Forward March Festival 2023: unDONE

Sat Mar 25 2023 at 12:45 pm to Sun Mar 26 2023 at 04:45 pm

Earlscourt Park | Toronto

Theatre Direct
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Forward March Festival 2023: unDONE
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Theatre Direct's annual festival of brand-new, site-specific theatre for young audiences by emerging artists presented in Earlscourt Park.
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here Theatre Direct presents:


FORWARD MARCH FESTIVAL: unDONE

Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26, 2023


Earlscourt Park

(1200 Lansdowne Ave., Toronto)


12:45pm to 4:45pm daily


Ages: 7 to 12


For ASL vlog and additional Relaxed Performances info click .


Forward March Festival: unDONE invites artists and audiences to let go of what has been, and redefine how we connect with each other and our community.


This year, our line-up features four new outdoor site-specific plays in development created by emerging artist companies and commissioned by Theatre Direct. The four performances take place one after the other in familiar spaces from the playground to the baseball diamond in locations around Earlscourt Park for an audience of kids between the ages of 7 – 12. Throughout the weekend, families can visit our festival hub with a chill-out zone for audience members, and take in entertainment and musical guests.


Special to this year, the shows are being offered exclusively for children. Tickets are available for each show separately on the hour starting from 1pm, or, kids can get a festival pass and travel with us from show to show, starting at 12:45pm. Parents and guardians must accompany their children to the festival, but kids will be front and centre in these exciting interactive creations.


All plays are Relaxed Performances with ASL interpretation or, for plays in ASL, with voice-over in English. There is accessible parking and washrooms available at the Joseph P. Piccininni Centre located next to Earlscourt Park. Please note that due to performances being held on outdoor surfaces including grass, dirt, and pavement, shows may not be accessible to audience members with limited mobility, or those using mobility aids. Audiences will be standing and/or seated on the ground for the duration of performances. Limited chairs will be available.


Free Tickets/Passes and Tickets/Passes by Donation are available. By selecting Tickets/Passes by Donation, you help support Theatre Direct in continuing to provide subsidized programming for young people. For questions about tickets, please contact Company Producer Madeleine Brown at [email protected].


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A Live Others Theatre Collective Production

Co-Produced and Presented by Theatre Direct


HOW WE PLAY(ED)

Created and Directed by Lucy Rose Coren and Rinchen Dolma


1pm daily


Featuring Co-Creator Youth Participants:

Clara Dias Henriques Campelo, Giovanna de Paula Monteiro, Doruk Kolbasi, Cristina Marin, Stephanie Marin, Lucas Maciel V.N. Souza and Samuel Maciel V.N. Souza


Sound Designer: Uko Abara


Guest Director: Lisa Marie DiLiberto

Indigenous Culture Consultant: Charlotte Big Canoe

Accessibility Consultant: Rachael Marks


How We Play(ed) is a project co-created by Live Others and a group of newcomer and immigrant youth in the city of Toronto. It’s a site-specific audio experience that invites its listeners to play!


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A Fox Den Collective Production

Co-Produced and Presented by Theatre Direct


BENCHED

Created by The Fox Den Collective

Co-Directed by Jessy Ardern and Sarah Feutl


2pm daily


Featuring:

Fatma Naguib and Carmen Osahor


Stage Manager: Helen Ho


Guest Director: TBA

Indigenous Culture Consultant: Charlotte Big Canoe

Accessibility Consultant: Rachael Marks


Best friends Charlie and Zoe aren’t talking anymore, and they expect you to choose sides. In this interactive play, kids piece together the story of Charlie and Zoe’s friendship through conversations with the characters, and by following physical clues that help uncover the whole story. Can you investigate the events that led these friends apart? And can anything bring them back together again?


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A Phoenix The Fire Production

Co-Produced and Presented by Theatre Direct


THE GALAXY OF SITARA

Created and Directed by Gaitrie Persaud-Killings


3pm daily


Featuring:

Jaideep Goray and Gaitrie Persaud-Killings


Puppet Designer: Alessio Convito

Collaborators: Sign1 News and Deaf Spectrum

Mentor: Ramesh Meyyappan

Assistant: Nadira Balchand


Guest Director: Sehar Bhojani

Indigenous Culture Consultant: Charlotte Big Canoe

Accessibility Consultant: Rachael Marks


The Galaxy of Sitara is a fantasy story about a princess born Deaf only to be forced through speech therapy because it is believed that karNahlna (Hindi word: Deafness) is a curse. Sitara soon meets a strange being who shakily lifts his hands before signing to her, prompting her to go on a journey of self-discovery to find her birthright: American Sign Language. To keep her reign, Sitara must fight not only for her homeland, but also to preserve what should be her primary language.


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A Sanskruti Marathe Production

Co-Produced and Presented by Theatre Direct


AT THE END OF KALIYUGA

Created by Sanskruti Marathe

Co-Directed by Malika Daya and Sanskruti Marathe


4pm daily


Featuring:

Sanskruti Marathe


Stage Manager: Sky-Ravinn Ffrench


Guest Director: Anita Majumdar

Indigenous Culture Consultant: Charlotte Big Canoe

Accessibility Consultant: Rachael Marks


At The End of Kaliyuga is about Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer). These three, known as the Holy trinity of Hinduism, need to decide the fate of the Earth as we come to the end of the fourth and the final cycle (Yuga) of the Universe. Will they put an end to the planet to begin a fresh start, will humanity get a second chance to fix all the problems, or, is there a third path that the Gods will take for the sake of humanity?


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Musical Guests:

OPÉRA QUEENS


12:45pm to 4:45pm daily


Opéra Queens will perform a selection of classical vocal music in drag, gender-bent, and queerified, prioritizing IBPOC artists, between the Forward March Festival shows in our festival hub at the Earlscourt Gazebo.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Earlscourt Park, Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, Canada

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