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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

Saturday
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
Friday
Sep 26, 2025
8:00pm
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Saturday
Sep 27, 2025
Sunday
Sep 28, 2025
Tuesday
Sep 30, 2025
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King Gilgamesh

An epic, music-charged bromance featuring the music of Juno-nominee Ahmed Moneka and his Arabic-jazz band
 
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 moving, funny, and raucous Dora-winning production weaves together a modern Toronto bromance with the world’s oldest epic.
 
Created and performed by Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe alongside Ahmed's 2025-Juno-nominated Arabic jazz band and directed by acclaimed NYC / Chicago-based director Seth Bockley, this show has sold out runs and received critical praise in Minneapolis, Halifax, Chicago and NYC.
 
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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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