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View all photos >>- Gregory Prest & Karen Rae (foreground). Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Raquel Duffy, Brendan Wall & Tatjana Cornij. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Ins Choi. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Brendan Wall & Gregory Prest. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Tatjana Cornji (foreground). Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Karen Rae. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann.
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WINDOW ON TORONTO
THE SOULPEPPER ACADEMY
AUGUST 20 - 28
The artists of the Soulpepper Academy, under the leadership of master director László Marton, shine a theatrical light on our city as dozens of characters are illuminated through the window of a hot-dog vendor.
Directed by László Marton
Featuring Ins Choi, Tatjana Cornij, Raquel Duffy, Ken MacKenzie, Gregory Prest, Karen Rae, Jason Patrick Rothery, Brendan Wall and guest artist Ryan Field.
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Made possible through additional support from the Garland/Schultz Artistic Development Fund and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund.
Running Time: 50 minutes with no intermission.
Background Notes
by Director László MartonA hot dog stand. Somewhere in the heart of the city. Through the window of this stand we see people passing by, appearing and disappearing, like a virtual, colorful merry-go-round. Like a magical theatre. The people who show up at the window are characters of a play that hasn’t been written yet. The costumes are incredibly rich in shape and color, sometimes so surprising, as if the designer’s fantasy didn’t have a limit.
They all speak with different accents, they eat, drink, behave differently, because they came from different countries, and they represent a different heritage, a different culture. They are walking, talking, living, loving, shopping, running, begging, jogging, worshiping and dreaming here, and they all belong to this city that mysteriously made all of them Torontonians. They are the characters of this evening of theatre. I love Toronto.
This show was created through improvisation, with the enthusiastic and talented participation of this young group of actors.
