Factory Theatre hosts a variety of Audience Enrichment and Special Events around each of our shows, including pre-show discussions with guest speakers, informal post-show talks with theatre artists, our community building Neighbours Nights and formal gala dinners. Check back here as more events are always being added!
Thursday May 10
Post-show talkback with Itai Erdal
Enjoy a post-show talkback with Itai Erdal, Writer, Performed and Lighting Designer of How to Disappear Completely.
8pm Friday May 11 / 8pm Saturday May 12 / 2pm Sunday 13
Staged Reading: Watching Glory Die
Written & Performed by Judith Thompson
Watching Glory Die is the chilling yet heartbreaking story of three extraordinary women inextricably bound by a tragic death. These three staged readings are the final chance to see this work-in-progress before its world premiere next season at Factory. This new one-woman show. created and performed by Thompson, is a powerful tour-de-force. Studio Theatre
Seating is limited for this special season preview event - advance booking is required.
Saturday, May 12, 2-5pm
Masterclass with Lighting Designer Itai Erdal
Experience an in-depth look into the unique artistic process of renowned lighting designer Itai Erdal!
Visiting Toronto with How to Disappear Completely at Factory Theatre (May 8-13), Erdal will give a masterclass on May 12, including a live demonstration and discussion of his lighting techniques. The Vancouver-based designer has garnered critical acclaim, working on productions in North America, Europe, and Israel.
"Lighting designer Itai Erdal does more with light and fog than most designers do with an entire set; indeed, his evocative and magical lighting will undoubtedly be one of the aspects of this production that lives on in the audience's memories."
- John Threlfall, Monday Magazine
“The professional insights of Erdal, who at times operates the lighting from the stage, are used to great effect to illuminate his story, becoming a metaphor for his experiences and for life’s big questions … he uses the medium he knows so intimately to transcend the private, and present theatre with universal resonance…"
- The Globe and Mail
Lighting designer Itai Erdal has designed over 170 shows for theatre and dance companies in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Berlin, London and New York. Some of the companies he worked with include: Stratford Festival, Vancouver Playhouse, Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, National Arts Centre, Citadel, Theatre for the New City, Volcano, Factory Theatre, Passe Muraille, Nightswimming, Actor's Repertory Company, Neworld, Electric Company, Theatre Replacement, Leaky Heaven Circus, Rumble, Modern Baroque Opera, The Jerusalem Lab, Haifa Theatre and Teatro Villa Velha in Salvador, Brazil.
Itai has won the ADC's Jack King award in '05, a Dora Mavor Moore award in '07, the best design award in the Dublin Fringe in '08, Victoria's Critics' Choice Spotlight Award in 2011 and Jessie Richardson awards in 2003, 2009 & 2011. He is the Artistic Director of the Elbow Theatre in Vancouver.
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Time: 2:00PM – 5:00PM
Location: Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street)
Admission: $25
or $45 package with a ticket to How To Disappear (May 8-13, 2013)
Please call the Factory Box Office at 416-504-9971 or visit in person to reserve your tickets.