Auction
Hugh's Room
2261 Dundas St. W
(416) 531-6604
www.hughsroom.com
www.freewebs.com/thelanguageoftheheart
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Brockton Wrters Series 5
Join us Tuesday February 2, 7-9pm at Zoots Cafe, 1438 Dundas Street West, to hear readings by:
Carey Toane
teenah edan
monica rosas
Carey Toane is a Toronto-based journalist and poet who has lived in Alberta, Finland, and the Middle East. She spends her spare time editing her grandmother's journals, translating poems from Finnish, and investigating the social histories of domesticated plants and animals. She is the grants coordinator of the 2009 Scream Literary Festival in Toronto, where she is also the host of the reading series Pivot at the Press Club. Her poems have been published in CV2, This Magazine and Peter O'Toole: A magazine of one-line poems. Her chapbook, Ministry of the Environment, was released in 2008 on Bench Press.
teenah edan is a literary curator and writer. Her work has been published in TOK: Writing the New Toronto and has appeared in a number of literary installations across the city, including the ARCFest Human Rights Festival, Doors Open Toronto and most recently as part of the Public Realm exhibit at The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. In May 2009, she was a finalist in the Toronto Arts Council Foundation's Get Lit! Competition.
LA LOBA - mónica rosas is an educator/agitator/artist whose work aims to challenge and provoke community discussion on gender, the environment and the visible minority experience. A second-generation Colombian-Peruvian, Canadian she grew up in Ontario’s one and only city of steel, Hamilton. She has since traveled and worked in Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil and Toronto writing and teaching English and Drama. mónica is the author of Inside Out a collection of poetry published by Lyrical Myrical. She is the curator of Cha Cha, a yearly women's literary event in Toronto on the topic of sexuality and she is working on her first novel entitled, Salt Water & Cinammon Skin with Tightrope Books. Visit her @ www.monicarosas.com
There will also be a 15 minute open mic session at the end. Please sign up at 6:50pm for this. There will be three 5 minute spots.
Free! Books, drinks and other goodies available for sale. Lots of time for neighbourly chat.
If you a writer who lives, works, hangs out in the Brockton area (loosely defined as the West Toronto neighbourhood bordered by Lansdowne, College, Queen and Gladstone--but we're flex about geography), contact farzanadoctor@rogers.com to be included in a future event.
All genres, experience level, ages, styles etc welcome!
Carey Toane
teenah edan
monica rosas
Carey Toane is a Toronto-based journalist and poet who has lived in Alberta, Finland, and the Middle East. She spends her spare time editing her grandmother's journals, translating poems from Finnish, and investigating the social histories of domesticated plants and animals. She is the grants coordinator of the 2009 Scream Literary Festival in Toronto, where she is also the host of the reading series Pivot at the Press Club. Her poems have been published in CV2, This Magazine and Peter O'Toole: A magazine of one-line poems. Her chapbook, Ministry of the Environment, was released in 2008 on Bench Press.
teenah edan is a literary curator and writer. Her work has been published in TOK: Writing the New Toronto and has appeared in a number of literary installations across the city, including the ARCFest Human Rights Festival, Doors Open Toronto and most recently as part of the Public Realm exhibit at The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. In May 2009, she was a finalist in the Toronto Arts Council Foundation's Get Lit! Competition.
LA LOBA - mónica rosas is an educator/agitator/artist whose work aims to challenge and provoke community discussion on gender, the environment and the visible minority experience. A second-generation Colombian-Peruvian, Canadian she grew up in Ontario’s one and only city of steel, Hamilton. She has since traveled and worked in Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil and Toronto writing and teaching English and Drama. mónica is the author of Inside Out a collection of poetry published by Lyrical Myrical. She is the curator of Cha Cha, a yearly women's literary event in Toronto on the topic of sexuality and she is working on her first novel entitled, Salt Water & Cinammon Skin with Tightrope Books. Visit her @ www.monicarosas.com
There will also be a 15 minute open mic session at the end. Please sign up at 6:50pm for this. There will be three 5 minute spots.
Free! Books, drinks and other goodies available for sale. Lots of time for neighbourly chat.
If you a writer who lives, works, hangs out in the Brockton area (loosely defined as the West Toronto neighbourhood bordered by Lansdowne, College, Queen and Gladstone--but we're flex about geography), contact farzanadoctor@rogers.com to be included in a future event.
All genres, experience level, ages, styles etc welcome!
New series of workshops for Asian-origin youth begins this week at Asian Arts Freedom School!!
Every Wednesday from 6:00-8:30pm
February 3 - March 24, 2010
at Kapisanan
167 Augusta Ave. (in Kensington Market)
8 weeks of creative writing workshops
with Kenji Tokawa and guests
featuring the stuff they don't teach you in school:
Feb 3 – Asian
Feb 10 – the starts of Asians in Canada; the Continuous Journey
Feb 17 – Indigenous solidarity for Asian communities
Feb 24 – getting organized: community-based arts and activism for asian youth w Mary Auxi Guiao
Mar 3 – family secrets and moving across borders
Mar 10 – headlines; rex v. singh
Mar 17 – organizing in this city NOW! w Punam Khosla
Mar 24 – living in a black and white world
all workshops are free, have snacks and ttc tokens, and are run for asian* youth (aka asian folks under 29).
February 3 - March 24, 2010
at Kapisanan
167 Augusta Ave. (in Kensington Market)
8 weeks of creative writing workshops
with Kenji Tokawa and guests
featuring the stuff they don't teach you in school:
Feb 3 – Asian
Feb 10 – the starts of Asians in Canada; the Continuous Journey
Feb 17 – Indigenous solidarity for Asian communities
Feb 24 – getting organized: community-based arts and activism for asian youth w Mary Auxi Guiao
Mar 3 – family secrets and moving across borders
Mar 10 – headlines; rex v. singh
Mar 17 – organizing in this city NOW! w Punam Khosla
Mar 24 – living in a black and white world
all workshops are free, have snacks and ttc tokens, and are run for asian* youth (aka asian folks under 29).
Esta Spalding moderates next LIFT OUT LOUD reading
ESTA SPALDING
(Flashpoint, Republic of Love, Falling Angels, DaVinci’s Inquest)
WHEN ST. CHRISTOPHER SLEEPS
written by Matt Hilliard-Forde
When a detective is forced to confront her own demons during an investigation of a vicious killer -- and two strangers who meet on the road find their true personalities revealed -- they are pushed to brutal extremes, and three lives are changed forever.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
7:00 pm Admission: $5
XPACE - 58 Ossington Avenue (just north of Queen street)
Writer Matt Hilliard-Forde is a filmmaker based in Toronto. He is the writer, director and co-producer of the indie feature Long Hot Summer and the writer/director of a number of shorts, including the award-winning The Hall, and Running Towards Tomorrow. When St Christopher Sleeps is his second feature screenplay.
*FREE PIZZA will be served across the street at The Ossington Meet & Greet after the event.
To submit a script for a future reading or for more information please visit us at www.lift.on.ca/mt/liftoutloud.
Neighbourhood Arts Network launched
Toronto Arts Foundation, in partnership with Art Starts, launches the Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto’s first network dedicated to supporting art-making in neighbourhoods throughout the city.
In consultation with over 120 community leaders and artists, Toronto Arts Foundation conceived and developed the Neighbourhood Arts Network as part of its Creative City: Block by Block Program to serve as a catalyst in neighbourhood transformation by supporting and fostering more creative collaboration between artists, community organizations and local residents.
“From street safety to reclaiming parks for community use to engaging disaffected teens, artists bring fresh, creative energy into Toronto’s neighbourhoods. We are working to help Toronto become a more creative and more liveable city and we believe community-engaged arts programs will play a major role in neighbourhood transformation city-wide,” stated Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director of Toronto Arts Foundation.
For more information see: www.neighbourhoodartsnetwork.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
EL NUMERO UNO by Pamela Mordecai
The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People brings to life Pamela Mordecai's delightful, original Caribbean fable, EL NUMERO UNO to their Mainstage for a limited time.
The production opens on January 31, 2010.
For full details, go to: www.lktyp.ca/en/current/elnumerouno.cfm
The production opens on January 31, 2010.
For full details, go to: www.lktyp.ca/en/current/elnumerouno.cfm
Public Realm
Tina Eden, one of the original Diaspora Dialogues mentees, was mentored as a poet in DD's inaugural year. She has an installation called I See You- ICU in Public Realm.
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Public Realm
An exhibition curated by Christopher Hume
January 20-31, 2010
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
984 Queen Street West, Toronto
Wed/Sat 12-6 p.m.
Sunday 12-5 p.m.
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts’ annual curated exhibition for 2009/10 is an exhibition of ideas and art work that respond to the public realm. Christopher Hume, the architecture critic and urban issues columnist of the Toronto Star has posed the challenge, to artists and urbanists, to re-imagine and break the rules that deserve to be broken in the spaces in which we live, work and play. He has asked that, what we have always accepted in the public realm, be re-examined and re-animated.
In a wide range of approaches, Public Realm proposes the rethinking and use of the myriad areas of urban life, from buildings and open spaces, to street furniture.
SUCH CREATURES at Theatre Passe Muraille
Such Creatures
A world premiere produced by Theatre Passe Muraille
Written by Judith Thompson
Directed by Brian Quirt
Developed by Nightswimming
Previews Jan 14 – 19, opens Jan 20, runs to Feb 6
Two deeply-linked monologues show us the astonishing courage and resilience of young human beings
during earth shattering moments. Each piece introduces us to a fifteen-year- old girl: the first speaks to us
from contemporary Toronto, and the second from Auschwitz, 1945. Thanks to their shared love of
Shakespeare, each girl believes in miracles when there is almost no hope and in humour when there is
nothing but fear. Theatre Passe Muraille is excited to welcome Judith back 30 years after her first work,
The Crackwalker, burst onto its Backspace stage. Above: Michaela Washburn
A world premiere produced by Theatre Passe Muraille
Written by Judith Thompson
Directed by Brian Quirt
Developed by Nightswimming
Previews Jan 14 – 19, opens Jan 20, runs to Feb 6
Two deeply-linked monologues show us the astonishing courage and resilience of young human beings
during earth shattering moments. Each piece introduces us to a fifteen-year- old girl: the first speaks to us
from contemporary Toronto, and the second from Auschwitz, 1945. Thanks to their shared love of
Shakespeare, each girl believes in miracles when there is almost no hope and in humour when there is
nothing but fear. Theatre Passe Muraille is excited to welcome Judith back 30 years after her first work,
The Crackwalker, burst onto its Backspace stage. Above: Michaela Washburn
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A Midwinter Night's Dream
A Diaspora Dialogues upcoming event this February!
For information, go to: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=250886016882
For information, go to: http://www.facebook.com/event.
New Course at the Toronto Women's Bookstore with Anna Camelleri this February
STORY LAB:
a five-week memoir writing workshop with Anna Camilleri
Story Lab is a five-week writing intensive that focuses on narrative and scene-based action, and how to weave them to build stories with momentum, and clarity of voice.
Participants will work with elements including tension, conflict, dialogue, point of view, compressed and stretched time— particular attention will be paid to setting and details, characterization, and structure.
The emphasis is on directed writing practices in a supportive group setting, constructive feedback, and focused discussion.
Story Lab is for writers who wish to develop in their craft.
Instructor-Facilitator Bio:
Anna Camilleri is writer/performer of two one-woman shows, and critically-acclaimed author of I Am a Red Dress, editor of Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts, co-editor of Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, and writer/director of two CBC radio works. Camilleri recently performed at the Queer Literary Kinships Symposium in Gent, Belgium, and with SweLL, at the 10th Annual Pride in Art Festival in Vancouver.
SweLL is the (re)iteration of Taste This—a queer performance troupe that tourerd Canada and US from ‘95-2000, and co-authored Boys Like Her: Transfiction. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l/4733e;www.annacamilleri.com.
STORY LAB - TUESDAY evenings in FEBRUARY and MARCH
FEBRUARY 2, 9, 16 and 23 and MARCH 2
from 6:30pm to 9pm @ TWB
Fee:
$60 (No Refunds). Pre-registration and payment required.
a five-week memoir writing workshop with Anna Camilleri
Story Lab is a five-week writing intensive that focuses on narrative and scene-based action, and how to weave them to build stories with momentum, and clarity of voice.
Participants will work with elements including tension, conflict, dialogue, point of view, compressed and stretched time— particular attention will be paid to setting and details, characterization, and structure.
The emphasis is on directed writing practices in a supportive group setting, constructive feedback, and focused discussion.
Story Lab is for writers who wish to develop in their craft.
Instructor-Facilitator Bio:
Anna Camilleri is writer/performer of two one-woman shows, and critically-acclaimed author of I Am a Red Dress, editor of Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts, co-editor of Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, and writer/director of two CBC radio works. Camilleri recently performed at the Queer Literary Kinships Symposium in Gent, Belgium, and with SweLL, at the 10th Annual Pride in Art Festival in Vancouver.
SweLL is the (re)iteration of Taste This—a queer performance troupe that tourerd Canada and US from ‘95-2000, and co-authored Boys Like Her: Transfiction. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l/4733e;www.annacamilleri.com.
STORY LAB - TUESDAY evenings in FEBRUARY and MARCH
FEBRUARY 2, 9, 16 and 23 and MARCH 2
from 6:30pm to 9pm @ TWB
Fee:
$60 (No Refunds). Pre-registration and payment required.
LOVE IN A PERSIAN MINIATURE: STORIES FROM RUMI (MOLAVI) AND NIZAMI
STORYTELLER: Ariel Balevi
FEBRUARY 14, 2010 from 2-4PM at St. Mary's United Church , 85 Church Street South, ST. MARYS , ONTARIO
Tickets $15 available for reserve via email events@stmarysstory telling.org
Love as a theme has been explored countless times by the great poets of classical Persian literature. The 12th century poet Nizami and the 13th century poet Rumi (Molavi) respectively explore love in its worldly and mystical aspects. Yet neither poet separate these two aspects but rather they are evoked together, every manifestation of love in the world taken as a mirror reflection of the divine.
Both poets have used narrative to evoke love, particularly in two works considered masterpieces of Persian literature which have been illustrated numerous times throughout the centuries in Persian minature painting :the Masnavi and the Haft Paykar.
The Masnavi is one of the longest works of Rumi, demonstrating the great poet's skill as a magical storyteller. It has inspired countless poets and visiual artists throughout the centuries as well as many contemporary novelists and poets. The Masnavi is an intricate tapestry of stories and stories within stories, some as short as a few verses, which Rumi used in his teachings. These stories however are not merely one dimensional moral tales but rather stories open to a multitude of interpretations depending on each listener in each stage of life.
The Haft Paykar is considered by many to be Nizami's masterpiece among his set of five verse romances known as the Khamseh. The romance tells the story of a king of Ancient Iran, Bahram Gur and his marriage to seven princesses, each from a different realm. For the seven princesses he builds a palace of seven pavilions, each with its own colour, each dedicated to one of the planets. When the palace is completed, the king then visits each pavilion where one of the princesses tells him a story that teaches him about love and about himself.
The romance at once exploits a complex network of colour and planetary symbolism, as well as implicitly celebrating cultural diversity in the various points of view which each princess bring to the stories they choose to tell. In each of the pavilion stories is unveiled some aspects of the complexities of love. Yet at the same time the romance uses each of the seven pavilion stories as an episode in the frame story of king's own journey of self-discovery through the seven pavilions
In the first part of the afternoon,a few stories will be told from the Masnavi, while the second part will be taken up with some of the pavilion stories from the Haft Paykar.
For more information:
Email: events@stmarysstory telling.org
Phone: 519-229-6468
Mailing Address
Carol McLeod
Festival Coordinator
St. Marys Storytelling Inc.
2481 Perth Road 163
RR #1,
St. Marys, Ontario
N4X 1C4
Sing for Your Supper
Sing For Your Supper 3.2
Here with a brand new format and an exciting new venue.
The next Sing For Your Supper will take place on
Monday, January 18th
in the back room of
the Cameron House,
408 Queen Street West, 1 block west of Spadina.
Sign up starts at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.
And now for the big news:
Red One Theatre Collective is offering a $500 prize for the development of a new script.
The winner will be determined by YOU, the audience, at each of our monthly SFYS installments!
The winner will be determined by YOU, the audience, at each of our monthly SFYS installments!
- Each month, at the end of the night, everyone will fill out a ballot, voting for their favourite piece of the evening.
- In March 2010, we'll have our first semi-final, where the 4 winners (from November, December, January and February) will stage their pieces again. Everyone will vote, and the top TWO pieces will advance to the next round.
- In August 2010, we'll have our second semi-final, where the next 4 winners (from April, May, June and July) will stage their pieces again. Everyone will vote, and again the top TWO pieces will advance
- In September 2010, Red One Theatre will put together a gala evening, where the top FOUR finalists (the two from each semi-final) will stage their pieces. The audience at the gala will vote for their favourite, and the winner will win $500 to help develop their script!
Now more than ever it's time to come out and support new writing by VOTING for your favourite piece!
It's up to YOU to make sure that the best piece wins!
Otherwise, the SFYS set-up will stay the same. We want to stress that while a little healthy competition is good for the soul, SFYS remains a collaborative, enthusiastic, welcoming environment for new writers and actors to test out their chops. Actors ranging from seasoned pros to those with little or no experience are still encouraged to take on a role, and new writers are still encouraged to submit - you never know, you might end up a winner!
So come on down to the Cameron House on Monday, November 16th and join us for this exciting new writing series! Let the singin' begin!
For more information, contact us at singforyoursuppertoronto@
Dance Works co-presents "The Sneak"
“It is because you are a Very Small Animal that you will be Useful on the Journey.” - A.A. Milne"
Dance Works co-presents "The Sneak"
WHEN: Friday, January 29 at 8:00pm to Saturday, January 30 at 11:00pm
WHERE: Winchester Street Theatre
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=300995197976&mid=1b5999fG26820774G4cb58f6G7
Dance Works co-presents "The Sneak"
WHEN: Friday, January 29 at 8:00pm to Saturday, January 30 at 11:00pm
WHERE: Winchester Street Theatre
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Hiding Words (for You)
Eventual Ashes presents
a multidisciplinary workshop presentation of
Hiding Words (for You)
by Gein Wong
Hiding Words (for You) delves into nushu, a secret language that Chinese women created when they were not allowed to read or write. Set in China on the eve of its biggest 19th Century rebellion, as well as a present-day Canada, where national security has reached an increasingly heightened state, this play examines the relationship between two women who are connected to each other through space and time, following their pursuits to influence social change.
Hiding Words (for you) seamlessly blends together theatre, poetry, spoken word, hip hop, western and chinese classical music, modern dance, classical chinese dance, performance art, and the visual arts.
Featuring: Cara Gee, Elena Juatco, Richard Lee, Jane Luk and Brigitte Tsang
Directed by Marion de Vries
Dramaturgy by Jean Yoon
Music Composition, Sound and Motion Sensing Design by Gein Wong
Choreography by Brigitte Tsang
Video and Set Design by Aries Cheung
Stage Management by Jenna Miller
Production Management and Lighting Design by Shawn Henry
Saturday January 23rd, 8pm
Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St
PWYC, tickets will be available at the door
a multidisciplinary workshop presentation of
Hiding Words (for You)
by Gein Wong
Hiding Words (for You) delves into nushu, a secret language that Chinese women created when they were not allowed to read or write. Set in China on the eve of its biggest 19th Century rebellion, as well as a present-day Canada, where national security has reached an increasingly heightened state, this play examines the relationship between two women who are connected to each other through space and time, following their pursuits to influence social change.
Hiding Words (for you) seamlessly blends together theatre, poetry, spoken word, hip hop, western and chinese classical music, modern dance, classical chinese dance, performance art, and the visual arts.
Featuring: Cara Gee, Elena Juatco, Richard Lee, Jane Luk and Brigitte Tsang
Directed by Marion de Vries
Dramaturgy by Jean Yoon
Music Composition, Sound and Motion Sensing Design by Gein Wong
Choreography by Brigitte Tsang
Video and Set Design by Aries Cheung
Stage Management by Jenna Miller
Production Management and Lighting Design by Shawn Henry
Saturday January 23rd, 8pm
Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St
PWYC, tickets will be available at the door
Friday, January 8, 2010
Jam Session at Trane Studio - TONIGHT!!
Event - The New High. "Serious People with High Ass Standards"
What - a jam session
When - Friday, January 8, 2010, 9 p.m.
Where- Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst Street, Toronto
What - a jam session
When - Friday, January 8, 2010, 9 p.m.
Where- Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Macbeth Reflected
The creators of the acclaimed hit Letters to my Grandma, and the two time Dora award winning Pyaasa
Theatre Jones Roy
presents
Macbeth Reflected
A marriage
Consumed by lust, murder and madness.
The Macbeths are successful, powerful, and madly in love. Then a dream leads them to murder the king. So begins their estrangement, as their lust for power consumes their love.
Using only language from Shakespeare’s original text adapted by director Thomas Morgan Jones, Macbeth Reflected illuminates truths about the world we live in now by showing us the power and danger of ambition, and the beauty of love.
Macbeth Reflected features John Ng as Macbeth and Mary Ashton as Lady Macbeth. Lighting Design by David DeGrow, Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne and Set and Costume Design by Kelly Wolf.
LOWER OSSINGTON THEATRE - 100A Ossington Ave.
Previews January 16 & 17, 2010 - 8pm
Runs January 19 - January 24, 2010
Tues-Sat 8 PM - Sat Matinee 2:30 PM - Sun 4 PM
Tickets: Regular $25 - S/S $20
Matinee/Preview $15 - Sunday PWYC
Online www.artsboxoffice.ca
By Phone (416) 504-7529
Theatre Jones Roy
presents
Macbeth Reflected
A marriage
Consumed by lust, murder and madness.
The Macbeths are successful, powerful, and madly in love. Then a dream leads them to murder the king. So begins their estrangement, as their lust for power consumes their love.
Using only language from Shakespeare’s original text adapted by director Thomas Morgan Jones, Macbeth Reflected illuminates truths about the world we live in now by showing us the power and danger of ambition, and the beauty of love.
Macbeth Reflected features John Ng as Macbeth and Mary Ashton as Lady Macbeth. Lighting Design by David DeGrow, Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne and Set and Costume Design by Kelly Wolf.
LOWER OSSINGTON THEATRE - 100A Ossington Ave.
Previews January 16 & 17, 2010 - 8pm
Runs January 19 - January 24, 2010
Tues-Sat 8 PM - Sat Matinee 2:30 PM - Sun 4 PM
Tickets: Regular $25 - S/S $20
Matinee/Preview $15 - Sunday PWYC
Online www.artsboxoffice.ca
By Phone (416) 504-7529
"The Making of St. Jerome" opens TONIGHT!!
Join us to watch fu-GEN's 2008/2009 playwright-in-residence Marie-Beath Badian's
'The Making of St. Jerome'
presented by
The Next Stage Theatre Festival & eastBOUNDtheatre present
THE PLAY | 'THE MAKING OF ST. JEROME':
After Jerome’s violent death, his older brother Jason embarks on a quest to bring the police officer that shot him to justice. Jason’s pursuit uncovers uncomfortable facts and plants a growing seed of doubt about Jerome’s innocence. Inspired by the 2004 fatal shooting of a Filipino-Canadian teenager by a plain-clothes police officer, The Making of St. Jerome is an exploration of guilt, grief, and brotherly love, set against the backdrop of a Coroner’s Inquest into the untimely death of a Toronto schoolboy. Inspired by true events.
Written by Marie Beath Badian
Directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Set/Costumes by Jackie Chau
Lighting by Aaron Kelly
Sound Design by Romeo Candido
Choreography by Clare Preuss
Stage Managed by Kat Chin
FEATURING: Byron Abalos, Keith Barker, Aura Carcueva, Christian Feliciano, and Audrey Dwyer
WHERE:
Factory Studio 125 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON
WHEN:
Wednesday January 6th - 9:00PM
Thursday January 7th - 7:15PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Friday January 8th - 9:15PM
Saturday January 9th - 9:00PM
Sunday January 10th - 7:15PM
Wednesday January 13th - 8:30PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Thursday January 14th - 5:30PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Saturday January 16th - 7:15PM
Sunday January 17th - 3:30PM
TICKET PRICES:
$15 – Evening Performances (7pm and after start time)
$12 – Afternoon Performance (6:59pm or before start time)
$10.80 Special Group Rate, groups of 5 or more
HOW TO PURCHASE:
By phone: 416-966-1062
Toll Free:1-866-515-7799
* fu-GEN Group Rate Tickets can be purchased for groups of 5 or more at the discounted rate of $10.80/ticket. In addition, for every group of 5, you will also receive 1 free ticket!
Special group rates apply only for select shows listed above
For additional show information please visit
http://www.facebook.com/l/fd10c;www.fringetoronto.com/nstf
http://www.facebook.com/l/fd10c;themakingofstjerome.blogspot.com
'The Making of St. Jerome'
presented by
The Next Stage Theatre Festival & eastBOUNDtheatre present
THE PLAY | 'THE MAKING OF ST. JEROME':
After Jerome’s violent death, his older brother Jason embarks on a quest to bring the police officer that shot him to justice. Jason’s pursuit uncovers uncomfortable facts and plants a growing seed of doubt about Jerome’s innocence. Inspired by the 2004 fatal shooting of a Filipino-Canadian teenager by a plain-clothes police officer, The Making of St. Jerome is an exploration of guilt, grief, and brotherly love, set against the backdrop of a Coroner’s Inquest into the untimely death of a Toronto schoolboy. Inspired by true events.
Written by Marie Beath Badian
Directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Set/Costumes by Jackie Chau
Lighting by Aaron Kelly
Sound Design by Romeo Candido
Choreography by Clare Preuss
Stage Managed by Kat Chin
FEATURING: Byron Abalos, Keith Barker, Aura Carcueva, Christian Feliciano, and Audrey Dwyer
WHERE:
Factory Studio 125 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON
WHEN:
Wednesday January 6th - 9:00PM
Thursday January 7th - 7:15PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Friday January 8th - 9:15PM
Saturday January 9th - 9:00PM
Sunday January 10th - 7:15PM
Wednesday January 13th - 8:30PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Thursday January 14th - 5:30PM *Special fu-GEN Group Rate
Saturday January 16th - 7:15PM
Sunday January 17th - 3:30PM
TICKET PRICES:
$15 – Evening Performances (7pm and after start time)
$12 – Afternoon Performance (6:59pm or before start time)
$10.80 Special Group Rate, groups of 5 or more
HOW TO PURCHASE:
By phone: 416-966-1062
Toll Free:1-866-515-7799
* fu-GEN Group Rate Tickets can be purchased for groups of 5 or more at the discounted rate of $10.80/ticket. In addition, for every group of 5, you will also receive 1 free ticket!
Special group rates apply only for select shows listed above
For additional show information please visit
http://www.facebook.com/l/
http://www.facebook.com/l/
Fiction Mentorships with Nalo Hopkinson
Beginning in February 2010:
One on One Advanced Level Fiction Writing Mentorships in the Literature of the Fantastic (fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, etc.)
with Nalo Hopkinson
Hopkinson, born in Jamaica, is a novelist, editor and instructor who lives in Toronto. She's a recipient of the World Fantasy Award and of the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Her novel Brown Girl in the Ring was a 2008 finalist for CBC's "Canada Reads".
Deadline to apply for mentorships is January 15, 2010
For more information: http://nalohopkinson.com/2009/
Monday, January 4, 2010
LIFT OUT LOUD Call for Submissions
The popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is looking for feature screenplay submissions for our next event in February.
Please send PDF submissions by January 8th to: liftoutloud@gmail.com.
Please send PDF submissions by January 8th to: liftoutloud@gmail.com.
Indie Writers Deathmatch III
presents...
Deadline Extended. Enter until January 10, 2010!
Breaking news: the stories selected by the BP editors to participate in Deathmatch will also be featured as daily stories on CellStories.
The winner gets the glory: $300 cash prize, publication in Broken Pencil, plus a BP prize pack worth $300!
How it Works
The winning story will be decided by Broken Pencil readers themselves, through a vote on the official magazine website. It's a literary fight to death: the Broken Pencil Indie Writers Deathmatch! But first, the top eight submissions will be selected by the Broken Pencil fiction editors Hal Niedzviecki, Richard Rosenbaum and Brooke Ford. Once we’ve chosen the top eight from all the contest entries, we’ll post the contest schedule. Then it’s up to you! Each week, two stories will be pitted against each other in the online arena, where anyone and everyone can read them and vote on which one deserves to reign supreme. The authors will be in constant communication with their audience through a blog which they can use to hype up their own story, or talk trash their opponent’s writing. The winning story moves on to the next round until there are only two stories left, battling it out for ultimate victory!
A Fight to the Finish
The world's bloodiest fiction contest is back. It's a bare-fisted fight to the finish (because it's tough to type with boxing gloves on); one writer will emerge victorious and the rest will be pulverized and smeared all across the Internet for our amusement – so send us your best stuff for the chance to win kick-ass prizes and eternal notoriety.
45,000 Readers From Around the World
Last year's Deathmatch drew an astounding 45,000 hits to our Online Arena. Fans from all across the planet voted for their favourite story in the culture's bloodiest fiction contest. This year's battle should prove to be just as violent! Plus, for the first time this year we're introducing colour commentary from notable authors to encourage the competitors, rile up the audience, and provide a running narrative on the contest.
Do you have what it takes? Don’t be a wimp-ass. Enter your story now at brokenpencil.com/deathmatch.
Deadline is December 31, 2009.
Will You Be the Winner?
Should you prevail in this gruelling literary fight to the finish, you will be the Champion of Deathmatch III and take home $300 cash, plus a Broken Pencil prize pack worth $300, publication in Broken Pencil magazine, and deep psychological scarring – which, lets face it, is inevitable when 50,000 people on the internet tell you what they think of your writing. (The top three runners-up will also get published in Broken Pencil Magazine and receive standard payment.)
Questions: email richardr@brokenpencil.com or call 416 204 1700.
Indie Writers Deathmatch is an annual event organized by Broken Pencil, the Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts. Broken Pencil, PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON M5S 2S7 Canada
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