Anna and Michael are successful young filmmakers from Alberta, married in life and in art. Their latest project is a movie about Martin Frobisher, Elizabethan pirate and explorer who made three perilous journeys to the Arctic in the 1570s. History says that Frobisher failed in his attempt to find the fabled Northwest Passage, a quick route thro...
As the waves crash against the shore, two religious brothers go for a walk. The conversation is dominated by the older brother, and heavy with implication. The younger one announces his wish to leave the order, and is asked if his father’s death has something to do with this decision. The younger brother is furious; he could have spoken to his f...
Chloe et Eddie sont au lit lorsqu'ils sont interrompus par Matt, l'ex-mari de Chloe, un athlète. Matt demande où se trouve leur fille Ava, et reproche à Chloe d'avoir abandonné Ava pour un homme anonyme.
La scène est divisée en deux parties : une dispute tendue entre une mère et son enfant et un aria tendre pour la mère alors qu'elle révèle enfin à son fils une réalité douloureuse quant à l'absence prolongée de son père.
A comedy. Trish laments her breakup with Ralph. She is desolate and considers suicide. Gina scolds Trish for over-dramatization and urges her to move on in her life. She succeeds in getting Trish to agree to go out for a drink at a bar nearby. They are intercepted by Ralph (on his bicycle) carrying a box of ...
Le compositeur Gareth Williams et le librettiste David James Brock ont créé un opéra-promenade in situ inspiré du plus ancien pub de Glasgow, Sloans. Le public se déplace dans ce pub vieux de 250 ans et découvre une série de scènes racontant des histoires d’amour, de perte, de vengeance et de pardon.
Dragon’s Tale is the story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman (Xiao Lian) and her ailing father, both living in Toronto. Xiao Lian wakes up in the ancient past and witnesses the last days of one of China’s greatest poets, Qu Yuan. In doing so, she begins to understand her father and herself as she returns to a c...
George and Martha have three very different versions of a difficult conversation over breakfast. The first two represent what happens in George’s mind when his wife insults him over breakfast. One is violent and reactionary, with George screaming and verbally abusing Martha. The other is more considered, as Georg...
On a fateful school trip to the ruins of Pompeii, the fantasies of smitten teenagers Suzie and Cass are ignited. They are transported from 1977 to 79 AD, where they discover romantic freedom in the looming shadow of Mount Vesuvius – but not for long. The timeline shifts to 1981 and the Fly by Night, a Toronto lesbian bar, in the aftermath of the...
A 12 minute long opera, it is set during the 1996 Olympics and Paralympics held in Atlanta. A Paralympic athlete with a disability, and a person of color made homeless by the construction of Olympic sites, meet by chance in Piedmont Park in front of a strange statue. “Before the Last Meter” explores and humanizes the themes of ambition, home, ...
A father and son argue in a dark alley. The father, sick with a tumour "the size of a fig" in his brain, begs his son to end his life. When the gun they're using fails and the son panics, the father offers comfort and encouragement in the form of a ...
Charlotte works to prepare a Thanksgiving meal while her sister Margaret, who is ill, rests. When Margaret drops some china, the sisters are forced to confront the fact that Margaret's illness is likely terminal, and they will soon be separated. They sing a heartfelt duet, vowing to say hello to a new closeness...
Glimmer attempts to address the urgent matters and seemingly irreconcilable coexisting realities at the core of queer existence through multiple frames and lenses. Taking full advantage of an all-queer cast of performers, with whom the piece was developed organically through a series of discussions and workshops, this work intertwines the autobi...
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Hook Up tells the story of three friends who have made it to university, each with their own unique desires and inner conflicts. Mindy is just excited to keep her high school friend circle together and finally get some privacy with her boyfriend. T...
"Bentley’s libretto is based on Frank O’Connor’s translation of the celebrated 1780 Gaelic poem by Brian Merriman (1749-1805), a work surprisingly contemporary in its frank discussion of women’s sexual needs and how men fail to meet them. In Bentley’s adaptation Merriman himself becomes the opera’s central figure who falls asleep on a midsummer...
Singer-songwriter Josie works on a song in her shared Portland apartment, a girl-at-the-guitar on the cusp of leaving for New York City and a long-anticipated big break. Though her luggage is packed and she’s almost out the door, her boyfriend interjects with objections—he’ll miss her. Josie’s reassurances, dreams of him visiting her on the East...
Xiao Lian est ramenée à l'ancienne cour royale, où elle assiste à l'entrée majestueuse du roi Huai de Chu. Qu Yuan est au sommet de son pouvoir mais est bientôt déjoué par le ministre rival Zhang Yi. Qu Yuan est abattu et banni par son roi bien-aimé.
A young Chinese/Canadian woman (Xiao Lian) faces a difficult choice: Honour her family’s traditional past or embrace a more modern future. Her father dwells on the memory of his deceased wife and honours her by performing the Qingming funeral tradition. Meanwhile, Xiao Lian’s two friends want her to get out and be more social. Her father objects...
Chloe et Eddie sont en proie à l'amour lorsqu'ils sont interrompus par Matt, l'ex-mari athlète de Chloe. Matt demande où est leur fille Ava et critique Chloe pour avoir abandonné Ava pour un homme.
Le jour du mariage du jeune couple de la première scène, le vieil homme désormais sobre arrive avec une surprise : sa femme. Et ils veulent récupérer leur bague.
James, un ophtalmologiste souhaitant conserver sa nouvelle vision aux rayons X, se dispute avec son collègue Sam et le tue accidentellement, sous le regard de son assistante Diane.
Quelqu'un a posté des photos de Mindy à la fête avec différents hommes. Mindy, Cindy et Tyler se disputent pour savoir qui est à blâmer. Cindy et Tyler partent en colère, laissant Mindy assise seule sur son lit.
Mindy confronte Tyler à propos de son « partenaire d'étude » et l'accuse de lui avoir menti, ce que Tyler nie. Mindy prend une décision soudaine : elle veut faire une pause et pense qu'ils devraient voir d'autres personnes. Tyler part, confus et dévasté.
Cindy et Mindy sont expulsées de la classe pour avoir provoqué du désordre. Mindy dit clairement avoir demandé une chambre privée dans le dos de Cindy. Les deux se réconcilient et acceptent de sortir (sans Tyler) ce soir-là.
Un professeur génial guide les filles à travers une présentation "Féminisme 101", tandis que la relation entre Cindy et Mindy atteint un point d'ébullition. Cindy juge l'approche casanière de Mindy à l'égard de la vie universitaire ; Mindy juge que le seul intérêt de Cindy est de « faire des rencontres » lors de fêtes.
Cindy est ennuyée de ne pas être colocataire avec Mindy ; le public sait que Mindy a secrètement demandé sa propre chambre. Tyler veut aller à une fête, mais Mindy le convainc de « Netflix et de se détendre ».