The Theatre Times: Under the direction of Kevin Loring in collaboration with artistic associate Lindsay Lachance, the new Indigenous theatre department at the NAC is the first-ever, created in Canada, to show a takeover of NAC and public performance spaces on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabeg Territory, announcing a new era in theatre at the National Arts Centre. The elders gave them the name of Moshkamo, (acknowledging the existence of Mammi Wattah, appearing out of water, inviting others to bear witness to its arrival), suggesting the origins of the first performances brought together in September 2019, as they appeared in the various spaces including the NAC, as well as the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, home of the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
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This is extremely exciting and hopefully this will not remain the only Indigenous theatre for long. Where I am from, we have two major “theatres of color” as you may call them? One is Penumbra theatre, a black and african american theatre, and the other is theatre MU, an asian theatre. I have attended performances at both and I was blown away every time. Over this past summer, these two theatres actually did a collaboration production together. The show was called “The Brothers Paranormal” and I might say it is my favorite, or at least one of my favorite, theatre productions I have seen. The story follows a pair of Thai-American brothers, who are in the ghost hunting/solving business. They are called by a Black couple, who claim there is a ghost of a young woman haunting the wife in their house. The story touches on the topics of dealing with death, PTSD, mental illness, family, love, coping with your mistakes, culture and immigration. It is a truly beautiful and wonderfully spooky show.
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