— ABOUT THE PROJECT

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.

— BIOGRAPHY

Nathaniel Hanula-James (Acting, 2019) Originally from the drizzly land of Vancouver, British Columbia, Nathaniel completed a Bachelor of Arts in drama at McGill University before starting his journey at the National Theatre School of Canada. Over the course of his training he tackled a wide range of material, from mask work to heightened classical text, from Caryl Churchill to Morris Panych. He also worked with acclaimed artists and teachers such as Philip Akin (Director, 7 Stories), Brenda Bazinet (naturalism), David Latham (mask and Shakespeare), Ian Watson (Shakespeare), Marla McLean and Graeme Somerville (Shavian period), Jackie Maxwell (Chekhov), and Theatre Replacement’s Maiko Yamamoto (collective creation).
Nathaniel intends to put down roots in Toronto and Vancouver after graduation. He hopes to collaborate on work which approaches even the most difficult subject matter with unabashed theatricality, irreverence, and joy. He is always scavenging for ways to further his creative practice, and is currently at work on a solo piece about his campy, melodramatic, queer cultural inheritance.

Wesley Reibeling

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.