• »RAHA received a BRAVOFact! grant for her dance piece about the Toronto step dance ensemble BlackIce.
• »COLE is directing a solo-show about a man on trial for the murder of his wife and child called ADDRESS TO THE JURY at the Toronto Fringe Festival
• »CHELSEA received a BRAVOFact! grant as well as Toronto Arts Council funding for her collaboration with Urban Vessel called SLIP shooting in and around the Harrison Baths.

CURRENT EVENTS

/ Picturesque /Check out Amanda Crew, lead actor from Raha’s short narrative shot in Mexico (Ontario Arts Council), featured in Playback Magazine.

/ Ten Questions /Cole J. Alvis is featured on the Theatre is Territory blog and in an interview about his recent production of Deathwatch by Jean Genet on Torontoist.com.

CURRENT PROJECTS

/ Urban Emotions /An installation of one-shot shorts. One emotion. One shot. One minute. Urban Emotions examines private moments occurring in public spaces.

/ The Kente Cloth /A new solo-show by Tawiah M'carthy. It's hours before his wedding and the Groom is grappling with whether to say “I do” as William Victor Osei- Pearson or Nana Oto Kwabena Adjei. A new multi-disciplinary play featured in this years SummerWorks Theatre Festival, August 2008.

COMPANY HISTORY

Chelsea McMullan, Raha Shirazi (filmmakers) and Cole J. Alvis (theatre-maker) first collaborated as Fine Arts students at York University. Hailing from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds, they create new and innovative work by exploring lines between disciplines within the realm of inter-arts. Additionally, as each member is accomplished in their respective art form, upcoming work will include film, theatre and inter-arts projects in their more established productions.

/ CHAT /Combines solo-audience participation, voyeurism and the ability to videoconference with individuals planted in various parts of the city.

A workshop of our new interactive play, CHAT funded by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC Integrated Arts).