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Crossing Gibraltar Training Program 2009 - 2010 October - December 2009
Crossing Gibraltar is Cahoots’ theatre training program for youth from refugee and newcomer backgrounds. Youth aged 13-20 enrolled in the program meet weekly for their first exposure to theatre in the form of creation workshops, dramatic exercises and games led by some of Toronto’s most exciting professional artists. The program also includes trips to some of Toronto’s top theatres for participants and their families. Youth receive honorariums, healthy lunches and TTC tickets for their participation. If you are interested in applying, please click here for more info on our upcoming programming.
by Jovanni Sy Workshop Production The Compass Group Canada, Culinary Arts Demonstration Theatre and Kitchen Lab Humber College, North Campus December 17 - 19, 2009
While cooking a traditional Filipino dish in real time, writer/performer Jovanni Sy takes you on an entertaining, thought-provoking journey through history. The story of civilization, conquest and empire is told through food. This unique play is performed in a professional kitchen – delicious hors d'oeuvres await as our guests are seated, and a tasting plate is served at the conclusion of the piece. It's a play that truly appeals to all the senses.
Ali and Ali 7: Hey Brother (or Sister), Can You Spare Some Hope and Change? by Camyar Chai, Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef produced by Neworld Theatre and co-commissioned by The Cultch The Cultch Historic Theatre, Vancouver, BC April 13 - 24, 2010 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts’ Studio Theatre, Burnaby, BC April 28 - May 1, 2010 SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC as part of the SFU Cosmopolis/Cosmopolitics: Humanities and Citizenship After Neo-Liberalism Conference May 5 - 8, 2010
The Alis are back! This time, Ali and Ali creators Camyar Chai, Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef turn their idiosyncratic brand of post-identity satire to a whole new world: the global economy has tanked (sort of), the President of the World’s middle name is Hussein and in Canada, five Arab/Muslim men continue to be held with no charges, and no access to the evidence against them. How do you make sense of all that? Easy; Ali and Ali. Hey, if it’s smart to give the morons who invented Credit Default Swaps hundreds of billion dollars in taxpayer money, then two guys from Agraba* (and their new show, Hey Brother (or Sister), Can You Spare Some Hope and Change?) are just what the doctor ordered. *See Disney’s Aladdin
by Jason Maghanoy Staged Reading as part of CrossCurrents Festival Factory Studio Theatre April 2010
A life-changing storm. A displaced community. Three unlikely friends start the uncanny business of ridding their government sanctioned trailer park community of the garbage and animal corpses left after the storm. Their goal: raise money to either buy back their old lives or live a better one.
by Romeo Candido Staged Reading as part of The 7th Annual Potluck Festival co-produced by fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company Factory Studio Theatre May 7, 2010
When prodigal son and privileged playboy Jimboy Garcia is forced to take on the role of "Warden" in the Philippines' Maximum Security Detention Centre, he vows to bring dignity back to the prison's rehabilitation program, despite his lack of actual experience. Armed with a grandiose vision, a love for music and a broadband internet connection, the Warden's wacky idea to rehabilitate the prisoners through group dancing unwittingly sets up a musical road to redemption for the inmates and, in the end, for himself.
by Jovanni Sy June 2010 More details coming soon!
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