AMAL
MT Space
Friday, October 12, 2018 – Saturday, October 13, 2018
Aki Studio
80 minutes
World premiere
Presented in english
In 2013, MT Space workshopped a piece that united culturally diverse and Indigenous artists to explore global events–Occupy, Idle No More, Arab Spring–that have shaped our current world.
Five years later, that spring has turned to winter. In the midst of a global refugee crises resurgent Indigenous communities across Turtle Island are fighting for control of their lives and lands.
Through the story of a Syrian family who end up refugees on Turtle Island, AMAL reflects on shared histories of displacement, colonization, and artificial borders to ask: what does it mean to occupy, to resist, to survive?
October 12, 2018 at 7:00 PM
October 13, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Director
Majdi Bou-Matar
Text development
Gary Kirkham
Dramaturge
Ric Knowles
Scenography
Andy Moro
Costume Design
Allie Marshall
Sound Design
Nick Storring
Stage Manager
Cody Burns
Performed by
Trevor Copp, Nicholas Cumming, Nada Humsi , Nigel Irwin, Jewels Krauss, Ahmad Meree, Gülce Oral, and Pam Patel
Created by
Majdi Bou-Matar, Gary Kirkham, Ric Knowles, Trevor Copp, Nicholas Cumming, Nigel Irwin, Jewels Krauss, Ahmad Meree, Nada Humsi, Gülce Oral, and Pam Patel
MT Space would also like to acknowledge the artists who helped to shape this piece through workshops in 2013 and 2017:
Tara Beagan, Ashley Bomberry, Heather Majaury, Zac Gungl, Badih AbouChakra, Tawia Ben M’Carthy, Monique Mojica, Brenda Pilatzke, Jennifer Jimenez, Alejando Valbuena, and Shelley Niro (Elder)
About the artist
MT Space is Waterloo Region’s first and only multicultural theatre company with a mandate to create, produce and present high quality artistic performances and cultural events reflective of the people who live in the area. The company strives to develop forms and practices that speak to, draw upon, reflect, and constitute Canadian contemporary community. The MT Space was founded in 2004 by Artistic Director Majdi Bou-Matar and has toured across Canada, as well as to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The company has garnered several awards and rave reviews. It also produces the biennale Impact festival in Kitchener. More about the company