11:11

Samson Bonkeabantu Brown is a sangoma, ngaka, inyanga, hoodoo, traditional healer, multidisciplinary artist and playwright. His primary focus is on spiritual healing, ancestral veneration, trans advocacy and the arts. He uses the arts (primarily as an actor and playwright) to create visibility for men of trans experience and to educate the general public on trans issues. He has been tasked by his ancestors to shed light on how ancestral veneration can assist with healing the self and living in our purpose.

A multidisciplinary artist. Tsholo Visions Khalema is a South African Transgender man born in the midst of apartheid and witnessed the fall of an era while assimilating to life in Canada. The last born in a Methodist household, growing up in the westernmost prairie provinces of Canada where he began his lifelong pursuit of learning the art of theatre and storytelling. An Actor, director and a self- taught film maker, his art practices aims to enhance the Black and Transgender voice(s) showing the many different diverse intersectionality of blackness. Visit Tsholovisions.com.

All performance in the run will be Relaxed Performances and closed captioning will be provided on February 13th. Relaxed Performances are designed to welcome audience members and their families who could benefit from a more relaxed environment, including those on the autism spectrum. This will be Theatre Passe Muraille’s first Digital Relaxed Run and along with an introduction at the beginning of the show, digital supports will be provided for the audience.

Closed Captioning will be available at the bottom of the screen for audience members who are Deaf or hard of hearing providing the audio in text form on all performance nights.

The Prelude is a pre-show chat between Artisitic Director Marjorie Chan and a member of the community. Come join them as they discuss some of the themes highlighted in the show, bringing a broader understanding of the piece to you,  the audience. The details on our prelude is to be confirmed!

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Additional Credits

Samson Bonkeabantu Brown would like to extend full gratitude to Obsidian Theatre Company and Buddies In Bad Times Theatre for their generous recommendation of “11:11” and to the Ontario Arts Council for their support with the Recommender Grant.