Why We Are Here
A site-specific drop-in choir where music is performed by the audience in venues that are normally not accessible for group singing like the Toronto Island Ferry, or city council chambers.
Production Credits
Created by: Brian Quirt and Martin Julien Produced by: Brittany Ryan Resident Artists: Tamara Podemski, Krystal Cook, Michelle Thrush, Michelle St. John Choir Leaders: Anne Schaefer, Jean-louis Bleau, Jane Perry, Joe Slabe, Hussein Janmohamed, Reza Jacobs, Alan Gasser, Cathay Nosaty, Karin Randoja |
Production History
Harbourfront’s JUNIOR: Toronto, ON 19-21 May 2018
Spark Festival: Victoria, BC 12 March 2018
Spark Festival: Victoria, BC 13 March 2017
High Performance Radio: Calgary, AB 18, 20, 22 January 2017
St. Andrew by-the-lake, Ward’s Island: Toronto, ON 3 June 2015
Fort York: Toronto, ON 26 May 2015
Allan Gardens: Toronto, ON 20 May 2015
Videofag: Toronto, ON 12 May 2015
Aga Khan Museum: Toronto, ON 6 May 2015
Toronto, ON January 2014
Toronto, ON November-December 2013
Toronto, ON 22 October 2012
Spark Festival: Victoria, BC 12 March 2018
Spark Festival: Victoria, BC 13 March 2017
High Performance Radio: Calgary, AB 18, 20, 22 January 2017
St. Andrew by-the-lake, Ward’s Island: Toronto, ON 3 June 2015
Fort York: Toronto, ON 26 May 2015
Allan Gardens: Toronto, ON 20 May 2015
Videofag: Toronto, ON 12 May 2015
Aga Khan Museum: Toronto, ON 6 May 2015
Toronto, ON January 2014
Toronto, ON November-December 2013
Toronto, ON 22 October 2012
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Press
“Audience members walk away from WWAH! feeling elated and transformed because of the singing community that grows out of each performance” - Theatre Ontario
"In an age when the red states won’t talk to the blue states, when sports fans of the wrong team occasionally end up dead in the parking lot, when everyone is their very own brand and media outlet, Quirt and Julien created a show out of creating a choir out of the audiences who attend Why We Are Here." - The Half Step
"In an age when the red states won’t talk to the blue states, when sports fans of the wrong team occasionally end up dead in the parking lot, when everyone is their very own brand and media outlet, Quirt and Julien created a show out of creating a choir out of the audiences who attend Why We Are Here." - The Half Step