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Canadian Stage celebrates 30 seasons in 17.18;
sparks unexpected collaborations between artists, companies and across disciplines.
New season features Britta Johnson, Tanya Tagaq + Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory,
Morris Panych + James Rolfe, Kong Kie + Folga Gaang Project, Jordan Tannahill;
partnerships with Red Sky Performance, Vancouver Opera, Musical Stage Company, Citadel Theatre,
Kidd Pivot + Electric Company Theatre, and more.
Toronto, ON___ Matthew Jocelyn, Artistic & General Director, today announced Canadian Stage‟s
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17.18 season celebrating the 30 anniversary of the company: a dynamic 16-show line-up featuring
nine original Canadian creations (including four world premieres) that connect a sweeping range of
artistic expressions. Canadian Stage continues its surge forward as Toronto‟s premiere destination
for multidisciplinary performance with a new season that highlights cross-pollination between artists,
companies and art forms:
“Canadian Stage‟s roots lie in collaboration, going back to its inception from the merger of the
Toronto Free Theatre and the Centre Stage Company. We delight in forging surprising connections
in live performance,” said Artistic and General Director Matthew Jocelyn. “Building on this legacy, the
17.18 season features a tapestry of storytellers from diverging disciplines - theatre, spoken word, live
music, opera, contemporary dance and circus - coming together as we pursue our mission of
creating a vital cultural dialogue between our local, national and international artistic communities.
We look forward to sharing their visceral, timely and deeply-human stories with our audiences on
our 30th anniversary.”
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On the company‟s 30 year, audiences will have the opportunity to encounter previous homegrown
Canadian Stage artist collaborators including Crystal Pite, Morris Panych, Jordan Tannahill and Marie
Chouinard, alongside up-and-coming theatrical voices such as Toronto‟s Britta Johnson, and new
partnerships with The Musical Stage Company, Tapestry Opera, Vancouver Opera, The Citadel
Theatre, Red Sky Performance and more.
“We celebrate 30 with newness, and renewed reminiscences; nods to the past that pay homage to
Canadian Stage‟s previous incarnations and serve as the groundwork for exciting new talent,” said
Jocelyn.
As a tribute to the company‟s past thirty years, Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling‟s internationallyacclaimed theatrical phenomenon The Overcoat will return to Canadian Stage as a world premiere
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opera on its 20 anniversary of creation. Panych will direct and pen the libretto based on Gogol‟s
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classic 19 century novella, with a musical score by Canadian composer James Rolfe, choreography
by Wendy Gorling and Musical Direction by Leslie Dala. Nationally co-produced with Toronto‟s
Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera, The Overcoat: an Opera will debut at the Bluma Appel
Theatre in March 2018 before traveling to the Vancouver Playhouse - where the show originated in
1997-1998 - as part of the 2018 Vancouver Opera Festival.
In this spirit, Canadian Stage Artistic Director Matthew Jocelyn will revisit the work of English
playwright Simon Stephens (Harper Regan – 14.15 season, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time) with the poetic two-hander Heisenberg; while former Shaw Festival Artistic Director
Jackie Maxwell, director of the 2014 Dora winner London Road, will return to the company to lead
Stephen Karam‟s multiple Tony Award-winning family drama The Humans. Canadian Stage joins
forces with Edmonton‟s Citadel Theatre for the first time since 2008 to bring this breakout
Broadway hit to Canadian audiences.
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Canadian Stage will give Toronto a last chance to catch Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young‟s landmark
dance-theatre masterpiece Betroffenheit , back by popular demand for a third time as part of a
major international tour. A Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre production co-commissioned
by Canadian Stage and first presented as part of the 2015 Panamania Festival, the work has since
gone on to perform across the US and Europe, garnering 5 Star reviews in The Guardian and The
Observer.
17.18 will kick off with the new musical Life After by rising Toronto lyricist and composer Britta
Johnson (Dora nominated: REFRAMED, Jacob Two-Two), co-produced with The Musical Stage
Company (formerly Acting Up Stage) and Yonge Street Theatricals (Come From Away). Expanded
and re-worked following an acclaimed debut at the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival, Life After will be
helmed by the original director Robert McQueen with music direction by Reza Jacobs.
Music will animate the Berkeley Street throughout the season, continuing with three unique live
music experiences showcasing contemporary female voices: Polaris Prize-winning Inuit throat singer
Tanya Tagaq will share the stage with Greenlandic mask dancer and poet Laakkuluk Williamson
Bathory in a world-premiere three-night event fusing tour de force vocals with spoken word; Italian
duo Musica Nuda, led by virtuosic singer Petra Magoni, perform rock, pop and classical hits in a
stripped-down setting; and one of Canada‟s most original vocalists Fides Krucker tackles the great
Canadian songbook accompanied by her musical ensemble and local dancers/choreographers:
Peggy Baker, Laurence Lemieux and Heidi Strauss.
Toronto composer Njo Kong Kie, whose recent works include Infinity (Tarragon) and Mr. Shi and His
Lover (SummerWorks), will bring his Macau-based Folga Gaang Project to Toronto with the North
American premiere of Picnic in the Cemetery, a hybrid concert-theatre performance blending Njo‟s
original piano compositions and an evocative journey about the passage of time.
Njo joins leading Canadian Indigenous dance company Red Sky Performance as Canadian Stage‟s
two newest Berkeley Street Partner companies for the 17.18 and 18.19 seasons (former partners
include Crow‟s Theatre, Necessary Angel and Company Theatre). The two-year residency allows
select Toronto-based companies the opportunity to present and develop new work. Led by Artistic
Director Sandra Laronde, Red Sky‟s first Canadian Stage outing will be the Toronto premiere of
Backbone, an original fusion of indigenous dance, live music and raw athleticism that expresses the
power, formation and spirit of our mountainous continents.
Following the success of Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom (15.16) and Concord Floral (16.17),
Governor General‟s and Dora Award-winning playwright Jordan Tannahill will be showcased for a
third season with the world premiere of Declarations. Incorporating a lyrical text and a
choreographed score of physical gestures, this deeply personal hybrid creation will see Tannahill
returning to the stage as director.
Canadian Stage continues to establish itself as a home for internationally-acclaimed contemporary
circus and dance with two gravity-defying spectacles that push human bodies to their extremes.
After presenting Australia‟s Circa and Québéc‟s Cirque Éloize, the company will welcome Québec‟s
Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers) and their dance trilogy for circus artists Triptyque. Featuring
three works by invited choreographers Marie Chouinard (Québec), Victor Quijada (Québec) and
Marcos Morau (Spain), the triple bill combines acrobatic genius and contemporary dance to explore
the myriad languages of the human body.
Performed to sold-out houses across Europe, He Who Falls (Celui qui tombe) will feature six
performers navigating the forces of an imposing, shifting platform in celebrated acrobat/director
Yoann Bourgeois‟ unique dance of survival, onstage at the Bluma Appel in March 2018.
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Building on its landmark collaboration with York University‟s School of Arts Media Performance and
Design, the company will mount Caryl Churchill‟s kaleidoscopic play Love and Information, jointly
directed by 2017 graduating candidates of the York University/Canadian Stage MFA in Stage
Direction Tanja Jacobs and Alistair Newton.
But first, Jacobs and Newton will make their Canadian Stage debuts under the stars this summer at
Shakespeare in High Park. Jacobs will direct Shakespeare‟s madcap comedy of mistaken identity
Twelfth Night while Newton will stage the inaugural High Park production of King Lear, re-imagined
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from a female perspective with Diane D‟Aquila as the iconic Lear. The 35 anniversary season of the
Toronto outdoor theatre mainstay runs June 29 to September 3.
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On Canada‟s 150 anniversary and running in conjunction with Shakespeare in High Park, Canadian
Stage announces Territorial Tales: Narratives of Displacement and the Recapturing of Spirit, a new
initiative focused on telling stories of indigenous and newcomer youth. In partnership with the
Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), Sketch and Kids Up Front, Canadian Stage will provide a
platform for young creators from across the GTA to share their experiences of arrival and settlement
in Canada through the development of new stage works to be performed at the High Park
Amphitheatre this summer.
Canadian Stage continues to engage our community with a series of dynamic ancillary activities,
including pre-show chats and post-show talkbacks. After being introduced in 2016, the company will
extend relaxed performances for select productions throughout the 17.18 season, beginning with Life
After on October 14, 2017.
As part of its year-round artist training programs, Canadian Stage announces the three incoming
participants of its 2017 RBC Emerging Artist Program: Director Development Residency: Ryan
Cunningham, Mikaela Davies and Jonathan Seinen. Each director will receive administrative,
production and artistic support from the company to develop and workshop new works for the
stage throughout the 2017 season.
17.18 subscriptions are now on sale for renewing subscribers with flexible four-show packages
starting from $124.80 and a six-play or more subscription package starting from $175.50 (all +HST).
Subscriptions may be purchased by phone at 416.368.3110 or in person at the Berkeley Street
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Theatre Box Office (26 Berkeley Street). Single tickets will be on sale April 25, 2017. Special 30
anniversary $30 rush tickets will be available for all 17.18 season performances. Full details on the
productions and subscription packages are available online at canadianstage.com. Performances
take place at the company‟s three historic venues: the Berkeley Street Theatre, the Bluma Appel
Theatre and the High Park Amphitheatre.
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SHAKESPEARE IN HIGH PARK: KING LEAR + TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare
King Lear directed by Alistair Newton
Twelfth Night directed by Tanja Jacobs
Featuring Diane D‟Aquila
Your destination for decidedly untraditional Shakespeare under the stars, all summer long. Canada‟s
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longest-running outdoor theatre event celebrates its 35 year with bold new takes on two
Shakespeare classics. Get transported from the enchanted musical shores of Illyria, setting for the
madcap comedy of mistaken identity Twelfth Night (or What You Will), to the divided kingdom of
King Lear, one of the most monumental works of English drama - re-imagined from a female
perspective, and starring award-winning actor Diane D‟Aquila.
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35 Anniversary | June 29 – September 3 | High Park Amphitheatre (Pay-What-You-Can Tickets)
A Canadian Stage production in collaboration with the Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts, Media,
Production & Design
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LIFE AFTER
Book + Music + Lyrics by Britta Johnson
Directed by Robert McQueen
Music Direction by Reza Jacobs
NNNNN “(An) extraordinary musical” – NOW Magazine
“The score‟s best feature: its capacity to make every song a piece of the action, physical or emotional or both.
That‟s a Sondheim quality, and we‟re in his territory.” – The National Post
Sixteen-year old Alice is left to navigate life after her father, a superstar self-help guru, dies in a car
accident. We plunge into Alice‟s overactive inner world as she tries to decipher the events that led to
that fateful day. An expanded and reworked production of the 2016 hit Toronto Fringe musical, Life
After is a funny and frank story of love, loss and vivid imagination from one of the most exciting new
voices in Canadian musical theatre.
September 23 – October 22, 2017 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Canadian Stage, The Musical Stage Company & Yonge Street Theatricals production
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BACKBONE
Conceived + directed by Sandra Laronde
"The choreography... is raw, masculine, and frequently ferocious." - The Calgary Herald
In this sumptuously provocative new dance and live music creation, Red Sky Performance explores
the „spine‟ of the continents. Combining Indigenous dance with raw athleticism to express its power,
formation and spirit, eight dancers bring to life the electricity and impulses of our rocky mountainous
backbone.
Toronto Premiere | November 2-12, 2017 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Red Sky Performance Production in Association with Canadian Stage, co-produced and originally
commissioned by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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IN RESIDENCE 17.18/18.19 > Internationally renowned, Red Sky is one of Canada's leading companies
of contemporary Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music.
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TRIPTYQUE
By Les 7 doigts de la main (The 7 Fingers)
Created + directed by Samuel Tétreault
Invited Choreographers: Marie Chouinard, Victor Quijada & Marcos Morau
“Captivating…visually arresting” – The Guardian
“Triptyque turns dance upside down” – The Montreal Gazette
Québec‟s Les 7 doigts de la main (The 7 Fingers) are one of the world‟s most innovative circus
companies. Combining the talents of three internationally-renowned choreographers, Triptyque
fuses defying feats of athleticism, the lyricism of contemporary dance and the poetics of the
imagination. Marie Chouinard‟s duet Anne et Samuel examines the relationship between gravity and
the human body with awe-inspiring effect. Straddling the gap between stillness and movement,
Victor Quijada presents the hand-balancing quintet Variations 9.81, while Marcus Morau lures us into
the space between wake and sleep with the mesmerizing Nocturnes.
November 15-19, 2017 | Bluma Appel Theatre
A 7 Doigts de la Main production presented by Canadian Stage
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HEISENBERG
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Matthew Jocelyn
“Quirky, lovely, funny, powerful and special. As sumptuous an experience as theatre gets” – The Associated
Press
“Soaring…thrilling. Simon Stephens is an uncannily subtle dramatist.” – The New York Times
Amidst the bustle of a London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss
on his neck. This chance encounter propels these two strangers on a fascinating and life-changing
course, in the newest critical hit by Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (Harper Regan,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). Peeling away the many layers of everyday
relationships with subtle humour and quiet poeticism, Heisenberg brings to poignant theatrical life
the uncertain and often comical sparring match that is human connection.
Canadian Premiere | November 28 – December 17, 2017 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Canadian Stage Production
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DECLARATIONS
Written + directed by Jordan Tannahill
From acclaimed playwright-director Jordan Tannahill (Concord Floral; Botticelli in the Fire and
Sunday in Sodom), Declarations is an ode to mortality - that of the playwright‟s mother, his own,
mankind‟s - a joyful and moving attempt to capture the objects, sensations, and experiences that
make up a life. Through a lyrical text and choreographed physical score, five performers chronicle a
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life pulled through time, encountering meteorological phenomena, mythology, political calamity, pop
culture, and everyday happenstance along the way. What accumulates is a staggering archive of
images, sense memories, and voices asserting that here lived, for a time, a woman.
World Premiere | January 23 – February 11, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Canadian Stage production
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THE HUMANS
By Stephen Karam
Directed by Jackie Maxwell
WINNER - TONY AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY (2016)
“Extraordinary…funny, poignant, even chilling” – The Washington Post
“Depicts the way we live now with a precision and compassion unmatched by any play.” – The New York Times
Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter‟s
lower Manhattan apartment. As darkness falls, tensions reach a boiling point, and the unspoken
pressures facing the Blake clan simmer to the surface. Winner of four 2016 Tony Awards, including
Best New Play, Stephen Karam‟s breakthrough comedy-drama is a scorchingly funny and
frighteningly timely snapshot of a family caught in the wake of a changing nation.
Canadian Premiere | February 6 - 25, 2018 | Bluma Appel Theatre
A Canadian Stage & Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) production
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HE WHO FALLS (CELUI QUI TOMBE)
Conceived, directed + staged by Yoann Bourgeois
“Genius” – Evening Standard (UK)
“Yoann Bourgeois creates performances that are exquisite, with an intense poetry, and impossible to forget” Le Figaro
Six performers appear to defy the laws of gravity as the ground on which they stand whirls, swings
and elevates beneath them. Bodies lean, hang, come together and break apart, responding to the
imposing, shifting force with paradoxical strength and beauty. Through a striking union of circus and
physical theatre, celebrated acrobat Yoann Bourgeois challenges performers to a perilous dance of
survival, set to a spine-tingling soundtrack.
North American premiere | March 1 – 4, 2018 | Bluma Appel Theatre
A Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois Production presented by Canadian Stage
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Voices 3 Series
MUSICA NUDA: PETRA MAGONI and FERRUCCIO SPINETTI (ITALY)
“Outré, punk, and eclectic… audacious originality” – JazzTimes
“Musica Nuda strips centuries of song naked and clothes them in new threads” – Charleston City Paper
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Their mission is simple as it is bold: to make music with the bare necessities. Vocalist Petra Magoni
and double-bassist Ferruccio Spinetti fuse elements of jazz, rock, punk, and classical to create their
own boundary-breaking sound. Harnessing the art of silence and the dramatic power of the lyric, the
virtuosic Italian duo deconstructs the meaning of every song with infectious humour and raw
emotion, tracing music back to its very core. After hundreds of performances in Italy and across
Europe, Musica Nuda makes an exclusive Canadian appearance at the intimate Berkeley Street
Theatre.
Exclusive Toronto Engagement | February 22-24, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
Presented by Canadian Stage with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura
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Voices 3 Series
IN THIS BODY
Conceived + sung by Fides Krucker
Choreographed + danced by Peggy Baker, Laurence Lemieux & Heidi Strauss
Music Arranged + Played by Rob Clutton, Tania Gill + Germaine Liu
“An evening spent with Fides Krucker is always an extraordinary event” – NOW
The wilderness of a woman‟s heart, voiced through Canadian song and danced to the edge. Fides
Krucker - one of Canada‟s most original vocalists and her ensemble are joined by three extraordinary
dancers: Peggy Baker, Laurence Lemieux and Heidi. Together, they brave the landscape of our
country‟s great songbook – from Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morrisette, and k.d. lang, to
Lhasa de Sela, Feist, Hawksley Workman, Serena Ryder, and more. An emotional cartographer‟s
dream.
World premiere | MARCH 14-18, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
Produced by Good Hair Productions, presented by Canadian Stage
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Voices 3 Series
TANYA TAGAQ + LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON BATHORY
“Tanya Tagaq and friend Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory are known for their expressive and unabashedly
physical performances, which often delve into the dark side of humanity.” – CBC
One is a multi award-winning Inuit throat singer, the other a trailblazing Greenlandic mask dancer.
Tanya Tagaq and Iqaluit-based artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory fuse their unique performance
styles in this concert event combining tour-de-force vocals, kinetic movement and powerful spoken
word. At once exquisite and unnerving, these two larger-than-life artists cast their shared
experiences and traditional roots in contemporary light, opening a path to reconciliation.
World premiere | March 22 – 24, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
Presented by Canadian Stage
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THE OVERCOAT
An Opera
Libretto + directed by Morris Panych
Music by James Rolfe
Musical Direction by Leslie Dala, Choreography by Wendy Gorling
“Panych and Gorling… have delivered a work that grows richer on each subsequent viewing, a creation that
combines laughter with pathos and exhilaration with despair.” – Toronto Star (on 2007‟s The Overcoat)
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If clothes make the man, they can undo him. For Canadian Stage‟s 30 , Morris Panych and Wendy
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Gorling‟s theatrical phenomenon returns as a world premiere opera on the show‟s 20 anniversary of
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creation. With a libretto by award-winning Panych based on Gogol‟s classic 19 century novella, and
music by James Rolfe, one of Canada‟s finest composers, the story follows a lowly office worker
whose uneventful life is turned upside down when he‟s robbed of his new overcoat. The Overcoat An Opera sparkles with the trademark wit and intricate choreography that propelled the work to
international acclaim.
World Premiere | March 27 – April 14, 2018 | Bluma Appel Theatre
A Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera & Vancouver Opera production, commissioned by Tapestry Opera &
Vancouver Opera
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LOVE AND INFORMATION
Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Tanja Jacobs + Alistair Newton
“Thought churning…deeply poignant” – The New York Times
“(An) exhilarating theatrical kaleidoscope” – The Guardian
Hailed as one of England‟s greatest living playwrights, Caryl Churchill has provoked audiences for
over four decades. Told through a theatrically-adventurous medley of short vignettes, Love and
Information features an ensemble of actors performing over 100 roles. With an intellectual vigour
and dazzling instinct for the absurd, Churchill confronts the data overload that bombards us every
day – painting an instantly-recognizable portrait of modern human connection.
Graduation showcase – York University MFA Directing Program in Collaboration with Canadian Stage
| April 10 – 29, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Canadian Stage production in collaboration with the Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts, Media,
Production & Design at York University
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BETROFFENHEIT
Written by Jonathon Young
Choreographed + Directed by Crystal Pite
★★★★
(out of 4)
“Devastating and powerful” - The Globe and Mail
★★★★★(out of 5) “Raw…riveting drama…virtuosic dance” - The Guardian
Some questions are impossible to answer and some experiences too personal to express.
Choreographer Crystal Pite and actor/playwright Jonathon Young join forces to examine, with
unflinching honesty, what happens to the individual in the wake of a trauma. A rare fusion of comedy
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and drama, poetry and movement, Betroffenheit has enraptured critics and audiences worldwide.
After two sold-out runs, this landmark dance-theatre collaboration, co-commissioned by Canadian
Stage, returns as part of a major international tour.
Return Engagement | April 19 – 22, 2018 | Bluma Appel Theatre
A Kidd Pivot & Electric Company Theatre Production presented by Canadian Stage
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PICNIC IN THE CEMETERY
Created by Njo Kong Kie
“Touching, endearing and witty” – Three Weeks Edinburgh
“(A) euphoric assault on the senses…must experience” - British Theatre Guide
In this hybrid musical performance, Njo Kong Kie, long-serving music director of Montreal‟s La La La
Human Steps, introduces the Macau-based Folga Gaang Project in their Toronto debut. Picnic in the
Cemetery juxtaposes the macabre with the whimsical in an abstract expression of our collective
journey through the passage of time. Quirky and evocative, this concert-theatre featuring original
compositions for violin, cello and piano is an invitation to muse about dying, but more importantly to
reflect on living.
IN RESIDENCE 17.18/18.19 > Njo Kong Kie is a Toronto composer of dance, opera and theatre. His
compositions have been heard in productions of such companies as Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet National
de L'Opera du Rhin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Singapore Dance Theatre and Ballet BC. His latest works
include Infinity (Volcano/Tarragon) and Mr. Shi and His Lover (SummerWorks).
North American premiere | April 26 – May 6, 2018 | Berkeley Street Theatre
A Music Picnic & Point of View Art production in partnership with Canadian Stage
About Canadian Stage:
Founded in 1987, Canadian Stage is one of the country‟s leading not-for-profit contemporary
performing arts companies, sharing new, innovative stage work from Canada and around the world.
Led by Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn and Managing Director Su Hutchinson, Canadian
Stage produces and presents a new hybrid of multidisciplinary performance that pushes the
boundaries of form and style, integrating theatre, dance, music, multimedia and more. Canadian
Stage is dedicated to reinforcing the presence of Canadian art and artists within an international
cultural dialogue, by acting as a home, incubator and exporter of leading Canadian and global
performance. The company stages an annual season at three historic locations: the Bluma Appel
Theatre; the Berkeley Street Theatre; and the High Park Amphitheatre, home to Shakespeare in High
Park. Offering a range of education, artist training and community outreach programs, Canadian
Stage is committed to cultivating tomorrow‟s artistic innovators and audiences. For more
information, visit www.canadianstage.com.
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