A GROUNDWORK REDUX AND BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH OBSIDIAN THEATRE

daniel jelani ellis // creator,  performer + producer
d’bi.young anitafrika // dramaturg + director
Fairy J // choreographer
Lexi Sproule // stage manager
Rachel Forbes // set + costume designer
Andre du Toit // lighting designer
Stephon Smith // sound designer

Ginnal is sure like never before: he must make it to Foreign. When he meets a Spider who sets him on the journey, Ginnal faces the cost of freedom. 

Inspired by experiences of growing up queer in Jamaica and finding home in Canada, speaking of sneaking is a multidisciplinary mash-up of dance, poetry, and pantomime, where the archetypal Jamaican Ginnal and the mythical African Anansi meet.

First created in Buddies’ Young Creators Unit, and further developed with the Anitafrika Method for Why Not Theatre’s RISER (where it garnered five Dora nominations, including for outstanding production and outstanding new play), speaking of sneaking returns to the Buddies stage for a full production this fall.

Tuesday, September 19 // 7:30PM (preview)
Wednesday, September 20// 7:30PM (preview)

Thursday, September 21 // 7:30PM (opening night)
Friday, September 22 // 7:30PM
Saturday, September 23 // 2PM
Saturday, September 23 // 7:30PM*
Sunday, September 24 // 2PM

Tuesday, September 26 // 7:30PM
Wednesday, September 27 // 7:30PM
Thursday, September 28 // 7:30PM
Friday, September 29 // 7:30PM
Saturday, September 30 // 2PM
Saturday, September 30 // 7:30PM
Sunday, October 1 // 2PM

*Black Out Night performance