Siranoush

A multimedia, multilingual one-woman show that explores the writer/performer’s desire to dig deeper into her cultural roots through a reimagining of Siranoush, a 19th century ethnic Armenian actress who was a trailblazer both on and off the stage. Tapping into ancestral knowledge and diasporic memory, the performance takes us across time and space to explore the power of theatre as a way of cultural survival and female empowerment.

September 30, 2022 at 7:30 PM
October 1, 2022 at 3:00 PM
October 2, 2022 at 4:00 PM

“The only way I am myself is by pretending to be someone else.”

About the artist

CorpoLuz Theatre is a collective that focuses on presenting and developing new works through a strong visual and physical theatre language. Our mission is to develop and stage interdisciplinary, intercultural and multilingual performances that explore minority identity, diasporic subjectivity and cultural memory. We’re driven by the question: “Whose story gets to be told?” “CorpoLuz” translates as “body’s light (in both Portuguese and Spanish) reflecting the endeavor of embodying and bringing to light stories otherwise untold, and reminding us that the body “re-members” more than we think.

@lara.arabian @meloqueenbea @corpoluz

Siranoush was developed with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.