Part installation and part performance, i-and-i is an exploration of spirituality and masculinity, the story of a disgraced myal priest with a hoarding problem obsessively reaching for enlightenment.

danjelani ellis is a Tkaròn:to-based artist and artsworker raised in Jamaica by a village of theatre artists, poets, and educators. His art practice is Afrocentric and celebratory, working in performance-installation, playwriting, dub poetry, and acting. danjelani’s work has received accolades including Merrit Award nomination for outstanding performance and 5 Dora Award nominations. Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, danjelani has been resident artist at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and BAND (Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue) Gallery and Cultural Centre, and is grateful-can’t-done to be in residency here at The Theatre Centre. He is a Siminovitch Theatre Foundation Emerging Artist grant recipient in playwriting. He is the artistic producer at Obsidian Theatre, Canada’s leading culturally-specific theatre company centering the Black voice. danjelani also steers ad-hoc entity Groundwork Redux – an ever-evolving gathering of artists and projects – creating original art, performance, and community activations. www.groundworkredux.com