Victoria Park (Clock Tower Stage)
• Jubilee Drive • Kitchener, ON
Doors Open: 2:00PM
| Show Starts: 2:30PM
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End Time: 3:45PM
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All Ages
Featuring: Producer: L’acteur en marche, Playwright, Actor & Director: Mohsen El Gharbi, Artistic Advisor: Jean-Marie Papapietro, Dramaturgical Advisor: Patrick Cady, Lighting Designer & Stage Manager: Armando Gomez R, Lighting Adaptation & Stage Manager: Audrey-Anne B
Tickets may still be available at the event, other ticket outlets, or the box office.
Event type: All Ages
Content warning: depictions of domestic violence against women and children
Inspired by real life events, Omi Mouna is a tragicomic play that the actor, Mohsen El Gharbi, improvises every evening. A man investigates the source of the violence he suffered as a child. Dominated by fear of having inherited his father’s brutality, Mohsen goes to Tunisia to film his great-grandmother, Omi Mouna, and retrace the history of her family. He finds himself thrown back to when she was a young girl, martyred by a tyrannical husband. Mohsen then becomes an invisible witness of dramatic events.
Inspired by fragments of memories, Mohsen, like an archaeologist, reconstructs the significant events in the life of Omi Mouna and discovers a long history of women's resilience and struggle. The monodrama unfolds on a bare stage, where the actor, by his acting alone, manages to resuscitate a whole world. This story comes to us with humour, self-mockery, and tenderness. Mohsen El Gharbi, playing a multitude of characters, immerses us in a fantastic and funny world that can also hurt. Omi Mouna is a poetic mural that tries to understand the violence that perpetuates in the world.
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COVID-19 INFORMATION
If you, or someone in your household...
Is experiencing any COVID-like symptoms (including fever, shortness of breath, cough, sore throat, general tiredness/fatigue);
Has been told to quarantine by a health unit or healthcare provider
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...PLEASE STAY HOME and email tickets@mtspace.ca or call 519-585-7763. We will set you up with the livestream link so you can still enjoy the show.
Plan to arrive 15-30 minutes before the start of a show in order to complete COVID screening and be seated. Ensure that all members of your pod (a.k.a. “bubble”) arrive at the same time.
All venues require the wearing of masks, including while viewing the performance.
Contact Tracing will take place via Box Office (ticket purchase and pick-up).
You and your pod will be seated such that there is distance between you and other pods. Seating will generally occur from front to back in the order of arrival.
Please follow public health guidelines at all times.
A FEW MORE REMINDERS
Performances will happen rain or shine.
Bring: Weather-appropriate clothing (i.e., raincoats) and/or blankets (no umbrellas please)
Bathrooms: Bathrooms will be nearby and accessible, but not within any of the venues – so plan your trip accordingly.
Accessibility: If you need to be seated in a specific place due to accessibility needs, please reply to this email as soon as possible and plan to arrive 30-40min before the performance to be seated
Late Arrivals: Please plan on arriving with time to spare before a show starts; late arrivals will not be permitted after 15 minutes into the performance
Food and Drink: Note that no food or drink is allowed inside Festival venues, due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, you can attend the Festival Bar at Kitchener Market after performances – open 7pm to 11pm most nights! (see the Festival programme for details)
For more information about our venues, including addresses and maps, visit mtspace.ca/impact21/.
October 1, 2021 - October 3, 2021
Cutoff is Sunday, October 3, 2021 11:59 am EST unless it sells out earlier.
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