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subh kuch theek hai (everything’s fine)
Waleed Ansari
Venue
Weston Common (formerly Artscape)
Fri Aug 15, 11:00 AM
Supported by Crossroads Theatre
90 Minutes
An audience comes to see a play about MAN. They arrive in MAN’s bedroom but there is no play, just MAN in bed, depressed. Over the course of the night, MAN’s depression comes to life around him, and the audience becomes witness and interloper in MAN’s journey. Exploring the internal world of MAN through projections, soundscapes, text, and spatial exploration, a sensorial world is created, enveloping and consuming both MAN and the audience.
This work physicalizes an invisible world, and we are coming together to investigate it.
Join us as we come into the room and play with the ideas of isolation, loneliness, time, intimacy, and connection through the lens of a character consumed by depression. How does space evolve as MAN’s internal state shifts? What is the arc of this “environmental character” in relation to MAN’s journey?
Creator: Waleed Ansari
Director: Alison Wong
Producer: Aaheli Mukherjee
Sound Designer: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Video and Projections Designer: Honey Hoseiny
Visual Artist and Creative Developer: Arman Moghadam
Actors: Anas Hasan, daniel jelani ellis
This workshop is supported by the Toronto Arts Council and generously hosted by Crossroads Theatre. Waleed Ansari is an Artist-in-Residence at Modern Times and an Associate Artist at Crossroads Theatre.
Crossroads Theatre (located in the Weston Common building), 34 John Street, Toronto. The exterior of the building says – Artscape Weston Common. The building and studio space is physically accessible for wheelchairs and other mobility devices. Light snacks and refreshments will be available onsite.
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