Mayworks: Festival of Working People & The Arts To June 1 various locations mayworksfestival.ca Could art help build solidarity between workers and their allies? How might revisiting local anti-racist work change how we think about climate injustice? How do you imagine a better world? For Sébastien Labelle, these questions aren’t hypothetical, nor are they unrelated. […]
Sébastien Labelle
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Theatre review: The Woodcutter at the Bus Stop
Matchstick Theatre ventures deep into the forest with The Woodcutter, a play written by Don Hannah and helmed by its resident director Jake Planinc. An ambitious one-hander, the show rests on the performance of its only actor, Sébastien Labelle. Labelle surrenders himself entirely to the role of Ted, a man navigating the dark forest that […]
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Mayworks paints a picture of worker’s rights
Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts various locations April 28-May 10 free-$25 (festival pass $50) Over 130 years after workers protested for an eight-hour workday at Chicago’s Haymarket Riot, the Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts is using art instead of picket signs to push for fair working conditions. While Mayworks […]
