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Luminato 2019 (Jun 7-23): Highlights


We can’t wait to bring you the best theatre, music, dance and more from Canada and around the world at venues across Toronto!

On a hâte de vous présenter le meilleur en théâtre, musique, danse et encore plus du Canada et de l’étranger. 
 

House of Mirrors image
House of Mirrors
June 7–23
A multisensory installation made of 40 tonnes of steel and more than 15 tonnes of mirrored glass. Seeing is believing, or is it?
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Rite of Spring image
Rite of Spring
June 20–22
Celebrated Chinese performer and choreographer Yang Liping breathes new life into Stravinsky’s inimitable score in this North American premiere.
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Obeah Opera
June 13–22
A rhythmic a capella retelling of the Salem witch trials, from the perspective of the Caribbean slave women who experienced it.
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Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) image
Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen)
June 19–22
An avant garde Colombian dance homage to legendary Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno and Canadian singer songwriter, Leonard Cohen.
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Hell's Fury, The Hollywood Songbook image
Hell's Fury, The Hollywood Songbook
June 19–23
A new music theatre production, featuring internationally-renowned baritone Russell Braun portraying the life of composer Hanns Eisler.
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Maada'ookii Songlines image
Maada'ookii Songlines
June 23
A massive choral experience on Toronto’s waterfront composed by cris derksen, featuring 200 voices, and an Indigenous ensemble.
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The Cave
June 18–23
An entertaining musical cabaret that responds to our changing environment, created by John Millard, Tomson Highway, and Martha Ross
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Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four image
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
June 22
Texas, 1994; 4 Latina lesbians are charged with sexual assault. 15 years later a key witness recants her damning testimony on film.
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Witch Hunts Through History image
Witch Hunts Through History
June 22
Thought leaders and academics will discuss what systemic structures need to be dismantled to build a more inclusive society.
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures image
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
June 21
Openly gay and unapologetically shocking, Robert Mapplethorpe’s controversial photographs are reexamined in this documentary portrait.
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LGBTQ+ Censorship in Art image
LGBTQ+ Censorship in Art
June 21
In this discussion, activists and educators reflect on LGBTQ+ activism through art and ask what role art plays in the future of LGBTQ+ expression
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The Drawing Room
June 8–23
A conversation between five North American visual artists whose use of drawing and portraiture raises questions of race, identity, and community.
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Monday Nights image
Monday Nights
June 6–16
An interactive basketball/theatre experience that explores how a simple game can help each of us find ourselves and our community.
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The Full Light of Day
June 7–13
A provocative film and theatre hybrid about an aging matriarch who must contend with her family’s corrupt legacy before she dies.
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Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) image
Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
June 22
Experience the controversial and revolutionary work of Robert Mapplethorpe in this new multidisciplinary work composed by Bryce Dessner.
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Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools image
Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools
June 12–16
Witness 2 powerful storytellers map new territory; giving voice and music to the histories, cultures, and climate we have inherited.
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BIZIINDAN! image
BIZIINDAN!
June 14
A musical activation of songs and stories by diverse voices speaking truths in reverence to the land and its peoples. Listen/biziindan!
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Four Sisters image
Four Sisters
June 11–16
In the final installment of The Empire trilogy, a family of women struggle to survive a plague and a shifting political landscape.
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Forget Me Not
June 5–23
From beloved puppet master Ronnie Burkett comes a tender and provocative call-to-arms for hope and the enduring power of love.
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Angry Inuk
June 16
Frustrated by misinformation and silence, Inuit activists fight back against mainstream media's condemnation of their traditional seal hunt.
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True North image
True North
June 15
This riveting docu-series follows 5 of Toronto’s young hopefuls as they navigate the pressures and potential stardom of their hoop dreams.
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Changing Tides
June 16
A discussion that delves deeper into our collective relationship with water as we humanize some of the headlines we see across our newspapers.
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Illuminating Ideas
June 7–23
A series of panel discussions, films, workshops and masterclasses designed to frame the festival within a real world context and engage our audiences.
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The Art of Resistance
June 7–16
Luminato and The 519 present a community dialogue about LGBTQ2S censorship that still exists today.
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Luminato x Launchpad
June 11–18
An artistic development program in partnership with Artscape Launchpad featuring workshops and masterclasses, across a variety of disciplines.
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Masquerade image
Masquerade
June 9–10
From one of Moscow’s oldest theatres comes a show that will sweep you off your feet and into a storm of intrigue and hidden truths.
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KIRA, The Path | La Voie image
KIRA, The Path | La Voie
June 6–09
An innovative dance celebration of humanity as one village, commissioned by Lua Shayenne and choreographed by Fara Tolno.
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