Kevin has always wondered about his roots. Kevin is Hakka 客家. He thinks. Intimate and epic, moving and playful, BENEVOLENCE is a powerful exploration of community, hybrid identities, and legacy. Tracing the roots of the Hakka 客家, one of the world’s most widely dispersed communities, performer Kevin Matthew Wong embarks on a journey to untangle these threads within himself.
Why Not Theatre presents What You Won’t Do For Love, a live theater performance starring renowned environmentalists Drs. David Suzuki and Tara Cullis. Suzuki and Cullis reflect on their 50-year romantic relationship and their shared adventures and advocacy for the planet. This charming and conversational show asks, can we learn to love the planet as much as we love other people?
A new work inspired by the Greek myth of Cassandra, who was given the power to see the future, but cursed so that no one would believe her. This new creation by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes looks to scientists, journalists, and artists as the “Cassandras” of our time. As governments discredit journalists and scientists, citizens no longer share the same truths about the world we live in. If the truth-tellers of our time are being silenced, how will we agree on fact? Who determines the truth? And what happens to democracy on this fragile, fractured ground? A multi-disciplinary work that brings together trailblazing journalists, scientists, and artists to interrogate these questions and explore what we, as storytellers, can do to help us pay attention.
