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Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools

Theater performance and concert by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Evalyn Parry / Buddies in Bad Times
MK: Festival "Water, Earth and I"
German premiere

 Therese-Giehse-Halle
 1 hour 50 minutes
 English with German surtitles
 20 Euro, 10 Euro reduced
 Therese-Giehse-Halle
 1 hour 50 minutes
 English with German surtitles
 20 Euro, 10 Euro reduced

Theater Performance and Concert: An Encounter of North and South

 

A concert and a conversation, Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools is the meeting place of two people, and the North and South of Canada. Inuk artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and queer theatre-maker Evalyn Parry met on an Arctic expedition from Iqaluit to Greenland. Interacting with each other and the audience, they share their perspectives on Canadian history, prejudices and traditions. The award-winning and internationally touring work was produced by Toronto’s first queer theater, founded in 1979 with the hopeful name “Buddies in Bad Times”.

LET IT BE THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION.

LET IT BE A MEETING PLACE AND A RECKONING.

LET IT LIVE RADICALLY IN A FEMININE PARADIGM.

LET IT BE COMPLEX.

LET IT BE UNRESOLVED.

As part of MK Festival: Water, Earth and I funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada.
  • written + performed by Evalyn Parry, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
  • created by Evalyn Parry, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Erin Brubacher, Elysha Poirier, Cris Derksen
  • directed by Erin Brubacher
  • live video by Elysha Poirier
  • original composition + live music by Cris Derksen, Evalyn Parry
  • Uaajeerneq and Throat Singing Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
  • Sound Management Matthew Pencer
  • lighting design by Rebecca Picherack
  • Stage Design & Management Kaitlin Hickey
  • Technical Director Adrien Whan
  • Management Tour Chris Reynolds
  • Costumes (Sealskin Elements) Nicole Camphaug, Enb Artisan, Nunavut
  • Ulu Mosesie Lewis
  • Created and coproduced by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre & Theatre Passe Muraille

Pressestimmen

“Astounding…Another example of how working together rather than in conflict can lead to the best theatre.”

“The cultural expression of Uaajeerneq, a greenlandic mask dance, gives way to the political in a rich, thoughtful and impassioned fusion.”

The Guardian (UK) • 3.8.19

“Astonishing and almost frightening in its transgressive power.”

Now Magazine
Festival "Water, Earth and I"
MK: Festival “Water, Earth and I”
Theater, Tanz und Performance aus Turtle Island (Kanada) und Deutschland 8. – 13.11.2022