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As one of Canada’s oldest Black theatre companies, the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) recognized, has been championing the works of Blacks for decades. Its new artistic director Dian Marie Bridge is committed to continuing that in that tradition and building on it. Born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto, she attended the University of Minnesota’s Theatre and Dance program and has spent the last two decades in theatre, working with arts organizations nationally and internationally. The way Bridge sees it, theatre is an integral part of Black culture. “I think Art general is about not only about reflecting our experience …

As Lydie Dubuission takes her place on the management side of Black Theatre Workshop, expectations run rife. Artistic director Quincy Amorer is as excited as he is expectant. “Lydie is a wonderful addition to the team at the workshop,” he says. “Because we’ll benefit a great deal from her artistic talent and mentality. She is coming in at the right time and she will help us grow artistically.”For her part, Dubuisson, who is just settling into the seat of artistic associate (two months on the job) at the theatre company also agrees that the timing is just right. “It’s really …

Mom wants him to be a pastor, dad wants him to be a lawyer… friends mock him as a girlie boy Rosie Awori Obaaberima is hitting Montreal stages for the second time. The story chronicles a young Ghanaian man who is Imprisoned in Canada for committing a violent crime.On the eve of his release he tells his cellmates how he got there. Although there is great risk in sharing his tale, he must tell it to be truly free. Through storytelling, dance, and live music, Obaaberima gives the account of a young African-Canadian’s journey across continents, genders, races, and sexualities.The …