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The History of Korean Western Theatre

November 08, 2024

What happens when a nation’s artistic spirit is undermined by the weight of Western influence? This question drives Jaha Koo’s visionary documentary theatre performance, which examines how the suppression of local culture under Western assimilation […]

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Transpofagic Manifesto

November 08, 2024

Transpofagic Manifesto is a courageous and thought-provoking work that challenges commonly-held views around gender diversity. Renata Carvalho, a Brazilian human rights activist, reclaims the term “travesti” to describe a distinct transfeminine identity with a history […]

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The Goldberg Variations

November 07, 2024

What are the blueprints of sexual desire and fantasy? In this unapologetic investigation of power dynamics and identity, Clayton Lee invites the audience to confront that very question through an intimate and unfiltered reckoning of […]

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Dimanche

November 07, 2024

A man dressed for winter stares dead ahead with piercing eyes. He sits at a snow-white table scattered with miniature trees and a few tiny houses. His arm, which rests on the table, is an extension of the landscape, with little houses and trees sprouting from him as though he were a mountain.

In a world teetering on the edge, a family gathers for a seemingly ordinary Sunday. Yet little by little, everything around them crumbles under the devastating effects of natural disasters. Regardless, they cling to their […]

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OUT

November 07, 2024

Under a charged nightclub haze, two performers move with electric intimacy, flirting, teasing, shape-shifting. Immersed in the bittersweet fragrance of oranges, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a […]

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Bijuriya

November 07, 2024

A south-asian drag artist wears a gold, crushed-velvet leotard with matching knee-high high-heeled boots. The artist is caught mid gesture and mid word, reaching out with a look of shock on their face. In the background, an array of wigs perch atop a small cluster of mannequin heads.

Gabriel Dharmoo is an innovative music composer and vocalist who thrives on experimentation. Bijuriya, his drag persona, channels the vibrancy of South Asian culture to touch the hearts of fellow brown queers. Together, Gabriel and […]

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The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes

November 14, 2023

A man sits on a couch leaning away from what appears to be a taxidermy tiger. Behind him is a wall of mounted animal taxidermy heads.

When AI takes over from human intelligence, how will people be treated? Weaving a narrative through human rights, sexual politics, and the projected dominance of artificial intelligence, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is […]

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Sound of the Beast

November 14, 2023

A person half-kneeling with crossed arms while holding a mic. The person is looking up at the light, There is a woman projected behind them.

“I’m not here to tell you how to feel. I’m just here to tell you what happened.”  Urgent, intimate and magnetic, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard gives a performance of profound poetic justice with storytelling, spoken word […]

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