by Tiziano Cruz
A Theatre Passe Muraille presentation of a ULMUS & ROSA Studio Production
Buenos Aires, Argentina
“A homecoming that confronts history-and refuses to disappear”
Photo of Tiziano Cruz
Picture by Noorullah Azizi
“…Tiziano Cruz weaves the intimate and the political with unstoppable force. We haven’t recovered.” – Philippe Noisette, Les Inrocks (France)
Just as Andean women weave their quipus [textile artefacts made of ropes and knots] as memorials, the Argentinean artist Tiziano Cruz takes the path back to his childhood to reconnect with his community.
Based on archival work, the piece proposes a reflection on how racial hierarchies and structures of domination operate in a world in which neoliberalism violently devastates cultural, vital and collective traces.
Wayqeycuna is the last piece in the trilogy “Tres Maneras de Cantarle a una Montaña”, in which the artist articulates, through a series of poetic gestures, his childhood memories of the interior of northern Argentina with political manifestos on the art market and class privilege.
WINNER OF:
Zurich Theatre Spektakel Prize Audience Award 2024
The ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art 2023
Bienal de Arte Joven 2019
In Spanish with English surtitles
To see the list of shows and book your tickets, please visit our ticketing site. or contact us at 416.504.7529, or by email at info@passemuraille.on.ca. Tickets are all Pay-What-You-Can-Afford Price Points: $15, $40, $65, (price includes all ticket fees)
Both performances of Wayqeycuna will be Relaxed Environment (RE). This 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.)
Age limit: The suggested age for this production is 16+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.)
Environmental Warnings: Flashing lights, loud and surprising sounds.
Credits
Conceived, written, directed and performed by
Tiziano Cruz
Dramaturged and Assistant Directed by
Rodrigo Herrera
Artistic Collaboration by
Rio Paraná (Duen Sacchi + Mag De Santo)
Video, Photos, Sound and Music Design and Technical Coordination by
Matías Gutiérrez
Lighting Design by
Matías Sendón
Costume Design and Artistic Production By
Luciana Iovane
Executive Produced by
Ulmus Gestión Cultural
International Relations, Production and Management by
Cecilia Kuska (ROSA studio)
Digital Program
You can access the Digital Program for Wayqeycuna at the link above. This includes the Access Guide and information about the show such as show notes and more.
Tiziano Cruz is an interdisciplinary artist from northern Argentina.
In addition to the work as an object, he is interested in developing a situated experimentation; investigating about the possibility of producing a new organization of the everyday social field, a common subjectivity.
Since 2016 he has been developing a trilogy of works in which he crosses his own biography with the collective memory of the people of the interior of Argentina.
His works have been presented in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Chile and Canada.
His academic and non-formal training has allowed him to work with public and private institutions where he has developed diverse knowledge, not only in visual and performing arts, but also in business administration and cultural management. He has also received scholarships from national and international institutions.
He is co-founder of the ULMUS Cultural Management Platform, a platform dedicated to cultural mediation between different cultural organizations in Argentina and neighboring countries, which has allowed him to deepen this interest.
He currently works as Head of Artistic Content Production at Centro Cultural Recoleta – Undersecretary of Cultural Policies and New Audiences – Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires.
To schedule an interview with the artist, or staff members at Theatre Passe Muraille regarding this production, please email B-Rebel Communications at ashley@b-rebelcommunications.com. We will try our best to accommodate your media requests, however they are not guaranteed.
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As part of Wayqeycuna, artist Tiziano Cruz will be facilitating a bread-making workshop for the community entitled ¨Pan para el mundo“/ “Bread for the World.¨ This event seeks to intertwine art, territory and loaves of bread to present and celebrate our dead, those beings who have left this earthly plane and now inhabit the ancestral plane. During the workshop, Tiziano will work with the local community bake together the bread that will be part of the stage show.
This free workshop will take place off-site on Thursday January 22, 2026 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at at Social Art Studio Space at 180 Shaw Street. Sign-up here.
If you would like to participate or collaborate with us, please contact our Community Engagement Manager Angela by emailing outreach@passemuraille.on.ca or by calling 416-504-8980 (ext. 2140).
This production is part of our #BeyondTO Festival 2026!
Also check out #BeyondTO 2026’s other production, Mark of a Woman!
Mark of a Woman is a live performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories & authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures. Using Visual Vernacular, digital animation, kinetic projection and Woojer™ technology, this is an exciting, accessible new exploration into women’s social, cultural and historical relationships to body marking.
Critically acclaimed by British Theatre Guide as “a lasting impression” and “an exploration of cultural significance and positive body image,” the performance invites audiences to reexamine tattooing as both a deeply personal and profoundly political act.
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