Stephen Jackman-Torkoff as Richard II.
Posted: Sep 25, 2023 4:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 25is a column by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queries LGBTQ art, culture and/or identity through a personal lens.
Jackman-Torkoff's Richard is the centre of a reinterpretation of the Bard by Canadian playwright Brad Fraser. The adaptation — which has been running at Stratford since May and concludes at the end of this month — takes the king to a queer world inspired by "the glamour, grit and glitter of New York in the late 70s and early 80s." Which is to say, a time of great freedom that would soon be crushed by conservatism and fear.
"I hope people can learn from his mistakes but also be inspired and moved by his enormous capacity for freedom and the way he loves with every ounce of himself; and to see the endurance of someone who goes through the worst things yet still holds on."Endurance has also certainly been something Jackman-Torkoff has experienced over the past four months: their role is an intensely physical one that requires them to be onstage for nearly all of its 2 hour and 40 minute runtime.
"At this point I'm doing a lot less with my outside time. At the beginning, I was so excited and I was out in the streets talking to people about the show. But for my mental wellness and physical wellness, I kind of just have to take it easy. A really hard thing is honestly just eating enough because I think I lose a lot of calories just doing the show.""It's really been amazing," they say of their tenure in the small southern Ontario city.
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