Luminato Festival Toronto Brochure 2009 by Luminato Festival

a world of creativity June 5-14 09

your invitation to a world of creativity BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tony Gagliano Co-Chair, Luminato Executive Chairman & CEO, St. Joseph Communications David Pecaut Co-Chair, Luminato Senior Partner, The Boston Consulting Group Lucille Joseph Vice-Chair, Luminato Lucille Joseph Consulting

JANICE PRICE CEO LUMINATO

CHRIS LORWAY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR LUMINATO

It’s our great pleasure to invite you to join us for this third season of Luminato. Over the past two years, we’ve established a tradition of showcasing innovative and exciting work from Toronto, Canada and the rest of the world – a tradition of excellence that we’re proud to continue. You’ll find so much to capture your imagination in this brochure that you may feel overwhelmed by the sheer scope and richness of the pleasures spread before you. But don’t be – one of the exciting things about Luminato is that it allows you to create your own unique festival experience.

Julia Deans CEO, Toronto City Summit Alliance Rupert Duchesne President & CEO, Aeroplan

Among the thematic strands you’ll find in this year’s program are a celebration of the guitar, one of the most multi-faceted and global of all musical instruments; the appearance of visual art in unexpected places; and an examination of contemporary communications and their effect on human relationships. We’re also, in honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, taking a playful look at horror, fantasy and the Gothic – genres that tend to flourish in challenging political and economic times.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS & ILLUSTRATIONS

WELCOME TO A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY!

A POE CABARET: A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

FESTIVAL VISIONARIES: LUMINATO DONORS

5 O’CLOCK BELLS

David Whitaker President & CEO, Tourism Toronto

LUMINATO STAFF

NEVERMORE

OPENING WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS

Bisi Williams

THREE GIRLS AND THEIR BUDDY

William J. S. Boyle CEO, Harbourfront Centre

LUMINATO FIRST NIGHT

Charles Cutts President & CEO, The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

LIGHT ON YOUR FEET

THE TRAVELING BLUES

Atom Egoyan Director & Filmmaker, Ego Film Arts

THE GREAT CANADIAN TUNE

Kevin Garland Executive Director, National Ballet of Canada Piers Handling Director & CEO, Toronto International Film Festival Group

THE WORLD OF SLIDE GUITAR

THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE

LIPSYNCH

Karen Kain Artistic Director, National Ballet of Canada

TONO

Piers Handling Director & CEO, Toronto International Film Festival Group

Bruce Kuwabara Partner, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects

CARMEN

Peter Herrndorf President & CEO, National Arts Centre

Bruce Mau CEO, Bruce Mau Design Inc.

REDBALL PROJECT TORONTO

EACH HAND AS THEY ARE CALLED

ZISELE

COMMUNICATON I ENVIRONMENT

RAPHAEL MAZZUCCO

SHADOW NOTES

TONY OURSLER

Michael Koerner President, Canadian Overseas Investments Ltd. Roberto Martella Owner, Grano Restaurant

Alexander Neef General Director, Canadian Opera Company Peter Oundjian Music Director, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Chetan Mathur CEO, Next Pathway Inc.

Albert Schultz General Director, Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Susan McArthur Senior Investment Banker, Jacob & Company Securities Inc.

Matthew Teitelbaum Director, Art Gallery of Ontario

Robert McEwen Chairman & CEO, Lexam Explorations Inc. Camillo di Prata Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Investment Banking, National Bank Financial

GOTHIC TORONTO:

WRITING THE CITY MACABRE 40

Anthony Graham President, Wittington Investments Ltd.

Jonas Prince Chairman, Realstar Group

FESTIVAL PARTNERS

Charles Baillie President, AGO Board of Trustees

William J. S. Boyle CEO, Harbourfront Centre

YOUR INVITATION TO A WORLD OF CREATIVITY

Salah Bachir President, Cineplex Media

Avie Bennett Chair, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.

Constance L. Sugiyama Senior Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

Mohammad Al Zaibak President & CEO, CDM Information Inc.

Jim Fleck Chairman, Business for the Arts

We’re thrilled that so many of you enjoyed Luminato in 2007 and 2008. So take a few moments now to explore the pages that follow – then bring your family, friends and neighbours to share in this, your kaleidoscopic world of creativity!

Gary Slaight President & CEO, Slaight Communications

FESTIVAL aDVISORY COMMITTEE

Think of a kaleidoscope, in which multiple reflections turn an assortment of diverse shapes and colours into intricately symmetrical patterns. What you see is affected by your motion: turn the instrument over in your hands or pass it on to someone else, and a whole new pattern presents itself. That’s how we see this festival: a kaleidoscope of creativity in which you play a central role.

Once again, our lineup includes many world and Canadian premieres, and many artists making their first Toronto or Canadian appearance. Most of our events, again are free, and we invite you to embrace the opportunity Luminato offers to come together with others in our community.

Javier San Juan President & CEO, L’Oréal Canada

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William Thorsell Director & CEO, Royal Ontario Museum

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GOTHIC FICTION NEW WAVES FESTIVAL AN EVENING WITH NEIL GAIMAN

THE CANADIAN SONGBOOK:

A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG’S LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 44

WORLD VOICES IN FICTION

CONTINUOUS CITY

NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER

TALES OF THE UNCANNY

ADDICTED TO BAD IDEAS PETER LORRE’S 20TH CENTURY

CLOSING WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS:

A SPECIAL EVENT CREATED BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 52 53

GORAN BREGOVIC

LUMINATO CELEBRATES THE GUITAR, THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. The guitar theme recurs throughout the festival in concerts, theatre, film and the visual arts. Look for this symbol throughout the brochure to plan your Luminato guitar festival experience.

NATIONAL BANK YORKVILLE FESTIVAL:

BRAZILIAN GUITAR MARATHON 54

The guitar Festival

PRESIDENT’S CHOICE

1,000 TASTES OF TORONTO

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ILLUMINATIONS

CELEBRATIONS

THE LUMINATO REEL

THEATRE

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

MUSIC

ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE

DANCE

FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE

TICKETS & HELPFUL HINTS

FESTIVAL MAP

INDEX & LUMINATO INTERACTIVE

FILM LITERATURE VISUAL ARTS ILLUMINATIONS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

welcoMe to a celebration of creativity!

festival visionaries: * luMinato donors Luminato’s donors have been at the heart of the Festival from the very beginning, sharing the vision of Luminato becoming one of the most important annual multi-arts festivals on the world stage. The Founding Luminaries were among the Festival’s first supporters, and these arts patrons and civic-builders will be celebrated for their vision and founding support in perpetuity. Luminato proudly acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals and organizations.

foundinG luMinaries

TONY GAGLIANO CO-CHAIR, LUMINATO EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN & CEO, ST. JOSEPH COMMUNICATIONS

DAVID PECAuT

CO-CHAIR, LUMINATO SENIOR PARTNER, THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP

To all those whose commitment and generosity make Luminato possible, we owe our deepest gratitude. Our particular thanks go to our government supporters, to our corporate and individual donors, and, of course, to our artists – here in Toronto, in the rest of Canada and around the world – who delight us with their work, enriching and broadening our lives. And we also thank you, our audiences and participants, for embracing our festival and helping to make it such a stunning success.

JAVIER SAN JuAN PRESIDENT & CEO L’ORÉAL CANADA

Now, more than ever, we need art and beauty in our lives. We need encounters with the unique, the exquisite and the innovative to stimulate our senses, illuminate our minds and fill us with the optimism of being human. This year, as L’Oréal celebrates its 100th birthday, we are proud to continue our support of Luminato, one of the world’s great celebrations of the creative spirit. Bring your families, enjoy the performances and events, explore Toronto’s many fabulous venues and outdoor spaces: for these 10 days in June, as Luminato’s Partner in Creativity, we’ll help you escape into awe-inspiring worlds of imagination and beauty.

Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak Charles and Marilyn Baillie Avie Bennett Helen Burstyn and David Pecaut Kate Alexander Daniels and David Daniels Joan T. Dea and Lionel F. Conacher Ian and Kiki Delaney John Donald and Linda Chu The Duboc Family Foundation Margaret and Jim Fleck Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Kevin and Roger Garland Anthony and Helen Graham

Lucille and Urban Joseph Michael and Sonja Koerner Chetan and Clara Mathur Judy and Wil Matthews Rob and Cheryl McEwen Pierre L. Morrissette Sandra and Jim Pitblado Jonas and Lynda Prince Richard Rooney and Laura Dinner The Slaight Family Marisa and Edward Sorbara Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Robin and David Young

luMinaries Tony and Anne Arrell Salah Bachir The David & Stacey Cynamon Family Foundation Cam and Alexandra di Prata Lonti Ebers and Bruce Flatt The Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation

Jay and Barbara Hennick & Family Joan and Jerry Lozinski Sloan Mauran and Adrian Tauro Joseph Mimran and Kimberley Newport-Mimran David and Audrey Mirvish Nancy Pencer Geoff and Megan Smith

foundinG corPorate luMinaries BMO Financial Group Ivey Foundation MacLaren McCann Manulife Financial

corPorate luMinaries Dancap Productions Inc. Falls Management Company

RBC St. Joseph Communications TELUS Tourism Toronto

suPernova ProGraM develoPMent fund Joseph Mimran and Kimberley Newport-Mimran Pierre L. Morrissette Jonas and Lynda Prince *As of March 1, 2009

festival partners

Partner in Creativity:

Major Media Partners:

Major Marketing Partners: Founding Government Partner: Official Weather Source

marketing PartnerS:

Major Partners: Corporate Supporters: city of toronto • endeavour magic + logic • Four Seasons Hotel Toronto • The George Partnership Greater Toronto AirportS Authority • KPMB ARCHITECTS • Mouth Media • MyThum Interactive PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP • roots • Stikeman Elliott LLP • The Strategic Counsel

Program Partners:

LUMINATO STAFF

Brad Lepp Assistant Manager, Government & Foundation Relations

Scott McVittie Associate Producer, Live Events

Alicia Rose Account Manager, Corporate Sponsorships

Janice Price CEO

Bob Mitchell Production Manager

Marcia McNabb Vice President, Finance & Administration

Alison Neale Production Coordinator/Associate Company Manager

Angela Shackel Coordinator, Database & Development Administration

Executive & Administration:

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Mitchell Marcus Associate Producer, Theatre, Dance, Film & Music

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Martha Haldenby Executive Assistant to the CEO

Loredana LaCaprara Finance & Office Administrator

Programming & Production: ®

Government & Foundation Partners:

Chris Lorway Artistic Director Clyde Wagner General Manager

Jessica Dargo Caplan Associate Director of Education & Outreach

Devyani Saltzman Curator, Literary Programming & Illuminations Julian Sleath Production Manager Robert VanderBerg Associate Producer, Visual Arts & Public Installations

Natasha Udovic Account Manager, Corporate Sponsorships

Marketing & Communications: Mary Pompili Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Baumann Marketing Communications Manager

Development:

Brittney Cathcart Marketing Assistant

Trish McGrath Vice President, Development

Daniel Davidzon Publicity Coordinator

E.J. Alon Manager, Events & Annual Giving

Mary Ann Farrell Marketing Specialist

Maggie Greyson Interactive Marketing Coordinator Laura Hughes Manager, Media Relations and Communications Paul Moran Manager, Interactive Marketing Kathleen Sloan Director of Marketing

Visitor Services & Volunteers: Scott Gainsburg Ticketing, Visitor Services & Volunteer Consultant Victor Correia Ticketing Coordinator

oPeninG weekend celebrations It’s a launch! Luminato lifts off with a dazzling burst of activity and excitement: a weekend chock full of awesome sights and sounds, free events for the whole family, art in unexpected places – and dancing in the streets! The party fever begins Friday night, as crowds pack Yonge-Dundas Square for a free concert with rock legend Randy Bachman, while others throng to Massey Hall to hear Three Girls and Their Buddy: Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller.

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Saturday at the Square sees the culmination of our search for The Great Canadian Tune. Bring a guitar and join in as we try to break a record with the world’s largest jam session! Stick around for dance lessons, so you can get Light On Your Feet when the square turns into a huge open-air dance hall, or head on down to Metro Square and travel round the world of the blues, featuring such giants of the genre as Taj Mahal and Alpha Yaya Diallo.

Yonge-Dundas Square will once again be Luminato’s centre of activity throughout the Festival. Thousands of people will converge on the Square for a variety of programs throughout the week. It’s also the place to get the latest news and buy your Luminato tickets at the T.O. Tix Booth.

If you think you see a theme here, you’re right: this year, Luminato celebrates the guitar, the world’s most popular musical instrument. That motif recurs throughout our festival, not just in concerts, but also in theatre, film and the visual arts. The guitar festival is curated by David Spelman, founder and artistic director of the New York Guitar Festival. But all this is just the beginning. There’s a whole lot more to see, hear and do at Luminato 2009 – so get out there and enjoy!

luMinato and arMani oPeninG niGht Party Win tickets to Luminato’s “by invitation only” opening night party at Canada’s National Ballet School. visit luminato.com for details. Presented by:

Music staGe Presented by:

additional suPPort froM:

LiGHT On YOUr FeeT Mon-wed suPPorted by: 8

Back at Yonge-Dundas Square on Sunday, you’ll find an all-day concert devoted to the slide guitar, with a host of stars including The Derek Trucks Band, Daniel Lanois and Sonny Landreth.

three Girls and their buddy

JuNE 5

eMMylou harris, Patty Griffin, shawn colvin and buddy Miller Produced in association with

Four stars of contemporary American music – Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller – launch the 2009 Festival together as part of their Three Girls tour – one night only at Massey Hall! These four artists have joined each other’s bands, produced and played on each other’s albums, covered each other’s songs and guested in each other’s shows.

Emmylou Harris

Photo by Rocky Schenck

Twelve-time Grammy winner Emmylou Harris is a ceaseless innovator whose interests range from country to alternative music. Shawn Colvin is the winner of three Grammys, including two for her 1996 platinum CD A Few Small Repairs. Patty Griffin’s new album, Children Running Through, continues her creative evolution as a songwriter of emotional depth and a singer with a fluid, soulful style. And Buddy Miller, the Americana Music Association’s 2007 Instrumentalist of the Year, has been lauded by Ms. Harris as “one of the best guitar players of all time”.

Patty Griffin

Photo by Tracy Goudie

See this fabulous foursome together on stage as they share songs and stories from their diverse and illustrious careers.

DATES & TIMES:

Friday, June 5

Shawn Colvin 10

Buddy Miller

Photo by Michael Wilson

8:00 PM

DuRATION:

120 mins, with one intermission

LOCATION:

TICkETS:

Massey Hall 178 Victoria Street

$59.50, $69.50, $79.50 For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111, visit luminato.com, contact the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at 416-872-4255 or visit masseyhall.com. 11

luMinato first niGht

JuNE 5

liGht on your feet

FREE & FAMILY EVENT

JuNE 6–10 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

with randy bachMan, salt sPrinG island (bc)

Randy Bachman rocks YongeDundas Square! It’s our free opening-night concert – and you’re invited!

Light On Your Feet, Luminato 2008

Celebrate Luminato’s opening night with our free outdoor concert in Yonge-Dundas Square – your hub of activity for the Festival! The featured performer this year is rock icon Randy Bachman, whose performing and recording career – first as lead guitarist with The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and then as a major solo recording artist in his own right – has provided the soundtrack for an entire generation of Canadian lives and earned him fame around the world.

Light On Your Feet, Luminato 2008

“Bachman is a true Canadian musical treasure. Not only is he a wicked guitarist, but he’s also a living piece of rock history, an amateur environmentalist and a proud Canadian... All told, Bachman RULES!” – Trevor Hargreaves, CHARTattack

Luminato 2008

Light On Your Feet, Luminato 2008

Photo by Sam Javanrouh

Luminato 2008

Photo by Sam Javanrouh

Come dance with the stars – and the moon, too! Once again, Luminato’s opening week offers you a unique opportunity to strut your stuff under the night sky as vince Parrell returns to host five nights of open-air dancing in Yonge-Dundas Square.

Randy Bachman

DATES & TIMES:

Friday, June 5

7:00 – 11:00 PM

Produced in association with Salsa Festival Group. Marketing partner:

COuNTRY MuSIC – Sunday, June 7

If your disco moves are a little rusty or you never quite got the hang of line dancing, don’t worry. Turn up early, and the free pre-show dance class will teach you all you need to know.

DISCO – Tuesday, June 9

Light On Your Feet Mon-Wed presented by:

LOCATION:

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

Yonge-Dundas Square

Saturday, June 6 – Wednesday, June 10

Yonge-Dundas Square

Dance Lessons

7:00 PM

All Performances

8:00 – 11:00 PM

BOLLYWOOD – Monday, June 8 Produced in association with: Masala! Mendhi! Masti! Marketing partner:

BIG BAND/SWING – Wednesday, June 10

OLG Music Stage Presented by:

Additional support:

SALSA – Saturday, June 6

Each night is devoted to a particular dance style, opening with salsa on Saturday, June 6, moving on to country line dancing, Bollywood and disco, and ending with a big-band flourish on Wednesday, June 10. All the music is live and performed by some of the city’s hottest dance bands.

Produced by vince Parrell, Eventsource.

Photo by Mark Maryanovich

SCHEDuLE

the travelinG blues

helP Get toronto into the Guinness book of world records! JuNE 6 FREE EVENT

with taJ Mahal, harry Manx and Many More

the Great canadian tune

JuNE 6 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

Bring your guitar, help us choose the best Canadian song of all time – and get Toronto into the Guinness Book of World Records! We’ve put together a list of our top 10 Canadian guitar tunes. Now’s your chance to help choose the all-time Number One Tune – and join what could be the world’s biggest jam session. First, visit luminato.com to vote on the Number One Tune. Then, once a winner is selected, visit the website again for music and guitar tablature. Then grab your guitar and come to Yonge-Dundas Square, where Toronto musicians will play all 10 top-ranked songs, ending with the Number One Tune. Join the band in playing it as we try to break the world record for largest guitar ensemble. (The number to beat is 1,802: that’s how many gathered in 2007 in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, to play Smoke on the Water.)

Taj Mahal

Photo by Jay Blakesberg

Don’t play? Be sure to come anyway! It’ll be an historic occasion – and a great Canadian concert!

Around the world in 12 bars: A stellar lineup of artists, including the legendary Taj Mahal, explore the global diversity of a familiar genre. Born in the Mississippi Delta, of deep African roots, the music known as the blues has spread all over the world. Everywhere it goes, it absorbs influences from other traditions, growing ever richer and more colourful. Discover that global richness with world-renowned singer, instrumentalist and composer Taj Mahal, whose eclectic – and always danceable – body of work reflects his unceasing musical

OLG Music Stage Presented by:

Major media partners:

DATES & TIMES:

Saturday, June 6

curiosity. Also featured are Mali’s Mamadou Diabaté, master of the 21-string African kora; guitarist-singer Alpha Yaya Diallo, born in Guinea and now based in Canada, where he’s one of the most sought-after performers on today’s world music scene; the duo of Kevin Breit and Harry Manx, fun-loving virtuosos who specialize in the unexpected; Grammy Award winner Alvin Youngblood Hart Tri-Continental, three musicians who explore what they call the “universal blues”; Fiona Boyes; and Michael Picket.

1:00 – 10:30 PM

Additional support:

LOCATION:

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

Metro Square 225 king Street West

Saturday, June 6

Yonge-Dundas Square

Guinness Book of World Records Registration begins at 2:00 PM Countdown begins at 4:00 PM

the world of slide Guitar with the derek trucks band, daniel lanois and Many More

JuNE 13-14 JuNE 7 FACTORY THEATRE

EVENT 125FREE BATHuRST STREET

the children’s crusade

JuNE 5–11

coMPosed by r. Murray schafer, indian river (on) Produced in association with soundstreaMs canada

WORLD PREMIERE Acclaimed Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer explores the purity, innocence and passion of children who wanted to change the world.

R. Murray Schafer

The world premiere of a dynamic, full-length new opera commissioned from composer R. Murray Schafer in celebration of his 75th birthday. Based on an extraordinary episode in 13th-century France, when thousands of children and young people were persuaded to embark on an ill-fated expedition to the Holy Land, The Children’s Crusade tells a tragic, yet inspiring story of purity, innocence and passion pitted against cynicism and cruelty. The Derek Trucks Band

The diverse talents of more than 100 performers, including the Canadian Children’s Opera Company and the period-instrument virtuosos of The Toronto Consort, combine to bring this spectacular operatic extravaganza to glorious life. Directed by Tim Albery.

The Derek Trucks Band headlines this free all-star celebration of slide guitar styles from around the world.

Co-commissioned by the Koerner Foundation, Laidlaw Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Luminato.

Whether played with a metal pipe, the neck of a bottle, a battery or a spark plug socket, it’s one of the most distinctive sounds a guitar can make. From blues, rock, country, bluegrass and western swing to the traditional music of India and Hawaii, slide guitar speaks a multitude of musical tongues – all of them irresistible.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56). Please note that the performances are general admission and patrons stand for the length of the show. Rest areas with limited seating are provided throughout the venue.

Derek Trucks, hailed by Rolling Stone as perhaps the best guitarist of his generation, heads a lineup that also includes renowned Quebecois singersongwriter, record producer and pedal steel artist Daniel Lanois; Louisiana wizard Sonny Landreth, joined by special guest Cindy Cashdollar from Austin, Texas; the lightning-fingered Jerry Douglas; Ontario’s own Kevin Breit, with his ensemble FolkAlarm; the Campbell Brothers, exponents of the rare “sacred steel” style; Hawaiian kona specialist Don Rooke; and Debashish Bhattacharya, pioneer of Indian slide guitar – a diverse constellation of musicians united by their mastery of this uniquely expressive instrument.

Not recommended for children under 12.

Daniel Lanois

OLG Music Stage Presented by:

Additional support:

DATES & TIMES:

Sunday, June 7

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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The Children’s Crusade Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann

This presentation is supported by the Koerner Foundation.

With support from:

LOCATION:

DATES & TIMES:

Yonge-Dundas Square

Friday, June 5 Saturday, June 6 Monday, June 8 Tuesday, June 9

8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00

PM PM PM PM

Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11

8:00 PM 8:00 PM

LOCATION:

153 Dufferin Street

DuRATION:

TICkETS:

90 mins

$40 –

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Lipsynch

June 6–14

directed by robert lepage Written by: Frédérike Bédard, Carlos Belda, Rebecca Blankenship, Lise Castonguay, John Cobb, Nuria Garcia, Marie Gignac, Sarah Kemp, Robert Lepage, Rick Miller, Hans Piesbergen

Ex Machina, Québec AND Théâtre Sans Frontières, Newcastle

north american premiere

Lipsynch

Photo by Erick Labbé

Fresh from critically acclaimed presentations in London, Madrid and Sydney, Robert Lepage’s sensational new epic makes its North American debut – it’s the must-see theatre event of the year. To audiences and critics throughout the world, Québec’s Robert Lepage is simply the most important and exciting theatrical innovator of our time. Now we bring you the Canadian premiere of his most ambitious achievement yet: a nine-hour multimedia epic that weaves together the stories of nine interconnected lives over the span of 70 years. Themes of parenthood and adoption link those narratives, as does the overarching metaphor of the human voice. From a baby’s cry to the soaring arias of opera, from speech captured by technology to the silence of those bereft of its power, our voices speak of who we are and what we feel.

“Mind-blowing, heart-breaking, hilarious and beautiful beyond words.” – The Independent, UK An Ex Machina/Théâtre Sans Frontières production in association with Cultural Industry Ltd and Northern Stage. Co-Produced by: Arts 276/Automne en Normandie; barbicanbite08, London; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Cabildo Insular de Tenerife; Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow; Festival de Otoño Madrid; Festival TransAmériques, Montréal; La Comète (scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne); Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre; Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity; and The Sydney Festival.

Performances 1, 2, 4, 5: These performances last approximately nine hours including four intermissions and one extended break. Performance 3: Three parts across three nights – each part lasts approximately 2.5 hours including intermission.

Co-commissioned by Luminato, Lipsynch is a once-in-a-lifetime theatrical journey – one that you’ll be able to share and discuss with your fellow theatregoers during intermissions and meal breaks. But remember: there are only five performances, so make sure you don’t miss out on the show everyone will be talking about!

Additional support:

DATES & TIMES:

Perf. 1: Saturday, June 6 Perf. 2: Sunday, June 7 Perf. 3: Tuesday, June 9 Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11 18

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Perf. 4: Saturday, June 13 Perf. 5: Sunday, June 14 LOCATION:

Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East

1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Tickets:

$75, $100, $125 For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com Pre-order a catered meal to enjoy at the theatre during your dinner break for $25 when you order your tickets.

Lipsynch

Photo by Erick Labbé

TONo

June 5–7

red sky performance, Toronto produced in association with:

world premiere

Carmen

June 6–14

Carmen, choreography by Davide Bombana Skin Divers, choreography by Dominique Dumais produced by

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Choreography, film and the spoken word combine in two innovative dance pieces produced by The National Ballet of Canada.

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In its Canadian debut, Italian choreographer Davide Bombana’s ground-breaking, genre-bending re-conceptualization of Bizet’s Carmen dispenses with the story’s inessentials and goes straight for the latent carnality and primal passions at its heart. The program’s other Canadian premiere is inspired by Permitted usage on Grey background > Background gray: K40 ONLY Anne Michaels’ poetry collection Skin Divers, where Ballet and rule white All white Rest of type blk keyline .6 Dominique Dumais’ choreography, complemented keyline .6 k/o by projected visuals, explores the idea of the human body as “a living archive of experience.”

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Photo by Laura Vanagas

Featured as part of the cultural programming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this new dance creation brings together the indigenous cultures of Canada, Mongolia and China. Conceived, co-choreographed and directed by artistic director Sandra Laronde of Toronto-based Red Sky Performance, with co-choreography by Roger Sinha, this new dance and music creation explores the themes of shamanism and the majesty of the horse, bringing together the indigenous cultures of Canada, China and Mongolia. Inspired by Laronde’s travels in Asia, this outstanding three-country project involves 11 dancers and award-winning Mongolian singers and musicians, enthralling the eye and the ear with a storyline

Presented by:

“Vividly and viscerally illustrates Laronde’s discoveries of meeting points among indigenous cultures.” – Dance International Commissioned by The Banff Centre and Luminato.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

Duration:

7:30 PM 4:00 & 8:00 PM 4:00 PM

Supported by:

Carmen is generously supported in part by Margaret & Jim Fleck, O.C. and Gretchen & Donald Ross.

Tickets:

DATES & TIMES:

55 mins, no intermission

$35, $45

LOCATION:

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

Saturday, June 6 Sunday, June 7 Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12

Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queen’s Quay West 20

Paola Pagano and Luca Masala from Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse in Carmen Photo by Davide Herrero

With support from:

DATES & TIMES:

Friday, June 5 Saturday, June 6 Sunday, June 7

about shamanism on both continents and a creature universally regarded as the epitome of strength, grace and beauty.

2:00 & 7:30 PM 2:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Saturday, June 13 Sunday, June 14

2:00 & 7:30 PM 2:00 PM

LOCATION:

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts 145 Queen Street West

Tickets:

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Redball project toronto

June 5–14 free & family event

Kurt Perschke, USA

Canadian premiere

RedBall Chicago 2008

Having made headlines in cities from Barcelona to Chicago, something big and red comes bouncing into Toronto on its global trek. Experience your city through the imagination and vitality of RedBall. Easing into entranceways, basking beneath bridges or wedged into alleyways, RedBall searches for new opportunities as the city itself becomes a canvas of possibilities. Perschke’s project investigates Toronto’s specific urban landscape and history. With vision, curiosity and wit, RedBall reveals places we never noticed before and re-imagines familiar landmarks. RedBall represents an immediate creative impulse embedded in all of us – the simple act of seeing afresh.

So go seek it out as it touches down in a different Toronto location every day. It won’t be hard to find! “RedBall straddles the realms of formalist sculpture, street performance, ephemeral urban installation and hands-on art object… its presence in Barcelona was an unequivocal success.” – Jeffrey Swartz, Barcelona Curator

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

DATES:

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 14

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MAY 14 to JuLY 26 FREE EVENT

reena katZ, toronto Presented by the koffler Gallery of the koffler centre of the arts

Zisele

JuNE 5–13

beit lessin theatre, tel aviv Produced in association with the harold Green Jewish theatre coMPany

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Through sight, sound, performance and community participation, Kensington Market reveals its complex cultural layers. In a project developed for the Koffler Gallery, visual and sonic artist Reena Katz invites you to rediscover Kensington through the lens of her experience as a politically engaged, queer woman. Working with the notion of transition, Katz reflects on the Market as the site where multiple cultural histories intersect with personal stories. Through roaming vocal performances of compositions based on the music of Yiddish-speaking sister duos from the 60s, street posters created with designer Cecilia Berkovic and temporary scaffolding installations, Katz evokes the Market’s vibrant spirit, transforming it in unexpected and ephemeral ways.

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Meanwhile, she engages Baycrest senior residents and Ryerson Community Public School students in an exploration of the Market as a meeting place of Jewish and Chinese culture. On June 7, come out and witness the inter-generational exchange as it culminates in an outdoor game of Mah Jongg in Kensington’s Bellevue Park! (Rain date: June 14) Guest Curator: Kim Simon

Zisele, Beit Lessin Theatre

Bring your whole family to this delightfully high-spirited celebration of Yiddish culture, starring the original Israeli cast – appearing in North America for the very first time! A delightfully quirky kaleidoscope of music, dance and theatre without words, Zisele takes a humorous look at the complexity of relationships between mothers and daughters in Yiddish culture. Warm nostalgia meets youthful energy as upbeat original songs by Israel’s renowned Chava Alberstein entwine with fondly remembered hits by the swing-era Barry Sisters.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Tel Aviv’s acclaimed Beit Lessin Theatre in its North American premiere. “Zisele is a brilliant ensemble performance, full of joie de vivre, which wins the audience over with its ironic humor.” – Yiddishe Mama

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

With support from: Reena Katz project image DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

May 14 – July 26

kensington Market

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The Consulate General of Israel

DATES & TIMES: Friday, June 5 Saturday, June 6 Tuesday, June 9 Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12 Saturday, June 13

8:00 8:00 8:00 2:00 2:00 8:00 2:00

PM PM PM & 8:00 PM & 8:00 PM PM & 8:00 PM

DuRATION:

TICkETS:

75 mins, no intermission

$50, $60

LOCATION:

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East

coMMunication | environMent

JuNE 5–14 FREE EVENT

Public art installations david rokeby | lab[au] | GerMaine koh | luMinato box

Unexpected encounters with art will take you by surprise, let you see the invisible and challenge your notion of inside and outside space. Linked to a theme of contemporary communications that runs through this year’s Festival, these eye-opening installations by internationally exhibited artists will transform your perceptions of Toronto’s downtown core. At the Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, is long wave, a new commission from Toronto’s David Rokeby. Extending north along Bay Street is Binary Waves, an interactive piece by Belgian group LAb[au] that responds to urban presence and the unseen electromagnetic communications signals all around us. And at the Exchange Tower, you’ll discover Broken Arrow, an exciting new work by Canada’s Germaine Koh in collaboration with Ian verchere. Also, visit Sam Pollock Square at Brookfield Place every day to check out the Luminato Box: a temporary experimental gallery where 10 artists each have a day to present their latest work. (To see the daily schedule, visit luminato.com.)

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David Rokeby's long wave

David Rokeby is represented by Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto

With support from:

long wave is supported by:

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATIONS:

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 14 long wave, Binary Waves and Broken Arrow All Day

Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street (long wave, Luminato Box)

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The Hal Jackman Foundation

8:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Exchange Tower, 130 king Street West (Broken Arrow) Commerce Court West, outside, 199 Bay Street (Binary Waves)

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raPhael MaZZucco usa Mixed Media installation

JuNE 5–14 FREE EVENT

shadow notes

JuNE 5–14

PhotoGraPhy exhibition danny clinch | ralPh Gibson | andy suMMers

FREE EVENT

An unprecedented exhibition in the heart of Toronto presenting the work of Danny Clinch and Ralph Gibson, two photographers obsessed with music, and the photos of Andy Summers, a musician obsessed with photography.

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Photographer and documentarist Danny Clinch has published his portraits of celebrity musicians in magazines around the world, from Vanity Fair to Rolling Stone.. Andy Summers, best known as guitarist with the superstar band The Police, is also a superb writer and photographer. Ralph Gibson, collaborator on the book Light Strings: Impressions of the Guitar with Andy Summers, is an internationally honoured art photographer whose striking compositions range from the enigmatic to the formal.

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His work has graced magazines such as ELLE and Vogue. Now we’ve commissioned Canada’s renowned fashion photographer to capture the spirit of the Festival.

Connected through their passion for the guitar and devotion to their Leica cameras, the artists explore themes of urban life through the musician’s perspective. Mounted on freestanding structures, these evocative images provide the perfect visual frame for our celebrations in Yonge-Dundas Square.

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“Clinch’s unobtrusive style, his love for music and his talent have made him one of the most sought-after photographers in entertainment. His reputation for taking intense and profound documentary-style pictures is virtually unparalleled.” – Tim Donnelly, Asbury Press

Raphael Mazzucco

“The inspired virtuoso whose haunting opening of ‘Every Breath You Take’ still has the power to leave us breathless has, remarkably, the same innate

In a stellar career that has taken him from his native vancouver to Milan, Paris and New York, Raphael Mazzucco has won acclaim as one of the world’s leading fashion and celebrity photographers. Now, in a loft-style setting in the Burroughes Building, he presents an exhibition of new and commissioned works that draw their inspiration from L’Oréal Professionnel’s

Century of Color, Lancôme’s magic of femininity, and Luminato’s festival programming. Combining photography with sketching and painting, these monumentally scaled pieces are then cast in a thick, clear resin. Come and see a whole new dimension of an artist hailed by American Photo as “one of the top 50 photographers in the world today”.

skill as a photographer.” – Clifford Thurlow “…Gibson is as academic as he is artistic: brilliant and witty, well-read and worldly, thoughtful in his reflections on art and thorough in his knowledge of art history and graphic design.” – Graphis

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56). Presented by:

DATES & TIMES:

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 14 Monday–Wednesday 11:00AM – 7:00 PM Thursday–Saturday 11:00AM – 9:00 PM Sunday 12:00 – 6:00 PM 28

LOCATION:

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

Burroughes Building by Queen Street Partners 639 Queen Street West, 3rd Floor

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 14

Yonge-Dundas Square

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tony oursler

JuNE 5–14

usa Public art installation

FREE EVENT

Gothic fiction Patrick McGrath | sarah lanGan | MoniQue Proulx

JuNE 6

Produced in association with:

Sarah Langan

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Patrick McGrath

Monique Proulx

Photo by Elena Seibert

Be sure to attend the first opportunity in Canada to hear Patrick McGrath read from his new novel, Trauma – and join Sarah Langan and Monique Proulx to explore the fine line between the serene and the surreal.

Exhibition concept sketch by Tony Oursler

Enter the surreal realm of one of the most controversial multi-media artists on the world scene today. Blurring the boundaries between the organic and the artificial, the work of renowned New York artist Tony Oursler has awed and unsettled spectators in cities around the world. He’s perhaps best known for his use of video footage of human faces projected onto spheres, dolls and other three-dimensional surfaces. The results are riveting: sculptural objects that seem to be alive, returning your startled gaze as they mutter, twitch and scream. Psychological disorder, the relationship between mass media and the human mind, youth culture and wireless

DATES & TIMES:

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 14

communication are among the themes evoked and explored in Oursler’s vividly surreal imaginings. Luminato and the Art Gallery of Ontario invite you to Grange Park to experience the sometimes disturbing, always compelling and utterly unforgettable world of this extraordinary artist.

This year, Luminato celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the classic storyteller of psychological horror and the supernatural. Our series of Poe-inspired events includes this rare chance to be spellbound by three 21st-century masters of the genre. Britain’s Patrick McGrath, award-winning author of Asylum and Spider, gives Canada its first taste of his latest novel, Trauma, a psychological thriller set in 1970’s Manhattan. Sarah Langan, author of The Missing (winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award) and The Keeper, explores the scary side of small-town America; and Quebec’s own Monique Proulx, Governor General’s Award

nominated author of Wildlives, proves the Canadian countryside can be both beautiful and disturbing. Hosted by author and Globe and Mail columnist Russell Smith. “As a master of modern Gothic, McGrath is unparalleled.” – The Guardian “A genuine creepfest that recalls, in the best way possible, the early work of Stephen King.” – Publisher’s Weekly (on Sarah Langan’s The Missing) “Monique Proulx has created a magical universe, spellbinding and hypnotizing. Her sumptuous prose confirms her unparalleled skill.” – Le Quotidien

“Oursler makes his viewers laugh and cry in the same gasp of amazement while leading them straight into the dark heart of human fragility.” – Joyce Korotkin, Tema Celeste

Presented by:

LOCATION:

DATES & TIMES:

Grange Park

Saturday, June 6

7:30 PM

11:00 AM – 10:00 PM DuRATION:

LOCATION:

TICkETS:

Al Green Theatre (Miles Nadal JCC) 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor)

$15 – general admission For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

90 mins, including Q&A 30

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younG centre resident artists JuNE 6–7 & 12–14 FREE EVENT

Innovation and Invention at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Under the leadership and inspiration of the Young Centre’s twelve extraordinary Resident Artists, Toronto and hundreds of its artists come together under one roof for a multidisciplinary explosion of original works and creative happenings. Boundaries will be blurred between disciplines, cultures and generations as audiences and artists of our great city share their creative energy.

WALEED ABDULHAMID

DAVID BUCHBINDER

Klezmer King, trumpet-player, composer, collaborator and co-conspirator.

ROBERTO CAMPANELLA

Sudan-born, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer.

ANDREW CRAIG

WEYNI MENGESHA

JOHN MILLARD

Award-winning theatre director, dramaturge and teacher.

Banjo-playing band leader, singer, songwriter and one happy dog!

ANDREA NANN

PATRICIA O’CALLAGHAN

Music impresario, performer, composer, director and broadcaster.

CLAUDIA MOORE

Exquisite dancer, choreographer and award-winning multi-disciplinary artist.

Favoured dancer of many Canadian choreographers, artistic director and teacher.

Classical and contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher.

Cabaret star, opera singer, actor and multi-talented polyglot.

Young Centre for the Performing Arts Photo by Tom Arban

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7 Friday, June 12 – Sunday, June 14

Young Centre for the Performing Arts 55 Mill Street, Building 49 Distillery Historic District

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SOHEIL PARSA

Award-winning artistic director of Canada’s most culturally diverse theatre company.

NOAH RICHLER

Literary lion, author, broadcaster and commentator.

SUBA SANKARAN

Multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist, world music band leader.

All artist photos by Bruce Zinger.

The play list includes: Fractured Band + The City Choir + Rumble + Live Juke and Jive + Where’s Waleed? + Wanderlust + Sous le Soleil + Seven Singing Structures + TransCanada Roadtrip + Into Light + New Songs, New Moves, New Words and New Plays + Ebb and Flow Talkshow + The Continuous Jam + The Museum of Motherhood + Found Objects + Tracking Sound + Novel Narratives + The Future of the Book + From the Ground Up + Collaboratory Jam + more!

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JuNE 8

Join the author of Coraline for the Canadian debut of his new novel, The Graveyard Book. With such works as American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, Stardust and The Sandman series of graphic novels, New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman – called “a modern myth master” by The Washington Post – has won international acclaim for his explorations of the territory between the fantastical and the frightening. On this, his first reading in Toronto in three years, he’ll discuss his body of work in an onstage interview and give Canadians their first opportunity to hear excerpts from his latest novel, The Graveyard Book. Sure to delight both adults and young readers, The Graveyard Book is the story of a boy who would be entirely normal – if he didn’t live in a graveyard and hadn’t been raised by ghosts. Join Neil post-reading for a book signing. The Graveyard Book is the 2009 winner of the John Newbery Medal for children’s literature.

Illustration from The Graveyard Book by Dave McKean.

Presented by:

DATES & TIMES:

Monday, June 8

7:00 PM

DuRATION:

LOCATION:

TICkETS:

Jane Mallett Theatre St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East

$15 For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

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children’s books & illustrations

JuNE 5–13 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

Produced in association with:

Jeremy Tankard

Marthe Jocelyn

Photo by Perry Zavitz

Photo by Tom Slaughter

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S. Walter Stewart Branch | Saturday, June 6, 11:00 AM Pre-school audience.

From beautiful picture books to challenging novels for young adults, come celebrate the best in Canadian kid-lit. Join Luminato and the Toronto Public Library for a free series celebrating children’s books at library branches across the city. Before and after each event there will be programs from maskmaking to illustration workshops which will bring the books to life!

Hiromi Goto

Marie-Louise Gay

Photo by Kiely Ramos

Meet Jeremy Tankard, with his new book Boo Hoo Bird, and Marie-Louise Gay, illustrator of Please, Louise! and the Stella series. Learn why ants don’t wear shoes from Musharraf Ali Farooqi, catch toothbrush artist Robin Muller (The Nightwood), illustrator Irene Luxbacher, and, for the first time in Toronto with her new book, meet B.C.’s Hiromi Goto, author of the young-adult novel Half World.

MARTHE JOCELYN Northern District Branch | Sunday, June 7, 2:00 PM Pre-school audience.

MARIE-LOuISE GAY Flemingdon Park | Friday, June 5, 1:30 PM North York Central | Saturday, June 6, 2:00 PM Recommended ages 3-12.

HIROMI GOTO Parkdale Branch | Tuesday, June 9, 4:00 PM Centennial Branch | Thursday, June 11, 4:30 PM Young adults and teens.

ROBIN MuLLER Lillian H. Smith Branch | Wednesday, June 10, 1:30 PM (reading) Friday, June 12, 7:00 PM (theatrical production of The Nightwood) Recommended ages 7 and up.

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Plus, all Festival long, pop into the Lillian H. Smith Branch to see Robin Muller’s original illustrations.

Dufferin-St.Clair Branch | Saturday, June 6, 2:00 PM (shoe decorating workshop) Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM (author visit) Recommended ages 7 and up.

For a full list of family and school workshops with authors, visit luminato.com/education

ANDREW LARSEN AND IRENE LuXBACHER

Friday, June 12: Illumination on The Art of Children’s Books. See page 55. Saturday, June 13: A free day of animated films based on children’s books. Please see The Luminato Reel on pages 56-57.

Presented in association with TINARS for Tots. High Park Branch | Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 PM Recommended ages 3-12.

Presented by:

Musharraf Ali Farooqi Photo by Nina Subin

DATES & TIMES:

LOCATION:

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Robin Muller

Photo by Charles Jones

a Poe cabaret

JuNE 8–10

a dreaM within a dreaM WORLD PREMIERE

Gothic toronto writinG the city Macabre

JuNE 10 FREE EVENT

Produced in association with:

Words and music to haunt your dreams – including Canadian and world premieres.

Come and hear some of Toronto’s best authors as they wield their poisoned pens over different areas of our city.

“It is in music perhaps,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe, “that the soul most nearly attains the great end for which, when inspired by the poetic sentiment, it struggles – the creation of supernal beauty. We are often made to feel, with a shivering delight that from an earthly harp are stricken notes which cannot have been unfamiliar to the angels.”

From Poe’s Baltimore to his Paris in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, a brooding sense of place has always been central to the Gothic genre. Now, as part of our Poe celebration, Luminato and Diaspora Dialogues have commissioned six celebrated local authors to paint Toronto a ghoulish hue.

This intimate evening of Poe-inspired compositions features the Canadian premiere of librettist Mark Campbell and composer Lance Horne’s opera The Tell-Tale Heart featuring Sean Clark (tenor) and Horne on piano fresh from its debut in New York, and the world premieres of two Luminato commissions.

Mike Ross premieres new songs sung by Patricia O’Callaghan, and Alexina Louie scores The Raven, which will be read by CBC’s Tom Allen. Plus, harpist Lori Gemmell joins the Penderecki String Quartet in French composer André Caplet’s take on The Masque of the Red Death – a spine-chilling concerto. Hosted by Mike Ross, directed by Lorenzo Savoini. “There amid the madness, dark humor lies in wait ...” – Review of The Tell-Tale Heart in The New York Times Alexina Louie’s The Raven is co-commissioned by Luminato and The Ottawa Chamber Music Society.

Reading amid the evocative architecture of The Music Gallery in St. George the Martyr Church, Michelle Wan, author of the Death in the Dordogne series, takes us down a dark and dreadful Dovercourt Road, while award-winning novelist and playwright

Ann-Marie MacDonald casts a fearful eye on the lakeshore. Also making our hearts pound: Cherie Dimaline, Nalo Hopkinson, Tasleem Thawar and Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Killing Circle, a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year. Like the illustrated gothic “chapbooks” sold on the streets of 18th century London for a sixpence, the creepy stories of Gothic Toronto will be collected in a limited edition publication, with an introduction by Margaret Atwood, available only at the reading.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56). Penderecki String Quartet

Patricia O’Callaghan

Photo by Andrew MacNaughtan

Margaret Atwood

Photo by George Whiteside

Andrew Pyper

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Cherie Dimaline

Photo by Existing Light

Photo by Gabor Jurina

Photo by Wenzdae Brewster

Michelle Wan

Nalo Hopkinson

Tasleem Thawar

Photo by Dave Carter

Presented by:

DATES & TIMES:

DuRATION:

TICkETS:

DATES & TIMES:

Monday, June 8 9:00 PM Tuesday, June 9 9:00 PM Wednesday, June 10 9:00 PM

90 mins, no intermission

$45

Wednesday, June 10

LOCATION:

Please note these performances are general admission with cabaret-style seating. Licensed event.

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 12 Alexander Street

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

Photo by David Findlay

Photo by Krist Papas

Additional support:

LOCATION:

7:30 PM

The Music Gallery in St. George the Martyr Church 197 John Street (behind OCAD) 39

5 o’clock bells

JuNE 10–13

by Pierre brault sleePinG doG theatre, ottawa

neverMore

JuNE 11–13

catalyst theatre, edMonton

TORONTO PREMIERE

Be among the first to take this dreamlike theatrical trip into the bizarre world of Edgar Allan Poe, master of suspense, fascination and dread. Hot on the heels of its June debut at Ottawa’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival will come the Toronto premiere of a uniquely compelling theatrical experience, co-commissioned by Luminato as part of our celebration of Edgar Allan Poe. Delightfully dark and heart-breakingly comic, this amazing new creation by Edmonton’s award-winning Catalyst Theatre is a musical-gothic fairy tale for adults, an irreverent and affectionate homage to an iconic literary misfit. “With its unique visual language and disorientating sense of humour, Catalyst promises to rewrite the theatrical agenda for other companies straining to be original.” – Rachel Haliburton, The Independent, UK

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

Pierre Brault in 5 O’Clock Bells Photo by Christina Riley

Sold out during its Ottawa run, this critically acclaimed one-man show about jazz legend Lenny Breau makes its long-awaited Toronto debut as part of the Luminato Guitar Festival. Born in Maine, then transplanted to Manitoba (where he taught the young Randy Bachman), guitar genius Lenny Breau was a legend during his tragically brief life. A brilliant innovator who created his own distinctive jazz style from a dizzying fusion of influences, ranging from country to classical to flamenco, Breau had a transformative effect on Canadian and American music that is still heard today. In 1984, a few days after his 43rd birthday, he was found dead in a Los Angeles swimming pool, the victim of a murder that remains unsolved to this day.

In this bravura one-man performance, Pierre Brault delves into Breau’s remarkable life, his mysterious death and, above all, the wonder of his music. Directed by Brian Quirt. “Tough, tender and textured... As finely executed as it is conceived. Don’t miss it.” – Patrick Langston, The Ottawa Citizen

Nevermore cast

Photo by Sean McLennan

Based on the original co-production with the Great Canadian Theatre Company.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

Additional support:

Presented by:

The John Mckellar Charitable Foundation

Scott Shpeley in Nevermore

Photo by Sean McLennan

DATES & TIMES:

DuRATION:

TICkETS:

Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12 Saturday, June 13

75 mins, no intermission

$35

LOCATION:

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

7:30 7:30 7:30 1:00

PM PM PM & 7:30 PM

Berkeley Street Theatre, Downstairs 26 Berkeley Street

DATES & TIMES:

DuRATION:

TICkETS:

Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12 Saturday, June 13

120 mins, with one intermission

$40, $50

LOCATION:

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

7:30 PM 7:30 PM 2:30 & 7:30 PM

Winter Garden Theatre 189 Yonge Street

the canadian sonGbook

JuNE 10

a tribute to neil younG’s Live aT maSSeY HaLL Produced in association with:

Relive a milestone in Canadian music history. On January 19, 1971, Canada’s legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young gave a solo concert at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Audiences there heard for the first time many of the iconic songs that would later appear on his albums, including his best-selling LP Harvest – yet the live concert recording itself wasn’t released until 2007. Now, as part of the Festival-wide Guitar Festival, a new generation of musicians, led by Juno Award winning music director Kevin Breit, will recreate that landmark concert, performing their own distinctive arrangements of the album’s eighteen classic songs. Don’t miss your chance to be part of a moment in musical history that promises to be every bit as magical as the one that inspired it! Artists confirmed as of February 27, 2009. Check luminato.com for artist updates.

Danny Michel performing at The Canadian Songbook, Luminato 2008

Music Director

Kevin Breit

Photo by Kar Wai Ng

Jason Collett Photo by V. Tavares

Holly Cole

Cowboy Junkies

Bill Frisell Trio

Photo by Chris Buck

Issa

(formerly Jane Siberry)

Colin James

Colin Linden

Harry Manx

Presented by:

DATES & TIMES:

Wednesday, June 10

8:00 PM

DuRATION:

120 mins, with one intermission 42

LOCATION:

TICkETS:

Massey Hall 178 Victoria Street

$59.50, $69.50, $79.50 For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111, visit luminato.com, contact the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at 416-872-4255 or visit masseyhall.com. Artists subject to change without notice.

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Steven Page

Roxanne Potvin

Carole Pope

world voices in fiction

JuNE 11

aravind adiGa | yiyun li | tash aw | chiMaManda nGoZi adichie

continuous city the builders association, usa

JuNE 11–13

CANADIAN PREMIERE

2008 Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga, and award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, are among the acclaimed authors making their first Canadian appearances in our celebration of global literature.

Aravind Adiga

Photo by Mark Pringle

Join some of global fiction’s freshest voices for an evening of readings and discussions exploring themes ranging from the rural/urban divide to the sense of home between Africa and North America. China’s Yiyun Li, winner of the Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, makes her Toronto debut with her new novel, The Vagrants, set in rural China. Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus) presents her much-anticipated short-story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck. Malaysia’s Tash Aw (The Harmony Silk Factory) reads from his beautiful new novel, Map of the Invisible World, set during Sukarno’s drive to purge 1960’s Indonesia of its colonial past, and 2008 Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga makes his first Canadian appearance with The White Tiger, an explosive critique of the new India.

Tash Aw

Photo by Andrew Whittuck

“Yiyun has the talent, the vision and the respect for life’s insoluble mysteries to be a truly fine writer. There is a strangeness at the heart of her fiction that comes from somewhere other than China – a world inside the author.” – The Guardian (UK)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The secret of Adichie’s style is simplicity, rhythm and balance. She writes a poet’s sentences.” – London Review of Books “The White Tiger is a penetrating piece of social commentary, attuned to the inequalities that persist despite India’s new prosperity.” – The New York Times Book Review

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Continuous City

Photo by Eamon Lochte-Phelps

All the world really does become a stage in the Canadian premiere of an acclaimed new multi-media theatre experience that dissolves the boundaries between the local and the global. Wherever we are in this networked world, we’re also partly somewhere else – that’s the premise of this latest project by New York’s critically lauded The Builders Association. Co-commissioned by Luminato, Continuous City explores how travel and technology have changed our sense of place – and our connection to others. A travelling businessman uses electronic media to keep in touch with his daughter, her nanny and his boss. Blending live performance with video shot in Toronto and other cities around the world, the project also incorporates a participatory website (www.xubu.cc) that expands its reach beyond the walls of any theatre – to encompass the wide world itself.

“...dazzling and unsettling...a provocative exploration of technology as a global force for connection and disconnection.” – The San Francisco Chronicle Lead co-producer: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Co-producers: Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity; Carolina Performing Arts; Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies and the Arts Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley; Walker Art Center. Co-commissioners: BAM for the 2008 Next Wave Festival; Wexner Center for the Arts; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

Yiyun Li

Presented by:

DATES & TIMES:

Thursday, June 11 DuRATION:

90 mins, including Q&A 44

7:30 PM

LOCATION:

TICkETS:

Al Green Theatre (Miles Nadal JCC) 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor)

$15 Please note that this event is general admission. For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

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90 mins, no intermission

$35, $45

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Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles Street West

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JuNE 11–13

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CANADIAN PREMIERE

The Second Person, Nederlands Dans Theater

Photo by Joris Jan Bos

One of the world’s premier dance companies makes its first visit to Canada in 14 years – and its first ever to Toronto. Stunning stage images and the sheer sensuality of bodies in motion will captivate your senses as Nederlands Dans Theater presents a program comprised of three of its most thrilling pieces.

And in The Second Person, choreographed by Canada’s own Crystal Pite, puppetry symbolizes the relationship between the individual and society.

Dance combines with video projection and a remarkable rotating set in Lightfoot/Léon’s Shoot the Moon, opening a window into the anguish of a love triangle. The dramatic image of an inverted tree hangs over Jiři Kylián’s hauntingly beautiful Wings of Wax – the stage, perhaps, becoming the sky as the dancers dart and weave like birds in flight.

A dazzling kinetic spectacle that will never fail to take you by surprise.

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– Ballet-Dance Magazine

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations (pages 55-56).

This Canadian Premiere is a gift from Pierre L. Morrissette through Luminato’s SuperNova Program Development Fund. The Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Shoot The Moon, Nederlands Dans Theater

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Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12 Saturday, June 13

125 mins, with two intermissions

$60, $80

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MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen’s Park

Please note that smoke is used during these performances.

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JuNE 11 FREE EVENT

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JuNE 12

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CANADIAN PREMIERE

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Robert Lippok

The Death Set. NXNE 2008

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After 90 years, Canada finally gets its chance to see one of the seminal masterworks of cinematic horror – with cutting-edge accompaniment by Robert Lippok. One of the earliest of German horror films, Tales of the Uncanny (Unheimliche Geschichten) was first released in 1919. Now, in association with the North by Northeast Music and Film Festival and the Goethe-Institut Toronto, we bring this silent classic to Canada for the very first time. Directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt in one of his earliest roles, Tales of the Uncanny (not to be confused with the same director’s 1932 remake) uses an antiquarian

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Thursday, June 11

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9:30 PM

bookstore after dark as the framework for five distinct stories, among them Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat. Berlin electronica artist Robert Lippok and two top Canadian indie bands provide the live soundtrack for this historic screening – a must-see event for cinephiles and horror fans alike. NXNE 2009 takes place June 17-21. Visit nxne.com for more information!

Addicted to Bad Ideas

Join the mosh pit! Never before seen in Canada, this multimedia punk-rock spectacle shows us life through the eyes of one of the cinema’s most sinister stars. visionary young director Jay Scheib, whose This Place Is a Desert sold out at New York’s Under the Radar festival last year, teams up with Brooklyn cabaret punk band World/Inferno Friendship Society to investigate the enigma that was Peter Lorre: a Hollywood star who remained a perennial outsider. From Fritz Lang’s M in 1931 to Roger Corman’s 1963 horrorcomedy The Raven, the Hungarian-born Lorre gave cinema some of its most memorably sinister characters. His private life, too, had its dark side: a morphine addiction that bedevilled him at the height of his career.

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Yonge-Dundas Square

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11:00 PM

Recreating key motion picture sequences mixed with live interactive video, this spectacular multimedia punk operetta paints a vivid portrait of Lorre both as an individual and as an archetype of 20th-century alienation. “A cross between the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cabaret, the Moth, an episode of Biography and a bruising 1979 gig by The Clash... a phenomenon.” – FORBES.com This project was created with a commission and residency from Peak Performances @ Montclair, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Jedediah Wheeler, Executive Director and was partially developed through a space grant from LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’s LPAC Lab Program.

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The Phoenix Concert Theatre 410 Sherbourne Street

$35 For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or visit luminato.com

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JuNE 12–14 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

For our closing weekend, Canada’s international entertainment company presents a special event created especially for Luminato. This event is an inquiry into the very essence of human civilization. Beginning Friday night, two “communities” will form on the Toronto waterfront: one representing the natural world in which we have our instinctual roots and the urban community, the world we have constructed around ourselves. They’ll make their homes at opposite ends of the site, each in an environment antithetical to their respective world view. What will happen as the weekend unfolds and the two communities encounter and interact with each other? You’ll have to join in the festivities to find out – but expect to be amazed. Be sure to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Luminato and Cirque du Soleil® as never before! As part of Luminato’s Closing Weekend Celebrations, acclaimed Canadian musical group Bell Orchestre will be performing Saturday night at the Harbourfront Centre Sirius Stage.

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Come down to the central waterfront for a weekend of wonder as Luminato’s 10 days come to an end – created just for us by Cirque du Soleil.

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Join Luminato at Toronto’s central waterfront for many of the Festival’s spectacular Closing Weekend Celebrations.

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Toronto Waterfront from Harbourfront Centre to Toronto’s Music Garden including HT0 Park.

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JuNE 12 & 13

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braZilian Guitar Marathon

JuNE 13 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

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Lose yourself in Latin America – right here in Toronto – as the Duo Assad, Yamandú Costa, Luciana Souza featuring Romero Lubambo and other guitar masters take you on a day long tour of their country’s hottest sounds. From bossa nova and choro to the works of such classical composers as Heitor villa-Lobos and Egberto Gismonti, the guitar has a rich and diverse history in Brazil. Our free outdoor fiesta features: Grammy Award winners Sérgio and Odair Assad, often hailed as the best classic guitar duo in the world; virtuoso Celso Machado, whose irresistible rhythms and inspired onstage lunacy enrapture adults and kids alike; a host of other stellar performers, including Badi Assad (sister of Sérgio and Odair) and Luciana Souza: Brazilian Duos, featuring Romero Lubambo and seven-string sensation Yamandú Costa making his Toronto debut. Join us at the village of Yorkville Park – the music goes on all day! Bloor-Yorkville, Toronto’s most celebrated neighbourhood of style and culture, invites you to tour their shops and galleries and enjoy in-store programming and product sampling. Stay into the evening and dine out at any one of their first class restaurants featuring the finest culinary artists.

Goran Bregovic

Photo by Andrew Shpak

Luminato at Yonge-Dundas Square culminates with a rare musical event: a free concert by Goran Bregovic, musical superstar of the Balkans.

Sérgio & Odair Assad

FOR MORE INFO, VISIT: WWW.BLOOR-YORKVILLE.COM Best known in North America for his unforgettable scores for such acclaimed films as Borat!, Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream and Underground, this Sarajevo-born rock star and composer is joined by his 20-piece Wedding and Funeral Orchestra.

“Serbian Gypsy brass bands are party generators and Mr. Bregovic’s compositions let them do their job” - The New York Times

GORAN BREGOVIC: ALKOHOL RECORD RELEASE PARTY Produced in association with Absolute Entertainment.

On the last Friday of Luminato, they present a closing night concert of world music with a rock-and-roll edge that’ll have you delirious with joy – and itching to dance!

Kool Haus, 132 Queens Quay East, will be the place to be on Saturday, June 13 for the Canadian release of Goran’s new album, Alkohol. This event is restricted to persons 19 years and older.

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Friday, June 12

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Yonge-Dundas Square

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Village of Yorkville Park (Cumberland and Bellair)

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JuNE 13–14 FAMILY EVENT

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JuNE 6–13

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SIX-STRING NATION: BOOk LAuNCH Join writer and broadcaster Jowi Taylor as he shares stories about his Six-String Nation Guitar built literally from pieces of Canada’s heritage, including material from the roof of Parliament to seat number 69 in Massey Hall.

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GLADSTONE BALLROOM TUESDAY, JUNE 9 – 8:00 PM FREE Bruce Springsteen

Tom Waits

Johnny Cash All photos by Danny Clinch

As part of Luminato’s celebration of the guitar, come hear rock star, writer and photographer Andy Summers, and photographers Ralph Gibson and Danny Clinch, as they talk about their exhibition in Yonge-Dundas Square – and discuss process, inspiration and the world as seen through the lens of a Leica camera. JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO SATURDAY, JUNE 6 – 10:30 AM TICKETS: $15

THE uRBAN PLAYGROuND

Kurt Perschke, RedBall Project

Many people think of art as something to admire in galleries – but what happens when art comes out to play? Kurt Perschke, creator of the RedBall Project, joins members of the Toronto collective OpenCity Projects and the artists of the Luminato Box to discuss ways in which art can engage with public space. HARD ROCK CAFÉ SATURDAY, JUNE 6 – 1:00 PM FREE

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A carnival of cuisine!

Growing from the success of last year’s One City, One Table, where the city’s top restaurants served visitors gourmet street food, President’s Choice® 1,000 Tastes of Toronto will bring the Toronto food scene to the Festival. Come down to the waterfront and experience the gastronomical grace that 5(red)/pantone 874(gold) Colours: Black 0,0,0,100/red 0,100,100,0/gold 0,20,50,30 defines Toronto’s gourmet scene as the city’s top chefs come together to create delectable delights.

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CAPSULE MUSIC MONDAY, JUNE 8 – 2:00 PM TICKETS: $15 Limited to 30 participants only.

THE ART OF CHILDREN’S BOOkS Presented in partnership with the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, dedicated to nurturing and promoting Canadian literature for young readers, partners with Luminato in presenting an engaging panel on the art of creating children’s books. With illustrators Wallace Edwards and Barbara Reid, Diane Kerner, Director of Publishing, Scholastic, and Michael Solomon, Art Director, Groundwood Books. Includes a display of original artwork by six leading Canadian children’s book illustrators.

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ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN FRIDAY, JUNE 12 – 5:00 PM FREE

BLuRRING BOuNDARIES: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN COMMuNICATION AND THEATRE Presented in partnership with the Subtle Technologies Festival. Social networking may be cool, but is it art? Can the medium be more than just a message? Questions of the wired (and wireless) world are pondered by Marianne Weems, artistic director of The Builders Association (Continuous City); Cosma Shalizi, professor of statistics at Carnegie Mellon University and avid researcher on social networks; and moderator John Mighton, scientist and playwright. ISABEL BADER THEATRE SATURDAY, JUNE 13 – 1:00 PM FREE

DARWIN EXPOSED: NATuRAL SELECTION AND SEX – 150 YEARS OF GETTING IT ON An evolutionary event celebrating the 200th year of Darwin’s Birthday. Join Jay Ingram of Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet and musical guest Raoul and the Big Time. HARD ROCK CAFÉ TUESDAY, JUNE 9 – 8:00 PM TICKETS: $15

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In-demand session musician, Kevin Breit, leads a one-hour tour of his favourite guitar store, Capsule Music.

A THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES EVENT PRESENTED BY PAGES BOOKS & MAGAZINES

LuNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS A free series of lunchtime tête-à-têtes with Luminato artists at the flagship ROOTS store at 100 Bloor Street West. Seating is limited, so come early! • FRIDAY, JUNE 5: Festival overview with Chris Lorway, Luminato Artistic Director; Devyani Saltzman, Curator, Literary Programming and Illuminations; Robert vanderBerg, Associate Producer, visual Arts and Public Installations; and David Spelman, Guitar Festival Producer. Moderated by Graham Sheffield. • SATURDAY, JUNE 6: Sandra Laronde, founding Artistic Director of Red Sky, discusses Tono, the group’s latest performance piece. (See page 20)

the luMinato reel A film festival within the Festival! Luminato and the National Film Board of Canada present free film screenings of documentaries that follow the creation of Luminato presentations, films that inspired the festival programming, and supplementary work from Luminato artists. All films in The Luminato Reel will be preceded by the short film NFB 70 Years, a tribute to the NFB and its 70th anniversary.

GuITAR FESTIVAL @ THE LuMINATO REEL 11:00 AM The Assads – A Moment of Pure Love (104 minutes) Featuring three generations of the Brazilian music legendary family, the film documents their live performance in Brussels at the Palaix des Beaux Arts. Sandra Laronde

• SUNDAY, JUNE 7: Get the inside story on R. Murray Schafer’s The Children’s Crusade. (See page 17) • MONDAY, JUNE 8: Tzipi Pines, managing and Artistic Director of Tel Aviv’s Beit Lessin Theatre and Avery Saltzman, Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company Artistic Director, talk about Yiddish theatre and Zisele. (See page 25) • TUESDAY, JUNE 9: “Setting Poe to Music”. Composers Mike Ross and Alexina Louie, Lance Horne and CBC host Tom Allen discuss the creation of A Poe Cabaret: A Dream Within A Dream. (See page 38) • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10: Not-So-Guilty-Pleasures, presented by The Walrus Magazine. Summertime and the reading is easy. A detective story, a mystery, a sci-fi in hand. Join Editor John Macfarlane in conversation with writers from the summer reading issue. • THURSDAY, JUNE 11: Playwright-performer Pierre Brault discusses 5 O’Clock Bells. (See page 40) • FRIDAY, JUNE 12: An in-depth investigation of the dark and the mysterious with Jonathan Christenson, Artistic Director of Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre and director of Nevermore. (See page 41)

1:30 PM Solidbodies: The 50 Year Guitar War (50 minutes) Starting with their conception and design in the early 1950s, Solidbodies: The 50 Year Guitar War focuses on the five-decade competition of sounds between the two guitars that have been heard on more popular recordings than any other instruments during the rock era. 3:00 PM Here Is What It Is (90 minutes) A film by Daniel Lanois documenting the making of his sixth solo album. The album was recorded in various studios across the world and features a number of special guest performers. 5:00 PM Brasileirinho (90 minutes) After fading with the introduction of Bossa Nova in the 1960s, the Brazilian music par excellence is getting a new lease on life. Featuring Festival artists Yamandú Costa and Romero Lubambo, this film is a documentary about Choro – the first genuinely Brazilian Urban Music. 7:00 PM We Have Arrived (103 minutes) A film by Danny Clinch, We Have Arrived is a behind-the-scenes look at the 2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Featuring: Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio, Festival artist Taj Mahal, My Morning Jacket, North Missisippi Hill Country Revue and many more.

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• SATURDAY, JUNE 13: A conversation with the creators of Nederlands Dans Theater. (See pages 46-47)

11:00 AM Tono: from Seed to Stage (run time TBA) A documentary on the creation of Red Sky Performance’s Tono, a three-country project speaking to the tribal identities of indigenous peoples and their shamanic history. 1:00 PM

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Photo by Joris Jan Bos

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Urban Playground Double Feature Roadsworth: Crossing the Line and RedBall Project (92 minutes) A look at two visual arts projects that have transformed the cities in which they are placed. RedBall Project sheds light on the possible “meaning” of Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Project through documentation of the energies that surround it. Roadsworth: Crossing the Line follows stencil artist Peter Gibson, a.k.a. Roadsworth, as he makes his mark on Montreal in the early hours of the morning by launching a self–described “attack on the streets.” Filmmaker Alan Kohl provides a portrait of an artist who provokes debate about the significance of art in urban spaces.

A Thrilling Ride Through KOOZA (47 minutes)

Cirque du Soleil presents A Thrilling Ride Through KOOZA, a captivating documentary that looks at the creative process of KOOZA, the latest critically acclaimed touring show from Cirque du Soleil.

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7:00 PM

JuNE 6–14 FREE & FAMILY EVENT

sunday, June 14

RedBall Project documentary Photo by Kurt Perschke

4:00 PM

R. Murray Schafer’s Music for Wilderness Lake (30 minutes) In celebration of his new work The Children’s Crusade, Luminato screens R. Murray Schafer’s acclaimed Rhombus collection Music for Wilderness Lake, which traces the development and performance of a piece of environmental music. 7:00 PM

Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiří Kylián (128 minutes) This sensational film features the Nederlands Dans Theater commemorating their extraordinarily successful liaison with supreme dance co-ordinator Jiří Kylián with three astounding ballets: Birth-Day, Bella Figura and Sleepless.

11:00 AM Jiří Kylián’s Car Men (61 minutes) Exactly 20 years separate Jiří Kylián’s solo Silent Cries and his black-andwhite film, Car Men, made in 2006 in collaboration with Dutch filmmaker, Boris Paval Cone. Uniting the two works is the sheer expressiveness of the dance and the distinctive facial gestures and body language of the dancer Sabine Kupferberg. 1:00 PM Yiddish Theater: A Love Story (90 minutes) Enjoy the Yiddish theater experience of Zisele? Enter the funny, largerthan-life world of Yiddish theater with this doc about Zypora Spaisman, the woman who kept the oldest Yiddish theater in the U.S. alive.

Monday, June 8 7:00 PM The Genius of Lenny Breau (97 minutes) This feature-length documentary encompasses a story of one of the “true great geniuses of guitar”, whose life ended abruptly and mysteriously in Los Angeles in 1984 at the age of 43, inspiring 5 O’Clock Bells (being presented June 10-13).

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Yiddish Theatre actress Zypora Spaisman and dancer Felix Fibich Photo by Dan Katzir

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7:00 PM Lepage: Breaking a Leg (48 minutes) Director Robert Lepage has given us some of the most exciting Canadian theatre of the last decade including this year’s North American premiere of Lipsynch. In the spring of 1989, he joined forces with a new Montréal theatre company, Theatre 1774, to direct its first production. The film follows the project from its first workshop to opening night and beyond. Lepage: Breaking a Leg will be preceded by L’enfant de la lumiere music video, directed by Robert Lepage, produced with grants awarded by MusiMax’s MaxFACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent).

saturday, June 13 1:00 & 3:00 PM Award-winning films from the National Film Board of Canada celebrating literacy. Enjoy a diverse selection of short films for the whole family. The Girl Who Hated Books (8 minutes) based on the story by Manjusha Pawaji Tzaritza (7 minutes) I Want a Dog (10 minutes) Blackberry Subway Jam (8 minutes) based on the story by Robert Munch The Friends of Kwan Ming (7 minutes) Oma’s Quilt (8 minutes) based on the story by Paulette Bourgeois (author), and Stephane Jorisch (illustrator)

Animated Poe – A quadruple feature of Poe films that have been animated from around the world. (approx. 43 minutes) The Pit and the Pendulum was created in Canada by filmmaker Marc Lougee, produced with grants awarded by CTv’s Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent). The Tell-Tale Heart, an American animated short, was nominated for an Oscar in 1953. The Raven is a film from Argentina that has just been released featuring narration by Billy Drago. Annabel Lee is a stop motion animation by George Hyham. 6:00 PM

Contemporary Communication Shorts (63 minutes) Produced in association with Bravo!FACT. Luminato 2009’s exploration of Contemporary Communication is reflected through 11 short films from Bravo!FACT that examine where we are and where we might be going when it comes to language and new media. These short films will take you on a journey that looks at our challenges in communicating, explores technology as a friend, foe, and distracter, and speculates on what our communication might look like in the future. All these films have been produced with grants awarded by CTv’s Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent).

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Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 14

National Film Board Cinema 150 John Street

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education and outreach

FAMILY PROGRAMMING free & family event

Building on the Festival’s commitment to accessibility, the Education and Outreach Programs continue to offer multi-disciplinary arts experiences for students, teachers, youth and families. SCHOOL PROGRAMS Luminato is proud to partner with selected schools and specialty programs in underserved communities and neighbourhoods – offering students from grades K-12 experiential workshops, artistin-the-school visits, presentations and discussions. These programs are designed to encourage interactive participation and meaningful engagement with the Festival programming and themes, while providing enrichment and connections to the classroom curriculum. For more information, contact: education@luminato.com or visit www.luminato.com/education.

•A rtHeart Community Art Centre In partnership with ArtHeart Community Art Centre, adult participants will explore communication patterns in urban spaces from the perspective of the Regent Park community while making connections with the wider experience of the city. This collaborative art installation will be exhibited at the Luminato Box. Check luminato.com for details.

Celebration of the Guitar In partnership with Gallery 44, selected youth will explore how photography can capture the spirit of the guitar through workshops and access to festival events.

YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH Children with the Six-String Nation Guitar

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Luminato at the Toronto Public Library In addition to the free series of readings and workshops celebrating Children’s Books & Illustrations at library branches across the city (see page 36), Luminato and the Toronto Public Library are offering the following family workshops: •S ix-String Nation Workshop Part of Luminato’s Guitar Festival. Writer/broadcaster Jowi Taylor shares stories about his Six-String Nation Guitar – built, literally, from pieces of Canada’s heritage. He’ll be joined by singer/ songwriter Katherine Wheatley to lead a songwriting workshop for families. Recommended for ages 8 and up and families. Richview Branch Tuesday, June 9, 7:00 PM

•N FB Workshop Special film screenings and hands-on animation workshops for families, inspired by the Children’s Books & Illustrations program. For children ages 3–13. Fairvew Branch Saturday, June 6, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Youth participants will post content, documenting their experiences on a specially created Youth Blog on the Luminato website.

Barbara Frum Branch Saturday, June 13, 1:00 – 3.30 PM

Luminato Box

BUNCH Family Dance Party, Luminato 2008

•M edieval Storytelling Workshop With Toronto author and playwright Kathleen McDonnell (1212: Year of the Journey). Recommended for ages 6–12 and families. Runnymede Branch Tuesday, June 9, 6:30 – 7:30 PM

The Luminato Reel: NFB Workshop •A nimate This! Tell Us Your Tale In conjunction with the special film screenings at the NFB (for listings, see The Luminato Reel, page 57), families will use professional tools to create their own animated films with the guidance of expert NFB animation facilitators. NATIONAL FILM BOARD CINEMA Saturday, June 6 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (recommended for ages 3–5) 1:00 – 3:30 PM (recommended for ages 6–13) Reservations recommended: 416-973-7114.

Luminato Family Activity Guide The Luminato Family Activity Guide is designed to give families opportunities to extend their Luminato experience – behind-thescenes information, talking points and activities to more fully engage with Luminato performances, events and celebrations.

Reservations recommended: 416-973-7114.

•O penCity Projects In partnership with The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), OpenCity Projects will offer a creative lab to explore and enhance communication in Toronto during the winter semester. OpenCity Projects will work with 25 third-year students to identify group communication patterns and design tools that facilitate interaction and build communities in urban spaces.

•M edieval Music Workshop Inspired by the music from R. Murray Schafer’s The Children’s Crusade, discover the sounds of another time with musicians as they demonstrate medieval instruments. Recommended for ages 6–12 and families. Northern District Branch Sunday, June 7, 3:30 – 4:30 PM

The students’ work will be exhibited in the Luminato Box on June 5 (see description on page 26) as well as at Xpace Gallery (June 8–18).

BUNCH Family Dance Party, Luminato 2008

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In association with BUNCH, Toronto’s expert on art and culture for families, we invite the whole family to this special Saturday afternoon event celebrating the music of the guitar. Come enjoy air guitar lessons, a tribute to guitar artists who can really wail, and guitar-inspired creations and crafts.

Agincourt Branch Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM

In partnership with Pathways to Education (Regent Park) and Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre, two groups of high school students will explore their experiences with social networks and other forms of contemporary media as primary forms of communication, and how technology has the power to connect and disconnect us from one another.

Luminato wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s generous support of the Festival’s Education and Outreach programs.

Family Dance Party

Closing Weekend Celebrations Featuring Cirque du Soleil As part of the Closing Weekend Celebrations at Toronto’s Waterfront, activities specially designed for families will encourage highly imaginative and interactive experiences. For more details, visit www.luminato.com/family

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your backstage access L’Oréal Paris invites you to experience all the buzz and excitement of backstage. Glamorous, daring, sophisticated or natural; choose your beauty look with the L’Oréal Paris Beauty Experts. They will get you ready to attend Luminato with style. Join us at the L’Oréal Paris tent at Yonge-Dundas Square during the opening weekend celebrations.

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THE BEAUTY OF COLOR raphael MAZZUCCO Come experience ‘The Beauty of Color’, a luminating display accompanying an exhibition by famed fashion photographer Raphael Mazzucco. Don’t miss the two original works created exclusively for Luminato.

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Take these 10 days to explore and celebrate the creative spirit and enjoy this distinctly unique experience. TELUS’ ongoing partnership with the Luminato Festival is meant to foster, support and encourage initiatives within the arts as well as promote local initiatives in the communities in which we live, work and serve.

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June 6-10

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Join us for an afternoon celebration of the Brazilian guitar in the heart of Yorkville! National Bank Financial Group is excited to be the presenting sponsor of this free festival as part of Luminato’s Closing Weekend Celebrations.

Leading by example, our employees clearly demonstrate that they care deeply about the communities where they live and work. In this spirit, Manulife is pleased to return as sponsor of the Luminato Volunteer Program. Manulife and our employees look forward to being a part of Luminato 2009 and celebrating 10 days of arts, culture and creativity.

Learn more about National Bank Financial Group at www.nbc.ca

At Kiehl’s since 1851 we have been proudly serving our customers and communities naturally-based skin and hair care formulations for over 155 years. Kiehl’s is delighted to once again invite you to join us at our Queen St and Yonge St locations, where the spirit of art and culture come to life for a unique and memorable festival experience.

Full details at luminato.com/nyc

Full details at luminato.com/kiehls

June 8–10

June 5–14

yonge-dundas square

Kiehl’s since 1851 407 Queen St. West & 2518 Yonge St.

June 13-14

National bank financial group ®

Feel the New York vibe as Times Square takes over Yonge-Dundas Square. Redken and Maybelline New York invite you to discover the latest trends and get your fashionable 1 minute New York make-up look by Maybelline NY and hair care samples by Redken as you get ready to dance the night away!

the spirit of art & culture

celebration of beauty

skin health centre

Garnier presents a unique beauty experience during Luminato’s spectacular Closing Weekend Celebrations. Come indulge your senses and celebrate beauty with us!

At Vichy we believe that beautiful skin starts with healthy skin. Visit the Skin Health Centre to receive a personalized skin diagnosis, free samples and learn how to best take care of your skin.

Full details at luminato.com/garnier

Full details at luminato.com/vichy

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June 13 village of yorkville park

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For more information on all of the Enhance Your Experience activities at Luminato, please visit luminato.com after May 15, 2009.

Biotherm will give you the inside scoop to enhance your Luminato experience, with exclusive Biotherm offers and best available tickets to events. All available on biotherm.ca/luminato with a simple click!

Urban style inspired by nature. Biolage fuses botanical elements into metropolitan hair design live on stage in Yorkville. Watch a live show, get free samples and discover your true nature with Biolage! Full details at luminato.com/biolage

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GENERAL ADMISSION EVENTS • Some of our ticketed events are general admission, which means seating is not assigned and available on a first come, first served basis. Please review your tickets to check if an event you purchased a ticket for is a general admission event. • If you have purchased tickets to an event with general admission seating, arrive early for the best selection of available seating. • A small number of seats may be reserved at general admission events for sponsors, donors and other invited guests. • Doors for most of our venues open approximately 30 minutes before the performance is scheduled to begin (unless otherwise noted); however, sometimes for reasons beyond our control this may not occur and we apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Call 416-872-1111 or 1-866-577-4277 or visit online at luminato.com In person at Monday–Friday Saturday Sunday

at Yonge-Dundas Square 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

is owned and operated by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts – TAPA. All tickets are in CDN funds and are inclusive of GST and venue facility fees, but subject to additional phone, internet and outlet charges. Artists and programs are subject to change without notice. All ticket sales are final and non-refundable.

ARRIVE ON TIME Our performances start promptly at the time listed on the ticket, so please allow sufficient time for travel, parking, ticket collection and other pre-performance activities.

Group Sales and Hotel Packages Luminato is pleased to offer a 20% discounted rate for groups of 15 or more to most ticketed performances throughout the Festival. Call: 416-368-4849 for more information, and to book your group.

LATECOMERS For the safety and comfort of the performers and other audience members, latecomers will be admitted into venues at a suitable break during the performance. Similarly, if you leave a performance for any reason once it has commenced, you will only be re-admitted during a suitable break in the performance. Late seating breaks vary from performance to performance, and some performances (especially those without intermissions) may not include a late seating break. We regret that we cannot provide refunds to those who arrive after the performance has begun.

Hotel and theatre packages can be purchased by visiting www.SeeTorontoNow.com. This Tourism Toronto service provides deluxe hotel/theatre packages for select performances included in Luminato’s Festival.

TICKETS In order to maintain a safe environment, everyone attending ticketed performances must possess a valid ticket, including babes in arms. For our children’s programs, please make sure you purchase a ticket for everyone attending the performance. Tickets are also available for sale at venue box offices. Please note that the following venue box offices will only be open 2 hours prior to performances for ticket sales and ticket pick up: Berkeley Street Theatre, Al Green Theatre, 153 Dufferin, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Isabel Bader Theatre, MacMillan Theatre.

Individual hotel packages can be viewed and selected by visiting www.luminato.com/hotels. Community Rush Ticket Program A limited number of tickets for most performances* will be available for $20 per ticket from the Festival Box Office at the Booth in Yonge-Dundas Square. Community Rush tickets are only available the day of the performance, beginning when the Booth opens (see opening times listed above) and will continue until Community Rush tickets have been sold or until 4:00 PM (whichever occurs first).

BAG CHECK Many of our venues have policies regarding the checking of bags and other larger items as condition of entry and we recommend that, whenever possible, you bring with you only what is necessary.

Cash only, limited to two tickets per person.

AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHS Unless otherwise noted, audio and video recording and taking photos (including camera phones) at ticketed performances is prohibited for copyright reasons. You may be asked to check these items as a condition of entry.

*Available for all ticketed public performances which have a ticket price over $20. We regret that community rush tickets are not available for the following events: Carmen or Three Girls and Their Buddy.

getting around the festival It is recommended you take full advantage of Toronto’s TTC mass transit system of buses, streetcars and subways. For schedules and information, please visit www.ttc.ca, call 416-393-4636 or visit GO Transit at www.gotransit.com.

On the One: Luminato Funk Festival, Luminato 2008

MOBILE PHONES We request that mobile phones be turned off prior to the start of a performance. If you must keep your phone turned on, please place it on

silent or vibrate mode. Also, please remember that light from your phone may be distracting to other audience members. ACCESSIBILTY Luminato and its artistic and venue partners are committed to providing barrier-free access. If you require wheelchair seating, please advise the ticket agent at time of purchase. Additionally, many of our venues provide other amenities for people with disabilities, such as assistive listening devices. If you require more information on services available for people with disabilities, please contact the Luminato offices at info@luminato.com or call 416-368-3100. Young Audiences: Luminato welcomes young audiences to most of our performances, free and ticketed. However, some performances may not be suitable for young children and parental guidance is always recommended. Free Events: Free events are limited to the capacity of the venue, admission is on a first come, first served basis, and all are general admission (no assigned seating). Please arrive early to ensure your admittance. As a courtesy to others, we regret that we cannot allow people to hold space for friends and family in lines for free events. We thank you in advance for your cooperation. Rain Delays/Cancellations: Please check luminato.com for up-to-date information regarding potential rain delays or cancellations of outdoor events. If you have any additional questions, please contact the Luminato offices via e-mail at info@luminato.com or call 416-368-3100. For other Helpful Hints and up-to-date program and performance information, please visit our website, luminato.com. Get Involved! Volunteer at Luminato Luminato is seeking enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers to assist in a variety of roles during our third annual 10-day festival. Our aim is to have a volunteer force as diverse as our programming and the city of Toronto. Our volunteers enhance the visitor experience by providing guests of the Festival with information and onsite support, and by working with the Luminato staff in a variety of roles. Volunteering at Luminato also provides many rewards. As a Luminato volunteer, you will receive a complimentary 2009 T-shirt, have access to last-minute ticket offers, make a difference in our visitors’ lives, and most importantly, have a lot of fun! For more information, please call 416368-3100 (ext. 230) or visit www.luminato.com. Presented by:

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Jane Mallett theatre 27 Front Street East

exchange tower 130 King Street West

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berkeley street theatre, downstairs 26 Berkeley Street

fleck dance theatre 207 Queen’s Quay West

flemingdon Park branch 29 St. Dennis Drive

bluma appel theatre 27 Front Street East

four seasons centre for the Performing arts 145 Queen Street West

brookfield Place 181 Bay Street 17

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harbourfront centre 235 Queen’s Quay West

roots 100 Bloor Street West

Massey hall 178 Victoria Street

s. walter stewart branch 170 Memorial Park Avenue

Metro square 225 King Street West

winter Garden theatre 189 Yonge Street

the Music Gallery 197 John Street (behind OCAD)

yonge-dundas square Southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street

national film board Mediatheque 150 John Street

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5 O’Clock Bells .................. 40, 56 Children’s Books and Illustrations ........................... 36 Addicted to Bad Ideas ............. 49 The Children’s Crusade ..... 17, 56 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ... 44 A Poe Cabaret: A Dream Within A Dream:. 38, 56 Cindy Cashdollar .................... 16 Alexina Louie .................... 38, 56 Cirque du Soleil ...................... 50 Alpha Yaya Diallo ................... 14 Claudia Moore ........................ 33 Alvin Youngblood Hart ............ 14 An Evening with Neil Gaiman . 34 Closing Weekend Celebrations 50 André Caplet .......................... 38 Colin James ............................ 42 Andrea Nann .......................... 33 Colin Linden ........................... 42 Andrew Craig ......................... 33 Communication | Environment ... 26 Andrew Larsen ....................... 36 Continuous City ...................... 45 Andrew Pyper ......................... 39 Cowboy Junkies ...................... 42 Andy Summers .................. 29, 55 Crystal Pite ............................. 47 Anne Michaels ........................ 21 Daniel Lanois .......................... 16 Ann-Marie Macdonald ............ 39 Danny Clinch ...................... 29, 55 Aravind Adiga ......................... 44 Danny Michel ......................... 42 Art Gallery of Ontario ............. 30 David Buchbinder ................... 33 The Art of Children’s Books .... 55 David Rokeby .......................... 26 Davide Bombana .................... 21 Badi Assad .............................. 53 Debashish Bhattacharya .......... 16 Beit Lessin Theatre ............ 25, 56 The Derek Trucks Band ........... 16 Bill Frisell Trio .......................... 42 Diaspora Dialogues ................. 39 Bloor-Yorkville BIA .................. 53 Dominique Dumais ................. 21 Blurring Boundaries: Don Rooke ............................. 16 Duo Assad .............................. 53 The Interface Between Communication and Theatre 55 Brian Blade ............................. 16 each hand as they are called ... 24 Brian Quirt .............................. 40 Education and Outreach ......... 58 Buddy Miller ........................... 10 Emmylou Harris ...................... 10 The Builders Association .... 45, 55 Enhance Your Experience ....... 60 Ex Machina ............................. 18 The Campbell Brothers ........... 16 Festival at a Glance ................. 62 Canadian Children’s Festival Map ........................... 66 Book Centre ......................... 55 Fiona Boyes ............................ 14 Canadian Children’s Opera Company ................... 17 Germaine Koh ........................ 26 Canadian Songbook: Goethe-Institut Toronto .......... 48 A Tribute to Neil Young’s Goran Bregovic ....................... 52 Live at Massey Hall ............... 42 Gothic Fiction ......................... 31 Carmen .................................. 21 Gothic Toronto: Carole Pope ............................ 42 Writing the City Macabre ..... 39 Catalyst Theatre ................ 41, 56 The Great Canadian Tune ....... 15 Celso Machado ....................... 53 Cherie Demaline ..................... 39 Harbourfront Centre ......... 20, 50

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al Green theatre (Miles nadal Jcc) 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor)

ontario college of art & design 100 McCaul Street

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isabel bader theatre 93 Charles Street West

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EACH HAND AS THEY ARE CALLED

THE TRAVELING BLUES

GOTHIC FICTION