The Art of Traditional Head-Tying (2014)
Presented by
The East End Performance Crawl
Playwright: Kanika Ambrose
Venue
Ralph Thornton Community Centre
Run
May 23rd, 2014 – May 29th, 2014
Synopsis
What and where is home? How long after leaving the land of your birth does your new country become home? 20 years after immigrating to Canada, Rosemarie Jon-Charles Hicks goes back to her “home” island, Dominica, to teach a series of head-tie workshops. While there, her idealism and optimism are tested by her two zany nieces, a lethargic boyfriend, a persistent old flame, and a class of workshop attendees who really aren’t that interested. In the one-woman play, The Art of Traditional Head-tying, actor/writer, Kanika Ambrose, tells the story of Rosemarie’s awakening to the realities of the island she left behind. Through a series of trials, an uncanny clan, and six weeks of very trying head-tie classes, Rosie is ultimately faced with this question… “If the values, people, and traditions of the place I call home have changed, where is my home now?” (theartoftraditional.com)
Cast
| Kanika Ambrose | Performer |
Creative Team
| Kanika Ambrose | Playwright |
| Virgilia Griffith | Collaborator |
| Copper Brown | Collaborator |
Production
| Curtricia Hector | Sound Operator |
Staff
| Eric Goldstein | Producer |
| Evan Harkai | Technical Director |
| Rosamund Small | Associate Producer |
| Suzanne Cheriton | Publicist |
| Kinnon Elliott | Graphic Designer |
