Image Description: A profile, shoulder-up photo of Ian Kamau, a black man with short black hair and a beard against a white background. Ian’s eyes are closed and he is wearing a black shirt and a thin silver chain.
Photo of Ian Kamau by Bryan Brock
Loss is a deeply honest, live retelling of an intergenerational family story, written by Ian Kamau and his father Roger McTair.
This multi-media performance begins as a mirror into a winter of depression, then slowly unravels the mystery surrounding the death of his paternal grandmother Nora Elutha Rogers.
An orchestration of memories using live music, video, and storytelling — Loss is an exploration of grief in Afro-Caribbean communities, and an immersive experience towards healing shared with the audience.
Loss was developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ndyKQcVqy0
Content Information: Plot details will be revealed. (Spoiler alert!)
Ian Kamau, Creator and Performer Ian Kamau & Roger McTair, Writers Tiffany Hsiung, Filmmaker Jeremy Mimnagh, Video Designer David Heeney, Co-Sound Designer David Mesiha, Co-Sound Designer Bruce A. Russell, Music Director & Composer Njo Kong Kiw, Composer of “PULSING” Environment Designer, Javid Jah Shawn Henry, Lighting Designer Cat Calica, Costume Designer Dennis Passley, Tenor Saxophone Dyheim Stewart, Guitar Tara Mohan, Stage Manager Hazel Moore, Assistant Stage Manager Aislinn Rose, Dramaturge Rachel Penny, Producer Beth Wong, Producer for the Theatre Centre Daniel Bennett, Production Manager and Technical Director Maya Royer, Associate Production Manager and Technical Director Bruce Ramsay, Outreach Coordinator
Developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre
Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund Canada Council for the Arts Ontario Arts Council Toronto Arts Council School without Borders Why Not Theatre And TO Live
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