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Moving Bodies: A New Workshop
with Bad New Days led by Adam Paolozza
May 7-9th, Toronto
Are you drawn to the fusion of physical theatre, clowning, and puppetry? Do you admire Bad New Days’ distinctive approach to theatre and our embodied method of devised creation?
If so, this workshop is for you!!
In Moving Bodies, Adam Paolozza will guide you through the physical training and creative processes that shape the works of Bad New Days, including Flashing Lights, Italian Mime Suicide, and Last Landscape.
Through movement practice, guided improvisation, and creative exercises, we’ll explore core principles derived from physical theatre, puppetry, and clowning. Participants will engage in cultivating a deeper connection between their bodies and the space around them, developing an awareness of their physical presence, playful interactions with others, and the use of objects within the larger dramatic context. This immersive training will expand your sense of freedom and presence on stage, while providing practical tools for character creation and devising original work.
Details
When:
May 7th-8th 10 AM – 3pm PM; May 9th 1-6pm
Where: The Railpath Arts Centre, 35 Golden Ave, Toronto
Fee: $250 + HST
*Discounts available for union members, former students, and those in financial need.
*For more information and to register, please contact Adam at: badnewdaysperformance@gmail.com
Adam Paolozza is an award winning performer, director and teacher, and the Artistic Director of Bad New Days. His work fuses elements of mask, mime, movement, physical theatre, clown and object work to create dynamic, original devised creations. His work has been recognized with numerous awards and has toured nationally and internationally.
photo by Francesca Chudnoff
A BAD NEW DAYS PRODUCTION,
IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMON BOOTS THEATRE
In a sometime somewhere devoid of nature, posthuman ‘workers’ enter an empty space and assemble a series of artificial landscapes out of found objects, striving with their bodies to recreate the natural world from memory. But is it the deep past we see, or some genetically modified future?
The world premiere of Last Landscape blends Bad New Days’ signature brand of physical theatre with an eco-dramaturgical, DIY aesthetic to create a slowly transforming, imagistic meditation on extinction, ecological grief and interspecies care, where colossal puppets of prehistoric megafauna roam free. On the brink of environmental collapse, Last Landscape offers hopeful possibilities for how we might share this big green miraclemarble.
Conceived and Directed by Adam Paolozza
Creative Producer Victor Pokinko
Last Landscape will be performed by Nada Abusaleh, Nicholas Eddie, Gibum Dante Lim, Annie Luján, Adam Paolozza, and Kari Pederson. SlowPitchSound will provide both original music and live turntablism.
The creative team includes set designer Ken Mackenzie, lighting design by André du Toit, and the work of scenic marionette designer Roxanne Ignatius, with original puppets created by Graeme Black Robinson, Clelia Scala, and Puppetmongers Theatre. The show’s creative producer is Victor Pokinko. Adam Paolozza conceived the piece and will direct. Ian Garrett is the production’s eco-dramaturgical consultant.
Last Landscape prioritises sustainability in every stage of its creation—from the artistic vision to the materials used in production . Because of its eco-dramaturgical ethos, Last Landscape was recently awarded the prestigious Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant from the Ontario Arts Foundation and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.
Eco-dramaturgy asks us to find alternative forms of storytelling that embody climate change rather than merely speaking about it. This sustainable approach attracted Common Boots Theatre to the project as a partner, sharing with Bad New Days a passion for creating sustainable art that fosters environmental awareness to inspire meaningful change.
Last Landscape imagines a future where we find alternative ways to reconnect with and remember nature, embodying storytelling centred in care over conflict.
Media Contact: Katie Saunoris | KSPR katiesaunoris@gmail.com
Venue: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St, Toronto, M4Y 1B4)
Tickets: https://www.showpass.com/last-landscape/
Box office assistance: tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com
Preview: January 12 7:30PM
Opening Night: January 14
Show Run: January 14 – 26
Tue – Fri 7:30PM
Sat 2PM + 7:30PM
Sun 2PM
Mask Mandatory Performance: Saturday, January 18th @ 2PM
Last Landscape is produced in partnership with Common Boots Theatre
and is the recipient of the Ray Ferris Sustainability and Innovation Grant
Awarded by TAPA, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, and Ontario Arts Foundation
Thanks to our funders and development partners:
The Kick & Push Festival; Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada; Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario; Toronto Arts Council; The National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts; Ontario Arts Foundation; TAPA Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts & Common Boots Theatre
Promo Art Direction/Photography: Fran Chudnoff
Photography Assistants: @kristanewey + @b.cair Makeup: @rahsthetics Styling: @garconnnne + @cursed_shawty
NEWS 2023
Italian Mime Suicide wins FIVE DORA AWARDS!!!!
We're very honoured to announce that our play Italian Mime Suicide, which played at The Theatre Centre in April, has won five Dora Mavor Moore Awards:
Outstanding Production - Italian Mime Suicide
Outstanding New Play - The Company
Outstanding Direction - Kari Pederson and Adam Paolozza
Outstanding Lighting Design - Andre Du Toit
Outstanding Costume Design - Allie Marshall and Evgenia Mikhaylova
Thank you to the whole team, our beloved audience, Tapa for organizing the Dora awards and to all the Dora sponsors. We'd also like to thank The Canada Council for the Arts, for the funding that makes this all possible.