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Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall) by Tiziano Cruz
A ROSA Studio production presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
Collage and poster design by Emily Jung
Written, Directed, and Performed by
Tiziano Cruz
Dramaturge and Directors assistance by
Rodrigo Herrera
Filmmaker
Matías Gutiérrez
Sound Design and Composition by
Luciano Giambastiani
Lighting Design by
Matías Ramos
Art and Costume Design By
Uriel Cistaro
Set Costumes Realization by
Vega Cardozo Luisa Fernanda and Luciana Iovane
Proof Reading by
Hugo Miranda Campos
Artistic Production and Graphic Design by
Luciana Iovane
Executive Production by
Ullmus Getíon Cultural
International Relations and Management by
Cecilia Kuska & ROSA Studio
Community Outreach Associate
Camil@ Diaz-Varela
Community Performers (Procession)
Kristell Marthié (Grupo Teatro Libre)
Santiago “Lobo” Vega (Grupo Teatro Libre)
Lissete Vázquez Cortés (Grupo Teatro Libre)
María Cortés Rodríguez (Grupo Teatro Libre)
Alejandro Poveda (Grupo Teatro Libre)
Jessica Zepeda
Asalia Arellano (Tonantzin Aztec Group of Toronto)
Patricio Llovet (El Ceibo Folklore)
Siwar Soria
María T. Escolán
Bruno DeCosta (Eagle Spirits of the Great Water)
Laurena Blanchard-O’Brien (Eagle Spirits of the Great Water)
Theatre Passe Muraille Team
Artistic Director | Marjorie Chan
Artistic Producer | Indrit Kasapi
Managing Director, Revenue & Strategy | Michelle Knight
Artistic Associate | April Leung
Producer | Jenn Sartor
Associate Producer | Emma Westray
Dramaturgy & Accessibility Associate Metcalf Foundation Intern | Mandy E. MacLean
Financial Manager | Petra Chevrier
Community Engagement Coordinator | Angela Sun
Marketing and Outreach Manager | Shanae Sodhi
Marketing Intern| Latteeshia Davis
Patron Services Manager | Ceridwen Kingstone
Fundraising & Development Coordinator | Faizah Syeda
Production and Facilities Manager | Aidan Hammond
Production Coordinator | Olivia Zotti
Mainspace Technician | David Fisher
Access Guide
To access the visual story, please click the button below. An Access Guide is a package that aims to support people with communication difficulties, learning disabilities, English as a second language and Autistic People. It can be used to help anyone access and understand the play. The package may include spoilers.
Accessibility
A Relaxed Environment (RE) is created for audiences who have various access needs that a traditional theatre environment does not accommodate. Before a Relaxed Environment performance, audiences will get a visual story that gives them all the information they need to know for the performance (directions to the theatre, pre-show warnings, etc.)
During a Relaxed Environment performance an audience member can: enter and exit the theatre, move around throughout the theatre, can make noise or sounds, and those who need to keep their phone on will be able to do so as long as it is on silent or on vibrate. Our Relaxed Environment is a Scent Free Environment. Throughout the show, there will be some light over the audience.
Content Warnings: nudity, oppression, racialized violence, harm to indigenous peoples, loneliness, disease, illness, death, globalization, climate change, mental health, shame, sadness, revolution, family conflict, the global pandemic and its impact, political conflict, colonialism, suicide, capitalism, social and economic poverty, war, substance abuse, sex work, violence towards animals, rape, human migration, misogyny, homophobia, coarse language, public stoning.
Age limit: The suggested age is 16+
Environmental Warnings: Flashing lights, Loud and surprising sounds.
Note from Theatre Passe Muraille
Welcome to our second edition of #BeyondTO Festival at TPM! With many thanks to Canada Arts Presentation Fund from Canadian Heritage, we’ve envisioned this festival to be an opportunity to introduce Toronto audiences to artistic offers outside of Toronto that are not only aesthetically compelling and unique but also works that challenge or amplify the conversations our community is currently having.
This year we bring to our stage Canadian artists from Montréal, Quebec in CAMILLE: THE STORY by Audrey-Anne Bouchard & Collaborators and also international artists all the way from Argentina in SOLILOQUIO (I woke up and hit my head against the wall) by Tiziano Cruz. Both of these important and unique pieces ask us to experience story by engaging our senses in a myirad of ways through immersive techniques and a celebratory procession.
Camille is a special, gentle experience of friendship and loss with the wholly unique feel of a day in the life of Montréal. Performed for six audience members at a time, the show replicates in theatre form, an intimacy and an interdependency that Disabled communities would easily recognize and offers the opportunity to introduce audience care through theatrical expression.
Soliloquio starts with a noisy and fun procession of music and dance leading community to TPM, inviting all to participate. Once seated, we are spell bound by the intensity of the text and projection work, and the startling realities and inequities of being Indigenous in Argentina.
These pieces are artistic interruptions that ultimately encourage us to consider the world from a different perspective, in very different ways. Although the works come from away, they reflect humanity back at us, and tell us more about ourselves.
– Marjorie, Indrit and Michelle
Cast
Tiziano Cruz is an interdisciplinary artist whose work fundamentally brings together visual and theatrical language, performance, and artistic intervention into public space. Tiziano has been a Fellow of the National Arts Fund and the National Theater Institute ARG. He was the winner of the Biennale of Young Art 2019 and winner of the ANTI prize, Finland, 2023. He is the founder of the ULMUS Cultural Management Platform, dedicated to mediation between different cultural organizations in Argentina and neighboring countries. He currently serves as a Content Producer at the Recoleta Cultural Center in Buenos Aires.
Creative Team
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