Toronto's Necessary Angel announces its upcoming season
Last week I received a media release from Necessary Angel and its upcoming slate.
Here are the productions headed our way for now as there are more to come:
Photo of Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu courtesy of Necessary Angel
Is God Is
by Aleshea Harris
Canadian premiere of A Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Obsidian Theatre Company and Canadian Stage production
May 3 – 2022 at the Marilyn Charles Baillie Theatre
Live Theatre
In May, Necessary Angel Theatre Company partners with Obsidian Theatre Company and Canadian Stage for the Canadian premiere of the genre-smashing award-winner IS GOD IS written by Aleshea Harris, to be directed by Obsidian’s Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu. An explosive new contribution to the American canon that premiered in 2018 to critical acclaim and multiple award-wins, IS GOD IS is a Tarantino-esque contemporary tragedy fusing the Spaghetti Western and Afropunk in a story of two sisters on a journey of righteous revenge.
Friends of Necessary Angel presale begins November 23rd.
Details to come!
Photo of Maev Beaty in THE GREAT FIRE courtesy of Necessary Angel
The Great Fire
by Roland Schimmelpfennig
Translated by David Tushingham
English World Premiere
In person immersive vinyl audio pop-ups, and at home audio streaming
We are also thrilled to announce the English language world premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s The Great Fire translated by David Tushingham, in a radically re-conceived audio production featuring in-person, bubble friendly, immersive vinyl audio experiences in pop up locations, as well as, audio streaming for audiences at home.
“Schimmelpfennig evokes a world both familiar and otherworldly. Within a folk setting of competing rural villages, The Great Fire takes us to a valley full of connection, abundance and love, and dramatizes the mechanics of division, greed and hate. The Great Fire asks: Where are we now? And how did we get here? The Great Fire is a thinking person’s tour de force for our time.“ – Necessary Angel Artistic Director, Alan Dilworth
This production, conceived and directed by Necessary Angel artistic director Alan Dilworth, is performed by Dora Award-winner Maev Beaty, with original sound design and mix by Dora Award-winner Debashis Sinha. Immersive vinyl audio pop-up dates, times and locations, as well as streaming information coming soon!
Photo of Pamela Mala Sinha courtesy of Michael Cooper
CRASH by Pamela Mala Sinha
The Film
Pamela Mala Sinha’s multi award-winning solo play CRASH, directed by Necessary Angel artistic director Alan Dilworth, has toured North America to great acclaim. Necessary Angel will be filming the work in May at Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre, with broadcast release dates to be announced soon.
The story: After the loss of a loved one, a woman must face the shattering memories of a past trauma in an attempt to bring back someone she loves. CRASH is the fractured unraveling of memory; a tour de force narrative about family, faith and love.
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