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White Rooster a darkly funny tale of love, loss and the strange things we inherit, draws from a personal family story rooted in early 1900s China. The inventive and haunting play with original music reimagines an American ghost town, weaving together puppetry, movement, and song. Intergenerational trauma mixed with traditions. Moments of humour, joy, connection and yes – – frustration and anger…

A laugh-out-loud comical attack of geopolitical humor invades Lookingglass Theater in “Iraq but Funny.”Playwright / performer Astra Asdou recalls the history of the Assyrian people through this semi-autobiographical story of five generations of the women in her family. The production has an improvisational vibe, brilliantly directed by Dalia Ashurina. Asdou herself skillfully takes on the…

There’s such a fragile, thin veneer of illusion between the words “together” and “alone”.”― Bradley Somer, Fishbowl Life in a Fishbowl Feeling glamourousStanding tallIn this tiny fishbowlI call home Not so averageThese see-through wallsLike a giant peep holeIn the twilight zone Needing some leverageI built a space smallWhere my tired soulHad time for its own Now the damageOf this famous…