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SUM Theatre has been around since 2011 bringing entertainment to parks and neighbourhoods, rather than people having to go to the theatre, and this su...

As the new school year looms, a teaching resource is now available online to help high school students and teachers better understand race relations i...

  REGINA -- Regina residents have been waiting for live performances to come back for months, and this week the opportunity to take in a live show will return. Sum Theatre, a company based in Saskatoon, has brought its theatre in the park performance to Regina. The show, ‘The Other Side of the River’, tells the story of two communities divided until they are forced together and discover their similarities. “This year we wanted to address race relations and the fear that people have ...

By Carol Thomson Jul 3, 2021 | 12:50 PM Sum Theatre’s artistic director says they believe in making professional live theatre free and that remains the case for the 9th annual Theatre in the Park presentation at parks throughout Saskatoon.  It kicked off Friday and performances will continue through July 30th in Saskatoon and then branches off to other communities in August. Joel Bernbaum notes that during the pandemic, they brought outdoor theatre to long term care homes, and t...

Photo supplied by Belfry Theatre. The new initiative, Belfry on Film, brought these stories and more to a virtual format due to COVID-19 restrictions In response to the pandemic, the Belfry Theatre launched Belfry on Film — an initiative to bring recorded plays to remote audiences. The premiere production of this initiative is Joel Bernbaum’s newest play, Being Here: the Refugee Project.  Being Here, which ran from March 16-21, is a dramatization of interviews conducted across Canada with...

Author of the article: Liane Faulder Publishing date: Mar 14, 2021  •  March 14, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  Joel Bernbaum collected stories from refugees across Canada and developed them into Being Here: The Refugee Project. Supplied Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Joel Bernbaum’s got guts. He is pursuing a career in two ...

Everything his actors needed for Being Here: The Refugee Project was right there on the page. Cast members were tasked with finding nuance within the “verbatim” play, based on interviews with refugees who have come to Canada. But they were asked to perform it as is, no exceptions. “I told the actors they could not make ‘actor’ choices here,” Shumata said. “They had to be a vessel for the words.” The Belfry, which has produced a filmed version for streaming, will celebrate the...

‘Theatre of the Now’ brings community together Sum Theatre gives people food for thought about current events Award-winning hip hop performing artist Eekwol (Lindsay Knight) opened the Sum Theatre’s “The Last Sunday” with a bang. She performed a short rap about ‘fighting the fight’ against oppression, which set the tone and stage for the fourth episode of the season at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. About 50 to 75 people watched the show via YouTube and shared their comments a...