LES GRANDES FILLES

Les Lucioles is a 6-episode podcast series for young people, written by Sophie Léonard-Dufour and directed by Sabrina Auclair, and whose writing and artistic research is made possible by the TEC. During this creation stage, the Lucioles team will offer free public readings to children from various backgrounds, in partnership with community centers, elementary schools, youth organizations, as well as during the Journées de la culture. These meetings will allow us to do artistic research for the project, by offering cultural mediation workshops to young people, and discussions concerning their appreciation of the texts, in order to adapt them as much as possible to the target audience. These workshops will allow the children to be directly involved in the creative process of the project and, for many, will bring them into contact with the theater for the very first time.

Sabrina Auclair Biography (Québec)

Sabrina is a queer artist; actor, writer and director. She graduated in acting from Studio 58 Conservatory located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sabrina returned to Montreal in the fall of 2019 to participate in the Independent Residency at the National Theatre School of Canada. This one-year residency, offered to artists who already have a professional practice, allowed her to develop her directing skills, among other things. She has just completed the script development course at the National Comedy School. Her play Pluie acide was presented in an unplugged version at the last Festival St-Ambroise de Montréal. Her project won the “Most Promising Francophone Artist (Machinerie des arts)” and “Most Promising Francophone Text (CEAD)” awards at the Frankies Awards.

THE 70-MILE YARD SALE

The 70 Mile Yard Sale is a new script in development that tells the story of finding more than you bargained for. The story was inspired by the real life 70 Mile Costal Yard Sale that takes place on Prince Edward Island every September. During the initial research phase, stories and experiences connected to the yard sale were submitted to help enhance the project’s development and allow for the project to maintain an authentic Island voice. The Theatre Engaging Communities grant supported this research and development phase, giving way to a working draft of the story.

Justin Shaw Biography

Justin Shaw is a comedian and storyteller originally from Prince Edward Island. He has performed across Canada sharing his one person shows at various theatres and festivals. He has opened for Fortune Feimster, Mike Birbiglia, and Nathan MacIntosh. His debut comedy album HUMAN MONEY is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.

FLUX IN THE CITY

FLUX IN THE CITY will take the form of a municipal consultation meeting in an alternate universe where the CN Tower has disappeared. Two city planners will lead audiences through a theatrical version of a community consultation, to decide what to do with the empty space the Tower has left behind. Municipal consultations in Toronto are notorious for being boring, poorly executed, and exclusionary. By contrast, FLUX IN THE CITY will use puppetry, multimedia, and participatory theatre models to transform the doldrums of a municipal consultation into an irreverent, challenging, joyful event. We will give audiences the agency to decide what should replace the CN Tower: as audience members generate ideas, a visual artist will be on hand to draw their ideas in real time.

Nathaniel Hanula-James and Wesley Reibeling Biography (Ontario)

We are Nathaniel Hanula-James (pictured) and Wesley Reibeling, queer artist-collaborators who live and work in Tkaronto/Toronto. Nathaniel works across Canada as an emerging performer, dramaturg, writer, and administrator. Wesley is a multidisciplinary artist and a community advocate, Co-Chair of Jane’s Walk, a Senior Project Manager at Park People, a board member for UrbanMinds, and Senior Editor of a queer art zine, Relish and Muster.

To mark Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30th, NTS mandated the Centre for Arts and Social Innovation team to create a calendar that proposes different ways of listening to and acknowledging the truth and experiences of Indigenous individuals and communities, which were shared throughout the days leading up to September 30th and are compiled here by theme.

Together, let us honour the children who never returned home, the survivors of residential schools, their families and their communities.

Remembering Residential Schools – Testimonies

Phyllis Webstad
Lilian Elias
Reportage AFN

To Grieve

Living My Culture
Mon deuil
MMIWG

Indigenous Languages

Innu-aimun
EPL Staff picks
Cours gratuits en ligne
Nos langues Our languages
Wendat Kwawennontahkwih
Atikamekw Sipi
Say it first

Music as a Space of Resistance

Fawn Wood Playlist
Nikamowin Playlist
Jeremy Dutcher

Radical Book List

Cole Pauls
Assiniyiskew (Jenna Rose)
Collectif Ishpitenimatau Tshikauinu Assi
IMPM

Indigenous Poetry, Creative Spirits

I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe
Uiesh = Quelque part
Dehors est un poème
Poetry In Voice

94 Calls to Action

Read all calls

Indigenous Stories on Screen

Films d’Alanis Obomsawin
Chaînes Voix autochtones
Collection Wapikoni mobile

Teaching Youth

When We Were Alone
Little Cree Books
Livres pour jeunes
Empowering the Spirit

Indigenous Activism on Social Media

Catherine Boivin
Shina Nova
Tia Wood
Brett Mooswa
Xavier Watso
Sherry McKay

Storytelling

Voices of Amiskwaciy
Turtle Island Reads
Podcasts list
Laissez-nous raconter
Nuit Rouge

Indigenous Presence and Influence at NTS

Read the report

CALENDAR OF RESOURCES

Bon voyage !

Bon voyage ! is a creation for young audiences with the central theme of grief. The narrative framework of this puppet show is mainly composed from intimate citizen testimonies. In May 2022, the Bon Voyage ! team will travel to Moncton, New Brunswick to meet with teenage groups. Through discussions about grief and shadow theater exercises, the Bon Voyage ! team will use the teenagers’ vision of the characters in the show as the visual signature of the puppets under construction.

Isabelle Bartkowiak (Québec) biography

The Mixed-Arts Performance Partnership Program

The Mixed-Arts Performance Partnership Program, combines this curiosity of theatrical innovation with Chelsea’s skills in community engagement and facilitation. The Mixed-Arts Performance Partnership Program (MAAP) is a 14 week digital program which pairs underhoused or homeless, equity seeking “youth” (15-29 years old) with artist mentors in four performance based disciplines – theatre, spoken word poetry, digital performance art, and drag. Participants will engage in an online group workshop of each discipline, and then will choose two of the disciplines to receive 1:1 reoccurring online mentorship in with the goal of creating a 10-20 minute performance piece.

Chelsea Woolley (Ontario) biography

Chelsea Woolley is a playwright whose work includes: Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs (Nightwood Theatre’s Groundswell Festival), The Mountain (Geordie Productions, Spinning Dot Theatre), and These Peaceable Kingdoms (New Words Festival).

Chelsea’s work has been recognized through a number of awards including: Tarragon Theatre’s RBC Emerging Playwright (2019), The Playwright Guild of Canada’s SureFire List, The Ellen Ross Stuart Opening Doors Award, and the Toronto Fringe New Play Contest.
She has attended the Banff Playwright’s Lab and the National New Play Network’s MFA Playwright’s Workshop at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC. As an arts facilitator, Chelsea has worked with the Toronto Boys and Girls Club, the Harbourfront Centre, Crows Theatre, Scarborough Arts Centre, Young People’s Theatre, and Project Humanity.

Chelsea is the creator and program director of a youth program at Red Door Shelter where last spring she and eight teens co-wrote a play titled One Day. Chelsea is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting Program.