Nightwood Theatre
15 Case Goods Lane, Studio 306 M5A 3C4 Toronto, ON, Canada

Hear from each of these powerhouse artists all in one event! Tonight at 6pm ET we close our #GroundswellFestival programming with A Conversation with Theatre's Feminist Foremothers. Teiya Kasahara they/them hosts this dialogue between Margo Kane, Jani Lauzon, M. NourbeSe Philip, Diane Roberts and Jean Yoon! This event is free to attend and will be ASL Interpreted - join us at 6pm for this in-depth discussion navigating Canadian theatre's past, present and future! https://bit.ly/3m2C3qs

It's the final day of #Groundswell and we have two engaging conversations to close off the festival! Starting at 3pm ET - hear from Toronto designers Beth Kates, Michelle Tracey and Echo Zhou as they share the discussions and discoveries that were uncovered in our recent Designer Think Tank. Join them live on our Groundswell page as they explore topics such as ways to support designers through this tricky time and how to adapt scenic and technical skills to discover greater ...possibilities within digital platforms. At 6pm we are honoured to host a the Theatre's Feminist Foremothers Conversation, where host Teiya Kasahara will be joined by the brilliant Margo Kane, Jani Lauzon, M. NourbeSe Philip, Diane Roberts and Jean Yoon! More on that discussion later today! We hope you will join us on our Groundswell page today for these wonderful conversations that consider both where we came from as an industry and how we can shape the most supportive and creative future possible together. https://bit.ly/35mDQ42

Make some tea / grab a cocktail / or treat yourself to a (possibly much needed?) glass of water and cozy up to hear tonight's conversation with Bilal Baig starting in just 15 minutes! Join us here: https://bit.ly/35mDQ42 It's been such a delight to offer all the #Groundswell programming for free. If you feel inspired and have the means, please consider making a tax-deductible donation in support of the future of feminist theatre here:https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/10538

This week we hosted a multi-day Designer Think Tank! We discussed ways to support designers through this tricky time and shared thoughts on adapting scenic and technical skills to discover greater possibilities within digital platforms. Thanks so much to the inventive designers who took part - shown here in classic Zoom formation! Left to right, top to bottom: Helen Yung, Andrea Donaldson, Echo Zhou, Beth Kates, Michelle Tracey, Lucy Wong and Rachel Forbes

We had a fantastic first meet with our 20-21 cohort of Young Innovators today! Andrea Donaldson shared her thoughts on bringing humanity and curiosity into networking for our first workshop and we started the initial round of many one-on-one connections within the group. We are honoured to get to work with these vibrant, powerful artists from across Canada! Top to bottom, left to right: Amanda Lin (Young Innovators Co-Leader), Lucy Wong, Christine ML Lee, Sai Lian Macikunas, Andrea Donaldson (NW A.D.), Robin Luckwaldt, Patricia Cerra, Taylor Trowbridge (Young Innovators Co-Leader), Jessica Rose, River Oliveira, Caitlin Kelly, Hazel Moore, Qianna MacGilchrist, Kemi King, Kiera Publicover and Natasha Ramondino.

Tonight at 6pm ET at #Groundswell - catch an intimate conversation with playwright/theatre creator Bilal Baig, hosted by playwright and Write From The Hip Program Director Donna-Michelle St. Bernard! Join us as Bilal and Donna-Michelle discuss art, social justice and accountability and touches on Baig's newest work blue eyes killed him without blinking. Run time: 60-75 minutes Bilal Baig is a queer, trans-feminine, muslim playwright and theatre-maker. Writing credits include:... Khwaja Sera (in development at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre), Kitne Laloo Yahan Pey Hain (as part of RARE Theatre’s Welcome to my Underworld), Eraser (Why Not Theatre RISER Project, co-written with ensemble), blue eyes killed him without blinking (developed through Factory Theatre’s The Foundry program), Undecided (co-written with the Queer AF Collective and Acha Bacha (Theatre Passe Muraille/Buddies). Outside of theatre, Bilal facilitates story-making workshops with youth from under-resourced communities in Toronto through an organization called Story Planet Toronto, and facilitates anti-Islamophobia workshops across the GTA with the Rivers of Hope Collective. (Also keep an eye out for Baig starring in "Sort Of" from CBC Comedy, a new show that they created with Fab Filipo which has been in production since last month!) Hear more from Bilal tonight by visiting our Groundswell page for this engaging conversation! https://bit.ly/35mDQ42

A massive congratulations to all the artists shortlisted for the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre - including Karen Hines (writer and director of All the Little Animals) and Tara Beagan (whose work you can catch as part of Embodying Power and Place as part of our season in March)!

A huge thank you to these champions who have donated to Nightwood over the course of the #Groundswell Festival these past two weeks! When you make a donation in honour of the Groundswell Festival, you are supporting: Professional development workshops for playwrights | A grant writing workshop for emerging arts administrators | An anti-oppression workshop in the pursuit of equity within arts organizations | A conversation on Deaf-hearing cultural collaboration | A Designer Th...ink Tank Discussion with Toronto theatre designers | A Conversation with theatre’s feminist foremothers | Readings of new works from our Write From The Hip playwrights’ unit All completely FREE, accessible, and available online. Your donation will enable the development of exceptional feminist art and inspiring community conversations. Thank you for standing with us, and for making this work possible! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/10538

Huge congratulations to 2019/20 Write From The Hip participant Bilal Baig! We are so excited for their new CBC Comedy series -- also starring Amanda Cordner (All The Little Animals I Have Eaten)! Look out for a conversation with Bilal as part of this year's Groundswell Festival, coming up next month. #TheaTO

Exciting opportunity to learn from the fabulous team at Shakespeare BASH'd this December! #theaTO #learnfromhome

We are so deeply grateful to be part of the first-ever Vital Signs Grants grantees from the Toronto Foundation, alongside such incredible organizations as Community Family Services of Ontario, Christie Refugee Welcome Centre, Kids with Incarcerated Parents - KIP Canada, Friends of Ruby, Future Possibilities for Kids - FPKCanada, Stella's Place, Second Harvest, The Period Purse, Regent Park Film Festival, R.I.S.E Movement, Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT) and more!

"My wife doesn't do anything; she is just at home," a father of a student from Kerala, India, always used to introduce his wife to others like this. But this bo...y always saw his mother busy with so much house work, so he painted her while doing so much work and titled it, 'My Mother and Mothers in the Neighbourhood'. The school teacher was so amazed to see this painting done by a class 9 student, Anujath Vinayal, from Thrissur, that he sent it to the Government office. In this painting he has depicted the unpaid work of women working at home. The painting has been selected as the cover of the Gender Budget document of the government of Kerala for the year 2020-2021. See more

Wishing everyone a peaceful day! As Thanksgiving has many of us taking stock of what we are grateful for and enjoying some good food, it is also a important day for reflecting on the vital rights that belong to the original caretakers of this land. Here is a CBC article with info on the fight for Mi'kmaq fishing rights: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5727622... And here's a link with info on how to support: https://drive.google.com//1u_LF_bCFBbSijzqJgHNh4-Mfp/view #mikmaqhistorymonth

Creators! Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera have banded together to offer Studio Residencies for artists and artist collectives in the Ernest Balmer Studio in the Distillery District. We will be offering 8 fully subsidized three-day studio residency opportunities for artists and artist collectives with projects or initiatives that are in-line with Nightwood Theatre and/or Tapestry Opera’s mandates. Visit the link for more details! https://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/nightwood-theatre-and-tap/

We were floored with the number of incredible applicants we had for our 2020-21 Young Innovators - we received more than double our usual number of submissions and heard from fantastic emerging artist/producers from all across Canada. Going virtual with this program due to the pandemic has meant we're able include people from across the country - this year's Young Innovators cohort is made up of theatre practitioners from different disciplines who hail from Alberta, Ontario a...nd Quebec! Here's the list of our 20-21 Young Innovators, visit the link to learn more about each of these powerful practitioners: https://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/young-innovators/ Patricia Cerra, Caitlin Kelly, Kemi King, Christine Lee, Sai Macikunas, Qianna MacGilchrist, Hazel Moore, Robin Luckwaldt, Kiera Publicover, River Oliveira, Natasha Ramondino, Jessica Rose and Lucy Wong.

Not to be missed at Inside Out LGBT Film Festival - Sedina Fiati (Co-Director of Every Day She Rose) in SUPER ZEE, part of the "Call Me Maybe" program of short films -- https://insideout.ca/toronto-films/shorts-call-me-maybe/ And Amanda Cordner (All The Little Animals I Have Eaten) stars in BODY SO FLUORESCENT, part of the "BOLD" shorts program -- https://insideout.ca/toronto-films/shorts-bold/

Recent theatre grads and actors aged 21-25 - check out this opportunity to share your work and connect with your community of emerging artists from Shaw Festival! Their virtual Monologue Jam will take place between November 23 and 27.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS from our friends over at Soundstreams for their New Voices guest curator program! To see the full request for proposal and apply, please visit: https://soundstreams.ca/education/new-voices/