Stories of Indigenous women's successes and struggles will be spotlighted in the inaugural season of the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre.
From the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to an uplifting tale of a young boy whose mother's presence helps begin a spiritual journey,promises a diverse slate of theatre, plus concerts by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Susan Aglukark.
"You have to encapsulate an incredibly wide variety of different cultures, perspectives and ways of doing things," the award-winning playwright said, adding they span many coasts, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, the Arctic and even Australia.
"We're getting to point now where we're realizing if we don't pick these languages up and feed them then they are going to go extinct," he said.Loring's own award-winning production "La ou le sang se mele / Where the Blood Mixes," about the ripple effects of trauma from residential schools, will be presented in both French and English versions, with scenes featuring Nlaka'pamux'stn. The play won the 2009 Governor General's Award for Drama.
Puppetry spectacle "Mokatek and the Missing Star" tells of a young boy who's guided by animal spirits after the Polaris star goes missing. The Indigenous Theatre kicks off its first season with Moshkamo: Indigenous Arts Rising, an arts and community festival of workshops, exhibits, culinary events and free programming that takes over the public spaces of the NAC from Sept. 11-29.The inaugural year launches amid questions about its future after $3.5 million of requested federal funding was denied.
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