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SUMMARY:Basbousa
DESCRIPTION:Young\, Gifted\, and Black is Obsidian Theatre’s arts training program dedicated to supporting Black theatre practitioners in non-performance disciplines. This four-month intensive explores Black diaspora theatre and performance aesthetics. YGB practitioners benefit from mentorship\, masterclasses\, and apprenticeships\, with the program culminating in a collective-creation devised\, directed\, and designed by the YGB cohort.As the April 2023 conflict breaks out in Sudan\, Adama in Toronto makes urgent phone calls to her grandmother Rania living in Khartoum. Basbousa is a story about the recipes we inherit\, the homes we carry within us\, and the impossible choices families make in times of crisis.25/26 Young\, Gifted\, and Black CohortNála Simone Lendor Costume DesignStephon Smith Sound DesignGhislan Sutherland-Timm Set DesignAbigail Whitney DirectingBasbousa CastBola Aiyeola Grandma RaniaMegan Legesse AdamaBasbousa Creative TeamAbigail Whitney Director\, Co-creatorGhislan Sutherland-Timm Set Designer\, Co-creatorNála Simone Lendor Costume Designer\, Co-creatorStephon Smith Sound Designer\, Co-creatorLilian Adom Lighting Designer (YGB 24/25)Meryem Alaoui Movement ConsultantMwahib Azreg Cultural ConsultantRobert Harding Stage ManagerAden Altamirano Production Manager / Technical Directorciaran brenneman Head of PropsContent Warnings:Basbousa contains depictions and discussions of war\, displacement\, intergenerational trauma\, pregnancy\, family separation\, and grief. The presentation includes references to armed conflict and humanitarian crisis\, including sounds of gunfire\, explosions\, military sirens\, shouting\, and themes of death and loss. \n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://www.factorytheatre.ca/event/basbousa/2026-05-30/1/
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SUMMARY:Basbousa
DESCRIPTION:Young\, Gifted\, and Black is Obsidian Theatre’s arts training program dedicated to supporting Black theatre practitioners in non-performance disciplines. This four-month intensive explores Black diaspora theatre and performance aesthetics. YGB practitioners benefit from mentorship\, masterclasses\, and apprenticeships\, with the program culminating in a collective-creation devised\, directed\, and designed by the YGB cohort.As the April 2023 conflict breaks out in Sudan\, Adama in Toronto makes urgent phone calls to her grandmother Rania living in Khartoum. Basbousa is a story about the recipes we inherit\, the homes we carry within us\, and the impossible choices families make in times of crisis.25/26 Young\, Gifted\, and Black CohortNála Simone Lendor Costume DesignStephon Smith Sound DesignGhislan Sutherland-Timm Set DesignAbigail Whitney DirectingBasbousa CastBola Aiyeola Grandma RaniaMegan Legesse AdamaBasbousa Creative TeamAbigail Whitney Director\, Co-creatorGhislan Sutherland-Timm Set Designer\, Co-creatorNála Simone Lendor Costume Designer\, Co-creatorStephon Smith Sound Designer\, Co-creatorLilian Adom Lighting Designer (YGB 24/25)Meryem Alaoui Movement ConsultantMwahib Azreg Cultural ConsultantRobert Harding Stage ManagerAden Altamirano Production Manager / Technical Directorciaran brenneman Head of PropsContent Warnings:Basbousa contains depictions and discussions of war\, displacement\, intergenerational trauma\, pregnancy\, family separation\, and grief. The presentation includes references to armed conflict and humanitarian crisis\, including sounds of gunfire\, explosions\, military sirens\, shouting\, and themes of death and loss. \n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://www.factorytheatre.ca/event/basbousa/2026-05-30/2/
CATEGORIES:Factory Season
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