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.
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Production Credits
Created by: Brian Quirt and Martin Julien with Nightswimming 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 |
Photo credit: Erin Brubacher. Photo source: nightswimming.ca
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Production History
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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 18-22 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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Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: JOY, US, ACTING
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
