PANAMANIA to Stage Boundary-Breaking Theatre This Summer
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 29, 2015
For 35 days this summer, Toronto will be home to the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. As part of the Games, the arts and culture festival, PANAMANIA will present more than 250 unique commissioned performances and exhibitions, creating a cultural legacy that will make an everlasting impression on the international arts and culture stage.
PANAMANIA will bring 12 World Premiere Theatre Productions plus, dance, music, fashion, and visual arts to Toronto in a way that the city has never seen before.
Scroll down for this year's theatre lineup!
THE WATERSHED World Premiere
When: July 7-11 2015
Where: Berkeley Street Theatre
THE WATERSHED is a documentary play about a seminal moment in Canadian history; the attack on the future of fresh water. Inspired from private conversations in homes and current event stories in the media, THE WATERSHED follows an artist and a country struggling to chart a sustainable course between economic growth and environmental stewardship.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/the-watershed-by-annabel-soutar-directed-by-chris-abraham/18
www.crowstheatre.com/production/current-plays/the-watershed/activities-for-the-watershed/
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA World Premiere
When: July 11-15, 2015
Where: Daniels Spectrum, Artscape
Experience a mesmerizing, innovative and technological performance created by and starring award-winning artist Rick Miller in TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, a theatrical adaptation of the classic Jules Verne underwater sea adventure.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-directed-by-and-co- starring-rick-miller/11
www.20kshow.com
LA IMAGINACIO?N DEL FUTURO North American Premiere
When: July 12-15, 2015
Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
What if Salvador Allende had a team of modern communication experts at his disposal when Augusto Pinochet launched his coup? By looking at the potential paths history didn't follow, LA IMAGINACIO?N DEL FUTURO uses dark humour to demystify the best and worst years in Chile's recent history.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/la-imaginacion-del-futuro/12
THE POSTMAN World Premiere
When: July 12, 14-17, 2015
Where: Harbord Street and Albert Jackson Lane in the Annex
THE POSTMAN follows Canada's first African-Canadian postman, Albert Jackson, on his original route in the Annex. This site-specific presentation tells the story of Mr. Jackson's journey to overcome racial protest and rise to his ultimate position at Canada Post.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/the-postman-by-david-ferry-and-laurence-dean-ifill/14
www.thepostmanwalks.com
GIMME SHELTER World Premiere
When: July 13-17, 2015
Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
Upon learning of the staggering statistics of people who will be displaced because of the rising sea levels caused by climate change, theatre artist Ravi Jain found himself asking: "what can I do?" Inspired by the ancient text of the great Indian epic: the Mahabharata, GIMME SHELTER questions our responsibility to action when facing problems that seem too big to solve.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/gimme-shelter-by-ravi-jain/23
www.theatrewhynot.org/project/gimme-shelter/
887 by Robert Lepage World Premiere
When: July 14-18, 2015
Where: St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
887 explores the concept of memory in the digital age of data storage and how theatre and art is still relevant today. Created by internationally renowned director/playwright/actor Robert Lepage.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/887-by-robert-lepage/25
lacaserne.net/index2.php/theatre/eight_eight_seven/
IT COMES IN WAVES World Premiere
When: July 15-19, 2015
Where: Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
IT COMES IN WAVES is an interactive?audience members canoe to Gibraltar Point?site specific performance exploring communal rituals around loss and grief.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/It-Comes-In-Waves-by-Jordan-Tannahill-and-bluemouth-inc/29
www.necessaryangel.com/files/stay/main.php
LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH World Premiere
When: July 16, 2015
Where: Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH is a tribute to David Rakoff. The show includes a dramatized reading of Rakoff's whimsical and deeply moving portrait of life in the 20th century. Part novel, part epic poem, Rakoff's final work explores human fallibility and redemption through beautifully drawn characters, with illustrations by internationally renowned cartoonist Seth, who will also be present. www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/love-dishonor-marry-die-cherish-perish-by-david-rakoff--- adapted-and-directed-by-mark-mc-grinder-and-co-adapted-by-joel-greenberg/34
studio180theatre.com/productions/in-development/
LEO World Premiere
When: July 17-19, 2015
Where: Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
LEO is a mind-bending, funny, surreal, and surprisingly touching work that challenges the senses and tests perceptions of reality through a solo physical theatre piece that combines the clever interplay of acrobatics and high tech video projection.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/leo/10
y2d-shows.com
THE BIG "WHAT NOW?" World Premiere
When: July 21-25, 2015
Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
One of Canada's most celebrated comic artists presents an all-new show about her personal exploration of life after 50. THE BIG "WHAT NOW?" is a humourous look at what happens once a woman has completed life's compulsory rites of passage.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/the-big-what-now-written-and-performed-by-sandra-shamas/15
TIMBER!
When: July 23-25, 2015
Where: Harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance Theatre
Cirque Alfonse's TIMBER! is inspired by the exploits of the first Que?be?cois lumberjacks, loggers and farmers. Talented acrobats and musicians create a colourful, energetic scene of epic feats, complete with axe-throwing and aerial acrobatics.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/timber/21
www.cirquealfonse.com/en/shows/timber/
NIAGARA~ A PAN-AMERICAN STORY World Premiere
When: July 23-26, 2015
Where: Daniels Spectrum, Artscape
NIAGARA~ A PAN-AMERICAN STORY, conceived and directed by Veronica Tennant, is a multi-media show that celebrates a deep and vibrant cultural connection between Cuba and Canada that goes back 200 years when poet and revolutionary Jose? Mari?a Heredia penned his ode to the beauty and wonder of Niagara Falls. www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/niagara-a-pan-american-story/24
niagarapoem.com
OBEAH OPERA BY NICOLE BROOKS World Premiere
When: August 4-8, 2015
Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
Folk, reggae, blues and jazz captivate in this all-woman a cappella production of OBEAH OPERA by Nicole Brooks, a bold and daring opera about the original Salem witch-hunt of the 17th Century.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/obeah-opera-by-nicole-brooks/28
obeahopera.wordpress.com
PUSH! REAL ATHLETES. REAL STORIES. REAL THEATRE. World Premiere
When: August 11-14, 2015
Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
This original creation by world-renowned contemporary theatre director and writer Ping Chong weaves together six diverse stories of personal struggle and astonishing accomplishments performed by a team of world class para-sport athletes.
www.toronto2015.org/panamania-details/push-real-athletes-real-stories-real-theatre/32 www.pingchong.org/upcoming/
For more information about the PANAMANIA schedule, visit www.toronto2015.org/PANAMANIA.
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