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7a*11d is proud to announce our forthcoming 7th International Festival, a culmination of 11 years of working together as an artist-run collective. In order to celebrate this accomplishment, the 2008 7a*11d festival is nothing less than an international survey of global live art – progressive and provocative new performance works by over 30 local, national and international performance artists. The festival hosts residencies, performance art events, panel discussions, artists’ talks, video/performance screenings, and workshops in 11 jam-packed days. More »

As part of its Fall Festival of Four Plays:
Theatre Passe Muraille presents
The Misfit
a play about victimization and a community’s hunger for so-called honour
October 25-November 15 (previews 23, 24), at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace

Theatre Passe Muraille presents The Misfit, a multidisciplinary play about victimization and a community’s hunger for so-called honour. Directed by MarkCassidy and written and performed by Anita Majumdar,The Mistfit tells the story of Naz, an Indo-Canadian woman working as a classical Indian dancer who performs to the music of English-language pop songs at weddings. More »

As part of its Fall Festival of Four Plays,
Theatre Passe Muraille presents the double Dora-winning
Pyaasa
a play exploring the social stratification surrounding the Hindu caste system
October 24-November 15 (previews 22, 23) at Passe Muraille’s Backspace

Theatre Passe Muraille is proud to present Pyaasa a one-act play written and performed by Anusree Roy that explores issues surrounding the caste system, a discriminatory form of social stratification into which every Hindu is born. More »

Romanticism at its best
TFT launches its 41st season with Musset’s masterpiece
There Is No Trifling With Love
Featuring the legendary Viola Léger

Théâtre français de Toronto is proud to open its 41st season with Musset’s masterpiece There Is No Trifling With Love (On ne badine pas avec l’amour). An original TfT production, the play will be directed by the award-winning Diana Leblanc and be presented from October 22 to November 8 at the Berkeley Street Theatre. More »

TPFF Program Now Available!
We are proud to announce that the program for the Toronto Palestine Film Festival is now available! Thirty-six films will screen during the festival, 21 of which are Canadian premiers. The full schedule of films, with descriptions and ticket purchasing options is now available at: http://www.tpff.ca/program-by-date.htm

Opening Night, Saturday October 25, 2008
The festival will open with the Canadian premier of Salt of This Sea, by acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir. More »