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numbers increase as we count…

Weaving actual testimonies with documentation of the creation process, Ülfet Sevdi’s performance Numbers Increase As We Count… deals with the fate of women suffering the consequences of war in post-American occupied Iraq: displacement and forced sex-work. This counting refers to the number of victims: an endless performance if we were to continue the counting in an attempt to reach the actual numbers.

Originally from Turkey, Sevdi is a writer, theatre director, dramaturge, teacher and Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner now based in Montreal. In 2016, with Nicolas Royer-Artuso, she co-founded Thought Experiment Productions, to produce works with political content that integrate extensive research from the social sciences.

Co-developed with Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal

cain & abel

Person with back turned towards viewer. Red t-short pulled over their head. Three diagonal red lipstick lines drawn on thier back. A second person with their mouth wide open, about to eat lipstick, held by first person. — Arash + Aryo Khakpour, "Cain & Abel". © Sepehr Samimi

What does someone feel when he kills his brother? Inspired by the biblical story, Cain and Abel is a theatrical and choreographic duet about fraternal jealousy and rivalry. Iranian-born Vancouver artists, Aryo and Arash Khakpour perform this visceral work that dives down to the roots of fratricidal violence and the patriarchal nature of our society.

The Khakpour brothers have been partnering in creating performances for the past 5 years under the company name of The Biting School. In the space between the grotesque and the beautiful, between humour and ethics, they explore the dynamics of power, the implications of ideologies, and the recurrence of mythologies.

lévriers

A pack of greyhound dogs racing — © Chris Bull / Alamy Stock Photo

According to what criteria and in whose eyes do we achieve success? Lévriers is a theatrical investigation led by director Sophie Gee and five others who, like her, have remade their lives in Montreal: a Dutch actress, a Québécois dancer, a Rwandan rugby player, an Antillian rapper, and a retired Jewish businessman. Over the course of a creative laboratory, they all look back on their journey and their culture for ways to define success. Beyond North American performance anxiety and individualist worries, a debate is opened that is at once complex, touching, and existential.

A graduate of the National Theatre School, Chinese-Canadian director Sophie Gee develops a unique space of creation, between theatre, dance, research, and contemporary art.

This show will be presented in relax performances,
for the Saturday December 1st at 3pm session.

Guide des repères visuels Lévriers – Français

Pricing
2 X 1 for all relaxed performances.

birthmark

Raised on biblical stories of how his Jewish ancestors fought oppression, and marked by childhood fears about the Holocaust, playwright Stephen Orlov began to ask himself why Jews, who had founded the state of Israel to end their oppression, were now dispossessing another people that had lived there for centuries. Birthmark, produced by Teesri Duniya Theatre, delivers a compelling vision for peace and social justice, ushering us across the cultural divide of Canada’s Jewish and Palestinian diasporic communities.

Founded in 1981, Teesri Duniya Theatre’s productions reflect Canada’s multicultural, multiracial, and Indigenous reality, promoting critical thinking, community connections, and intercultural dialogue.

sound of the beast

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard © Theatre Passe Muraille

In this solo performance by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, copresented with Black Theatre Workshop, outspoken emcee ialli spits rhymes from the underground, relentlessly challenging poverty, oppression, and bad dancing. She learns, however, that the powers-that-be have been listening. Drawing on her own experience as an artist of colour, St. Bernard was inspired by Tunisian emcee Weld El 15, jailed in 2013 for his song “Boulicia Kleb” (Cops Are Dogs).

St. Bernard is an emcee, playwright, and administrator. Her play Gas Girls was a Governor General’s Literary Award finalist in 2011.

Sound of the Beast is produced by Theatre Passe Muraille.

This show will be presented in relax performances,
for the Saturday October 6th at 3pm session.

Visual Story Sound of the Beast – English