TODOS Productions & TODOS Media Productions Inc.
presents
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- Making Newfoundlanded -
by TODOS Media Productions Inc.
Audiences often miss what has happened “behind the scenes” when creating a theatre piece. How was the story conceived? What were some challenges developing a show? What were the steps to take the piece from an idea to paper, paper to the stage? Is it possible to measure a play’s impact before it is presented to the public? Making Newfoundlanded is a documentary about the making of TODOS Productions’ NewfoundLanded , allowing viewers to see how a theatre piece is developed from the very early stages onwards.
The idea of Newfoundlanded was born after Santiago Guzmán, Artistic Director for TODOS Productions, realized how little-to-no diversity was presented on local stages. NewfoundLanded focuses on putting stories of immigrants and refugees across our province front and centre. Through a series of interviews, artists Santiago Guzmán and Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan collected stories of fellow immigrants and refugees, that served as source material for the writing of the dramatic script.
Making Newfoundlanded will collect excerpts of interviews with participants, will follow members of TODOS Productions as they craft the script based on these interviews, and will document the rehearsal process as the final stage before opening the show to local audiences in St. John’s, NL.
The beginning of contemporary Newfoundland theatre saw multiple projects based on collective creation (such as CODCO, The Mummers Troupe and The Newfoundland Travelling Company). TODOS Productions’ NewfoundLanded pays homage to Newfoundland tradition while highlighting the diverse ecology of voices and experiences in our province.
The idea of Newfoundlanded was born after Santiago Guzmán, Artistic Director for TODOS Productions, realized how little-to-no diversity was presented on local stages. NewfoundLanded focuses on putting stories of immigrants and refugees across our province front and centre. Through a series of interviews, artists Santiago Guzmán and Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan collected stories of fellow immigrants and refugees, that served as source material for the writing of the dramatic script.
Making Newfoundlanded will collect excerpts of interviews with participants, will follow members of TODOS Productions as they craft the script based on these interviews, and will document the rehearsal process as the final stage before opening the show to local audiences in St. John’s, NL.
The beginning of contemporary Newfoundland theatre saw multiple projects based on collective creation (such as CODCO, The Mummers Troupe and The Newfoundland Travelling Company). TODOS Productions’ NewfoundLanded pays homage to Newfoundland tradition while highlighting the diverse ecology of voices and experiences in our province.
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Writer/ director
Tamara Segura DOP Rodrigo Iñiguez Additional Photography Vaida V. Nairn Producer Santiago Guzmán |
TODOS Productions and TODOS Media Productions gratefully acknowledges the support from
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Special thanks to Angela Antle, Ruth Lawrence, Blue Pinion Films Inc., St. John's Arts and Culture Centre, & LSPU Hall.
TODOS Productions & White Rooster Theatre
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in partnership with Neighbourhood Dance Works
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in partnership with Neighbourhood Dance Works
- Happy Anniversary -
by Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan
Poster by Stubby Cryons
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In Happy Anniversary we meet Marta and Carlos, a Portuguese-speaking couple celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary. Through the juxtaposition of a dinner celebration set in the present alongside memories from their early relationship, we learn how these two characters have grown apart and how violence has perpetuated harm and trauma at the hands of Carlos. Cardoso-Whelan handles domestic violence artistically, using tango music and dance to express tension and its physicality. As bookends for the play, we hear testimonies from other women who had experienced domestic violence, concluding with Marta leaving her husband.
Directed by Ruth Lawrence & Assistant Directed by Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan Starring Ana Luísa Ramos, Bruno Vinhas and Alicia Cruz With Choreography by Andrya Duff and Nicole Rose Bond |
TODOS Productions and White Rooster Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support from
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TODOS Productions, Business and Arts NL, and the Resource Centre for the Arts
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presents
- Confronting Unconscious Bias -
with Jude Benoit, Maria Dussan, Rachel Gilbert, Eldin Husic, Tara Nanayakkara & A Powell
TODOS Productions is thrilled to partner with Business and Arts NL and the Resource Centre for the Arts to bring “Unconscious Bias Moments: Art as a Tool for Confronting Unconscious Bias”.
This project will harness the expressive power of art to provide powerful moments of reflection around unconscious bias, and galvanize action. The final product will be six three-minute videos; first-person monologues written by six NL writers who will work with Santiago Guzmán and Sobia Shaikh.
Stay tuned for more updates!
This project will harness the expressive power of art to provide powerful moments of reflection around unconscious bias, and galvanize action. The final product will be six three-minute videos; first-person monologues written by six NL writers who will work with Santiago Guzmán and Sobia Shaikh.
Stay tuned for more updates!
National Arts Centre's
- Stages of Transformation -
with Sobia Shaikh and Santiago Guzmán
Stages of Transformation is a project developed by the National Arts Centre, a multi-year project of research, rumination, creative exploration and conversation, bringing together theatre artists, arts workers, and creative communities from across so-called Canada. It takes up the imperatives of abolition movements and transformative justice frameworks and investigates their applications to our work in the theatre sector.
Five partner arts orgs, Chromatic Theatre, Gwandaak Theatre, lemonTree creations, Rumble Theatre & TODOS Productions, have been tasked to commission five artists from each of their communities to develop, create, and present an artistic project that centres on an abolitionist way of making theatre.
TODOS Productions is pleased to announce Sobia Shaikh as the artist-in-residence for this initiative. Santiago Guzmán will work closely with Sobia as a dramaturge for the piece.
Five partner arts orgs, Chromatic Theatre, Gwandaak Theatre, lemonTree creations, Rumble Theatre & TODOS Productions, have been tasked to commission five artists from each of their communities to develop, create, and present an artistic project that centres on an abolitionist way of making theatre.
TODOS Productions is pleased to announce Sobia Shaikh as the artist-in-residence for this initiative. Santiago Guzmán will work closely with Sobia as a dramaturge for the piece.