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Programming in 2014

November 5, 2013
Tanya Tagaq + Post-Normal

January 26 (@ Great Hall Black Box Theatre, 1087 Queen W)  * NEW VENUE

Musical performances from experimental glam-pop duo Post-Normal and internationally renowned Inuit artist Tanya Tagaq – an exploration of music’s capacity to express climate change. As part of Carbon 14: Climate is Culture Performance Series produced in partnership with Cape Farewell Foundation.

This Clement World Cynthia Hopkins

January 29 – February 2 (@ Great Hall Black Box Theatre, 1087 Queen W)  * NEW DATES+VENUE

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A fiercely creative and charismatic tribute to our rapidly changing environment performed live with a 15-piece chorus and band – as seen through the prism of Cynthia Hopkins’ deeply personal­ lens and wild cross-disciplinary style. As part of Carbon 14: Climate is Culture Performance Series produced in partnership with Cape Farewell Foundation.

Sea Sick Alanna Mitchell

March 19-23  * NEW DATES

A powerful and deeply personal solo performance by Alanna Mitchell, adapted from her award-winning book. Mitchell discovers the secrets of the ocean, faces the demons of the deeps and finds hope. As part of Carbon 14: Climate is Culture Performance Series produced in partnership with Cape Farewell Foundation.

Cabaret Brise-Jour L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres

March 25-29

From Berlin cabaret and Parisian nostalgia to New York’s Broadway, Quebec City’s L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres borrow from the repertoire of Kurt Weill to sing the best and worst of the human condition.

We Are Not Afraid of the Dark Tine Van Aerschot

May 14-17

An intensely intimate one-woman/two-ghost show inspired by the late actor Tracy Wright and her battle with cancer; a somewhat unusual guide to dealing with fear and an attempt to understand our transient lives.

Promises to a Divided City Mammalian Diving Reflex / The Torontonians

May 30-31

The citizens of the Divided City are counted, classified and asked to step up and save the city, with one hand firmly placed on a sacred book, chosen from the vast collection in our Library of Babel.

The Book of Judith

June 12-14

A musical play about a self-anointed preacher who is passionately driven to change the lives of others before changing his own – performed at the Abilities Centre in Whitby, ON.

Tracy Wright Global Archive

June 4-8

A new project that challenges artists to explore a burning question and create a new work by engaging deeply with communities and locations across the globe, seeking answers to their questions and inspiring new directions in their practice.

Global Archivists 2014:
Jani Lauzon
Denise Fujiwara
Marcus Youssef
Nadia Ross