A creation by Gillian Clark (Playwriting, 2020)
An Imago Theatre and Keep Good (Theatre) Company Collaboration 
 

Be carried away in a story that is for the hopeful and the hopeless. Part fairy tale, part gritty-real-life story, Adventures invites us to the roots of the Mother Tree in this time of collective grief, to witness PJ and Wendy on the edge of a life-altering moment. This story poses the question: am I a good enough person to bring a child into this big, sad and beautiful world

This project offers a 40-hour workshop exploring Contemporary Shadow Theatre, where participants will experiment with shadow techniques, learn to craft puppets and silhouettes, and create their own reflectors using simple materials.  

The workshop will culminate in a free public presentation of scenes or a scene created by the participants, providing an opportunity for the local community to experience this unique art form and witness the creative process. The event serves as both a celebration of the participants’ creativity and a cultural contribution to the community.  

Open to both beginners and experienced artists, the workshop encourages creativity, collaboration, and skill development in an inclusive and accessible environment. Participants will gain hands-on experience, regardless of prior knowledge of theatre.  

Led by João Veloso, a multidisciplinary artist with expertise in puppetry, shadow puppets, and community-driven projects, this workshop aims to make theatre and storytelling accessible, blending traditional methods with contemporary techniques. 

THE MIXED CRIPS PODCAST

The Mixed Crips podcast is an interview podcast that aims to explore the similarities and differences between invisible and visible disability. The podcast sparks informative as well as amusing conversation that highlight the experiences of people with both physical and cognitive mixed abilities.

Conversations delve into the awkward, challenging, personal and intimate encounters of two best friend’s comparative lived experiences from two very different realities. Subjects range from public treatment, misdiagnosis, and employment to relationships, sensuality, sexual preference and monogamy (just to name a few). Although everyone on the podcast identifies with disability in some way, the spectrum of difference between the hosts of the podcast as well as the invited guests is vast. The conversations lend a voice to the disabled minority to share what has perhaps gone unheard or unnoticed in many people’s lives.

Michael Wanless Biography (Ontario)

Michael is a sound designer and theatre artist living in Tkaronto. They are a graduate of the Production, Design, and Technical Arts program at the National Theatre School of Canada, and have worked professionally as a sound designer since 2013. Their recent projects include assisting on Little Women at the Stratford Festival, sound designing Holdin’ On To What’s Golden with Globe Theatre, and producing and sound designing the narrative podcast The Rest is Electric. They have also worked in live sound mixing for over a decade, with experience working in large concert venues and outdoor festivals Their interests are wide ranging, but of particular interest to them are queer stories as well as stories from other marginalized and under-served communities.

THE PRINCESS’S MOTHER

sad girls watch The Princess Bride
A woman and her mother gather together on every major holiday to watch The Princess Bride together. This tradition is one they have clung to steadfastly, but when the mother begins to deteriorate from dementia, the woman must come to terms with facing a world without her mother. A story of grief, loss, and the importance of ritual in our lives.

Mara Teare Biography (Saskatchewan)

Mara Teare is a Saskatoon raised actor, singer, writer, and creator. She is a recent graduate of
the National Theatre School of Canada’s acting program. Through her art and work, Mara strives to create and be a part of spaces with a strong presence of marginalized voices. Just as theatre has given her a voice, she wishes to inspire and uplift others like her through the power of theatre. She is excited to begin her journey as an emerging playwright with sad girls watch
The Princess Bride. Mara firmly believes in theatre being a safe meeting space for all, and she hopes to bring the community around her closer together in joy and love through her writing. She is so grateful to be a recipient of a TEC Grant this year.

CONTES ET LÉGENDES DU NORD DES POSSIBLES

Tales and legends of the North of possibilities is a research-creation process within the citizen community of a green alley in the city of Montreal. This process aims to answer this question : How to create – through theater – an imaginary of the socio-ecological transition ?
In the fall of 2022, the green community of the North of Possibilities in the Rosemont-la-petite-patrie district will see artists, ecologists, and scientific popularizers take over the site in order to collect testimonies, stories and citizen concerns. These are the starting points of a series of artistic exploration laboratories from which will be born the first texts of an imaginary of the socio-ecological transition of this environment: Tales and legends of the North of the possible. I will explore the themes of belonging to the territory, the narratives of nature and eco-citizenship within a committed community.

Étienne Laforge Biography (Québec)

Actor from a young age, Etienne Laforge has played many roles on the big screen and on television. (Deux fois une femme by François Delisle, Avant que mon coeur bascule by Sébastien Rose).
It is in 2014 in the play Testament under the direction of Éric Jean at Quat’Sous that he combines his two passions, theater and music. He then began a theatrical journey that would lead him to graduate in 2020 from the National Theatre School of Canada. He then co-founded Conteurs à gages, a company that combines storytelling and ecological theater to tell the myths and legends of the current socio-ecological transition.

TWO HUNGRY CHILDREN

Two Hungry Children is an experimental podcast that is archiving the lives of two Black queer Canadian Artists.
It’s like you’re in a cafe and you’re eavesdropping on the table next to you and laugh at the joke they just made.
It’s like you’re hungover on Saturday morning on your best-friends couch, covered in blankets, and you can’t decide on a movie or what food to get delivered.
It’s like that song that smells like 10th grade.

Kalale Dalton-Hulale Biography (Ontario)

Kalale Dalton-Lutale is a playwright and performer from Toronto. Her work embraces experimentation, mothers, loss and pop culture. Kalale is a graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada.