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    our place in Scarborough

    A blog from the playwright of our place. Kanika Ambrose | Playwright of our place My earliest memories of Scarborough malls and strip malls were frequenting them with my grandmother, who is incredible at bargain hunting and can strike up a conversation with anyone. She also can speak just a little bit of, just about, every language and delights in sharing…

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    World Premiere: our place

    “if you don’t know about it, you better be about it and ask about it!” Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille present the world premiere of OUR PLACE By Kanika Ambrose With direction by Sabryn Rock Starring Virgilia Griffith, Sophia Walker, Pablo Ogunlesi and Tremaine Nelson Toronto, ON – Following its season opener, The Year of the Cello, Theatre Passe…

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    Making of The Year of the Cello

    Interview with the Co-Creators of The Year of the Cello Marjorie Chan and Njo Kong Kie first met as cohorts of Tapestry Opera‘s Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) program. Since then, the two artists have been close friends (Marjorie is an artist of Hong Kong background, and Kong Kie lived in Macau for many years). But this is the first time they…

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    Meet the Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace

    Introducing Theatre Passe Muraille’s newly renovated Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace Toronto, ON — Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) is pleased to open the newly renovated Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace for our 22.23 season thanks to receiving a $142,600 Resilient Communities Fund grant in 2021 from Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), an agency of the Government of Ontario. The funds were used to…

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    Our new tri-leadership structure

    Theatre Passe Muraille announces Michelle Knight as incoming Managing Director, Revenue and Strategy; unveils new collaborative leadership structure Toronto, ON – With the start of their 22.23 season around the corner, Theatre Passe Muraille is thrilled to  welcome Michelle Knight as the incoming Managing Director, Revenue & Strategy and to announce a new collaborative tri-leadership structure. This new structure will…

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    World Premiere: The Year of the Cello

    “The Cello, relentless, eternal, infinite in its beauty. I want to drown in its sound” Theatre Passe Muraille and Music Picnic present the world premiere of THE YEAR OF THE CELLO Co-created by Marjorie Chan and Njo Kong Kie | Featuring Rong Fu with cellists Bryan Holt and Brendan Rogers | On stage in the Passe Muraille Backspace October 15 – 29…

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    Relaxed Performances: Across the Pond

    Marjorie Chan is the Artistic Director of Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto since 2019, where she places access, community, innovation and collaboration at the forefront of the company’s approach. Born in Tkaronto (Toronto) to Hong Kong immigrants, she works variously as writer, director and dramaturge in opera and theatre as well as in the intersection of these forms and roles. Her…

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    Theatre Passe Muraille announces a soul-stirring, eclectic 22.23 season

    Aluna Theatre’s fifth edition of the RUTAS Festival World premiere of THE YEAR OF THE CELLO, co-created by Marjorie Chan and Njo Kong Kie World premiere of OUR PLACE by Kanika Ambrose World premiere of MIRIAM’S WORLD by Naomi Jaye World premiere of OKAY, YOU CAN STOP NOW by Shakeil Rollock World premiere of RUBBLE by Suvendrini Lena Toronto premiere…

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    What’s Been Buzzing?

    21.22 Buzz look-back From left to right | Tenzin Choewang, Norbu Tsering, Marjorie Chan, Rinchen Dolma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6acrVIPYiU&feature=youtu.be Video Visual Description Visual Description: The video shows quick images and videos of works that were developed/workshopped in our 21.22 season Buzz program. In Erased by Coleen Shirin Macpherson, dancers and movement performers mimic a making motion on white desks. In Okay You…

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    De-escalation Technique from a Former Hot Dog Vendor

    Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist. A poet, playwright, librettist, musician, lighting designer, and host, Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for SpeakNorth national festival, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets, and founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. They have been featured on CBC’s Q,…