Advance Theatre Festival: Advancing the Radically Inclusive Stage showcases five new works from February 5 to 9

Event produced by Ruby Slippers Theatre with Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada centres BIPOC artistry

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Advance Theatre Festival 2024 playwrights. From left: Abi Padilla, Lily Chang, Aki Yaghoubi, Natasha Chew, and Tricia Trihn.

Advance Theatre Festival 2024, produced by Ruby Slippers Theatre in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada, takes place from February 5 to 9, with readings at 7:30 pm each night.

Curated by Tricia Trinh, the festival showcases five new works written and directed by BIPOC female-identifying and gender non-conforming artists.

This year’s lineup opens with Abi Padilla’s Grandma. Gangsta. Guerilla on February 5, which tells the story of a tough Filipino grandma who escapes her care home, and closes with Lily Chang’s innovative Taiwanese-Canadian family drama Leila Roils the Seas on February 9.

Aki Yaghoubi’s Evina’s Barrier on February 6 centres an actor who freezes up on stage; Natasha Chew presents her one-woman meta-theatrical show A Captivating Woman on February 7; and Trinh’s Attachments on February 8 delves into the nuances of an intersectional polyamorous relationship.

Tickets and more information can be found here.

Post sponsored by Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.