Far-Flung Peoples
Presented by Minor Punctuations Theatre
The phone is ringing.
The roof is banging.
French downstairs.
English upstairs.
Caught in the middle: five people, one couch, and a landlord calling it an open-concept bedroom.
Welcome to Far-Flung Peoples, an award-winning, fast-paced, multilingual dark comedy set inside a crooked house in downtown Toronto, where its residents are squeezed into a living arrangement that would raise questions at City Hall, if City Hall were paying attention.
1st Prize Winner of Norma Epstein Foundation Award2nd Prize Winner of the Hamilton Fringe New Play Contest
Production Team
Playwright: Aylin (Oyan) Salahshoor
Director: Siavash Tayeb Taher
Producer: Amin Sheykhi
Stage Manager: Rose Mohammadi
Design Team
Lighting Design: Logan Raju Cracknell
Sound Design: Heidi Wai-Yee Chan
Set Design: Aylin (Oyan) Salahshoor
Costume Design: Jafar Mahyari
Graphic Design: Oshini Wanigasekera
Photography: Dahlia Katz
Program Design: Sara Adham
Scenic Builder: Morteza Sot Bakhsh
Sound Designer (Production): Rasesh Jes
Videographer (Marketing): Raha Rahbaran
Sound DEsigner (Marketing): Heidi Wai-Yee – Chan
Cast — In Order of Appearance
Parsa Hassanzadeh
Aylin (Oyan) Salahshoor
Fadi Dalloul
Steave Sidibe
Banafsheh Taherian
From November 1
to November 8, 2026
$20 - $50
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BMO Incubator
Sunday, November 1 – 2pm Preview
Sunday, November 1 – 7:00pm Preview
Tuesday, November 3 – 7:00pm Opening
Wednesday, November 4 – 7:00pm
Thursday, November 5 – 7:00pm
Friday, November 6 – 7:00pm
Saturday, November 7 – 2pm
Saturday, November 7 – 7:00pm
Sunday, November 8 – 2pm
This production contains themes of displacement, migration, war, high rent, inflation and loud sound effects.
This performance is 100 minutes
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