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King Gilgamesh

by Jesse LaVercombe, Seth Bockley, & Ahmed Moneka
Directed by Seth Bockley
A Soulpepper & TRIA Theatre Co-Production 

September 13 - October 5
Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
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Schedule

Today
Sep 13, 2025
Sunday
Sep 14, 2025
Tuesday
Sep 16, 2025
Wednesday
Sep 17, 2025
Thursday
Sep 18, 2025
Friday
Sep 19, 2025
Saturday
Sep 20, 2025
Sunday
Sep 21, 2025
Tuesday
Sep 23, 2025
Wednesday
Sep 24, 2025
Thursday
Sep 25, 2025
Saturday
Sep 27, 2025
Sunday
Sep 28, 2025
Tuesday
Sep 30, 2025
Wednesday
Oct 01, 2025
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King Gilgamesh

Two years after selling out its Canadian premiere, King Gilgamesh (And the Man of the Wild) returns to the Soulpepper stage for a limited, three-week engagement.
 
This raucous Dora-winning production weaves together the world's oldest epic with a modern Toronto bromance between an American Jew and Iraqi Muslim… all scored by Ahmed Moneka’s 2025 Juno-nominated six-piece Arabic-jazz band. 
 
Created and performed by Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe and directed by NYC-based Seth Bockley, this show has sold out runs and received critical praise here in Toronto, as well as Minneapolis, Halifax, Chicago and NYC.
 
Get your tickets now!
 
And join us for a special one-night-only concert experience on Friday, September 26 by celebrated musician and artist Ahmed Moneka, commemorating his 10 years in Toronto and featuring his Juno-nominated Arabic Jazz band. CLICK HERE to learn more.
 

Photo of Jesse LaVercombe & Ahmed Moneka. Photo by Dahlia Katz 

✭✭✭✭✭...a raucous, glorious celebration of what it means to be alive

- Glenn Sumi

...it blazes like a campfire piercing a sea of darkness

- NEXT Magazine

3.5/4 

- Toronto Star

...one of Soulpepper’s best pieces of programming of the past year... You’ll be grooving in your seats the whole time

- Intermission Magazine

Moneka and LaVercombe are flat-out superb

- Talkin' Broadway


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