The creator of The Stranger (multiple worldwide sold out runs) and Off Limits Zone (Luminato Festival) brings you two initial experiments for a new interactive experience around the theme of immigration. The project is presented by DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) in partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto and the Theatre Centre.
First Experiment
The Apartment
Alone, you step inside the apartment of a recent immigrant. Explore the environment around you and discover the story of the person who lives there. You become the actor of your own experience and connect with the life, challenges and desires of a new comer to Canada. As you delve farther inside their world you become the tenant yourself; perhaps leaving bits of your own story behind.
THE EXPERIENCE IS DESIGNED FOR ONLY ONE PARTICIPANT AT A TIME.
Dates: June 9th -18th.
Slots are every 35 mins from 5:30pm until 10:45pm.
Location: secret.
Please visit this link for further details and reserve your slot: https://dltexperience.wordpress.com/
The event is free of charge. A donation at the door is welcomed for the future development of the project. Suggested donation is $20.
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Second Experiment
Waves
From June 19th to June 29th, Daniele Bartolini will work at the Theatre Centre on a creation of an interactive narrative piece with the theme of immigration. He will be collaborating with of a group community members and new comer artists. The workshop compares the experience of Italian immigrants from the fifties and sixties to the ones of recent new comers from around the world. A series of open rehearsals will be presented throughout the workshop. For people interested in witnessing the process and giving their personal contribution as audience members, please email Daniele Bartolini at dlt.daniele@gmail.com.
The Future of The Project: These activities will help inform a theatrical day trip around Toronto and the GTA, that will be presented in 2018. The final piece will be an epic voyage across the city, including its popular and hidden spots, where audiences (or better called travellers) will be exploring a variety of environments. They will come face to face with characters connected to Italian culture and the world of new comers to Canada.
Daniele Bartolini is an award winning international artist, born in Florence, Italy and has been based in Toronto since 2013. His work has been shown across Canada, Italy and India.
With his company DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) he is dedicated to Audience Specific Theatre: highly interactive creations in which the audience is transformed into actor and collaborator. DLT highlights include: The Stranger (multiple sold out engagements in three continents) Off Limits Zone (Luminato Festival 2016) Five Unfinished Pieces (New Delhi, India) The Last Seven Steps of Bartholomew S. (Bata Shoe Museum).