Works-In-Progress Mini Festival (UNCIVILIZED & ANCHORS) Double Bill

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Event type: All Ages / Licensed

Take a sneak peek at some amazing new theatre pieces in-the-works! This double bill is part of MT Space's Works-In-Progress Mini Festival, showcasing productions in various stages of development at the Registry Theatre in January 2025. 

Each show is 60 minutes long with a 15-minute intermission in between the two shows.

UNCIVILIZED - 7Spices Theatre /  مسرح 7 بهارات 

Written and performed by Ahmad Meree
Dramaturged by Ric Knowles

A story about identity, and what it means to be a Syrian-Canadian citizen. And refusing to politicize human rights. It's about the journey of leaving home to become a refugee and then a citizen. What is identity... a piece of paper? We’ll see.

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Written and performed by Ahmad Meree
Dramaturged by Ric Knowles

Anchors – Abhimanyu Acharya

Written by Abhimanyu Acharya

A response to Sharon Pollock's Canadian classic 'The Komagata Maru Incident'. While Pollock's play documents the historical incident and weaves in a critique of the immigration policy, the new play documents the same incident but from a South Asian perspective.
Considering the Koma Gata Maru incident is pivotal in the histories of both Canada and South Asia, the absence of a South Asian perspective in Pollock's play is conspicuous. The new play, in that sense, also acts as a corrective.
While dealing with the past, it also weaves in the current policies of the Canadian state on immigration and thus connects the past and the present.

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