{"id":6087,"date":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/art-apart-double-the-fun-double-bill\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T04:00:00","slug":"art-apart-double-the-fun-double-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-double-the-fun-double-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Apart: Double the Fun Double Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-section-gutenberg -classic o-text\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCa1clhuo0s\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>About the project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Double the Fun Double Bill<\/strong> is a dramatic reading of Asian theatre artists <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Angela Sun<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vivian <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">O<\/span>r<\/strong>&#8216;s<span data-contrast=\"none\"> darkly comedic works on connection, identity, and distance.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In Or&#8217;s short play <\/span><strong><em>please don&#8217;t tell my Dad<\/em><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">, two friends are forced to wrestle with the revelation of a devastating personal secret over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">video chat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> when Prime Minister Trudeau the Third moistly announces the arrival of a new pandemic. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sun&#8217;s <strong>Arrivals\/\/Departures<\/strong> is a storytelling anthology of prose and poetry that explores diasporic experiences of travel and the weight of having roots that stretch across oceans.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the <a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-artistic-works\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart program<\/a>, an emergency fund for emerging artists who are affected by physical distancing due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VivianOr_Angela-Sun_Vignette-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Angela Sun<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a settler theatre performer, creator, producer, arts administrator, and writer of East Asian descent. She has previously performed in or co-created works for The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bentway<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Gardiner Museum, and the Art Gallery of Ontario; as well as for both the Toronto and Hamilton Fringe Festivals, the Paprika<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Festival, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SummerWorks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Performance Festival, and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">InspiraTO<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Festival. She has worked with a variety of artistic companies including Factory Theatre, Theatre <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Passe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Muraille<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Political Movement, Theatre <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ARTaud<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Silk Bath Collective, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">xLq<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Broadleaf Theatre, Little Black Afro Theatre, Filament Incubator, Hart House Theatre, Canadian Rep Theatre, Mixed Company Theatre, and Toronto Playback Theatre.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vivian <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Or<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is an actor, artist, and storyteller. She is a graduate of Humber Theatre Performance Program and York University for Theatre Studies. Her selected acting credits include various Robert <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Munsch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> character&#8217;s in <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Munsch<\/span><\/em><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at Play<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tetrault<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Arts Productions); <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Northern Lights<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Theatre by the Bay); Factory Theatre&#8217;s Mechanicals Actor&#8217;s Training Program; <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guerrilla Ruffian Squad<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Shakespeare in the Ruff); Pam, the Pizza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pizza<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> receptionist in <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Clowns<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Humber Theatre); and the sold out queer Shakespeare burlesque show, <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ill Met by Moonlight<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Pointed Cap Playhouse).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Double the Fun Double Bill is a dramatic reading of Asian theatre artists\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Angela Sun<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Vivian\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">O<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">r<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0darkly comedic works on connection, identity, and distance.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW26701863 BCX7\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-apart"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}