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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · 13d

🙋Learn more about the 2026 Festival Call for Submissions, and register for our Online Info Session!

Saturday, October 11th
10:00 - 11:30 AM ET
Online (Zoom)

ASL interpretation will be provided.

Register at LINK IN BIO 🔗

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · 13d

⭐️Are you passionate about the arts and live performance?

We are actively seeking new board members who are excited to contribute to SummerWorks’ future!

Please detail your relevant professional experience and why you would like to join the SummerWorks community, and send to [email protected]

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · 17d

📣 Now accepting project submissions for our next Festival: August 6 - 16, 2026 in Tkaronto (Toronto), Canada, as well as other year-round programming initiatives and presentation opportunities.

Uncover more at summerworks.ca

❗️DEADLINE: November 5th, 2025 at 11:59 PM

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breton lalama @bretonlikethecape.bsky.social · Aug 19

unrelated thank you @summerworksfun.bsky.social @theatregargantua.bsky.social for letting me learn a lot about lucky bastards.

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Glenn Sumi @glennsumi.bsky.social · Aug 19

In my latest newsletter, I review Soulpepper's OLD TIMES,
@outsidethemarch.bsky.social's RAINBOW ON MARS and a handful of performance pieces at the just-closed @summerworksfun.bsky.social.

I also point out a new monthly sketch series at Second City.

www.goaheadsumi.com/reviews-old-...
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Reviews: Old Times, Rainbow on Mars, SummerWorks

The summer season winds down with some Pinter, some performance art and the announcement of a new monthly sketch series

www.goaheadsumi.com

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aisling murphy @aislingmurph.bsky.social · Aug 19

Had the chance to check out some neat shows at @summerworksfun.bsky.social this year. Here's my recap of three of 'em: Le Concierge, The Sankofa Trilogy and The Chains.

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

At SummerWorks Performance Festival, audiences got down and dirty with experimental theatre

Festival is a playground for artists and audiences alike with nothing off-limits, including poetry slams, workshops and immersive pieces

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Sugith Varughese @sugithvarughese.bsky.social · Aug 20

26 Doctors at @summerworksfun.bsky.social got reviewed!

www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2025...

SCRUTINY | SummerWorks Performance Festival: 26 Doctors is an Emotional Memory Piece

Sugith Varughese’s fraught life as a South Asian Canadian artist is fodder for theatre in 26 Doctors, presented at SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto.

www.ludwig-van.com

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Sankofa Trilogy by The Watah Theatre

📍Venue: The Theatre Centre, Franco Boni Theatre, 1115 Queen St W, Toronto
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SummerWorks Performance Festival 2025 (August 7 - August 17)
🔥Tickets start at $15 at summerworks.ca
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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌟It’s not too late to catch The Sankofa Trilogy

“extraordinary stories of three generations of powerful Jamaican womxn“

🗓️August 15, 9:00 PM - benu
🗓️August 17, 1:00 PM - word! sound! powah!
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#torontotheatre

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 15

유령들의 대화: 축제 The Ghosts Chat: What is a Festival?
by Baram Company / 바람컴퍼니

📍Venue: Theatre Passe Muraille, Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto

August 15, 9:00 PM
August 16, 1:00 PM
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🔥Tickets on sale at summerworks.ca
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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌟Sharing moments from a great opening night! #torontotheatre #koreanartists

“stories told from ghosts, whose vibrant lives have been interrupted in the name of human joy”

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Glenn Sumi @glennsumi.bsky.social · Aug 14

Tonight’s @summerworksfun.bsky.social show.

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 14

A show about a deaf wealthy serial killer who favors a Chinese cleaver to prey upon those who dare abuse young women.
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🔥Get your tickets at summerworks.ca !

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 14

👀Did you miss this show last night?
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The Red Rose Bleeds
by Phoenix The Fire (Gaitrie Persaud)

🗓️ August 14, 9:00 PM | August 16, 5:00 PM

📍Venue: Theatre Passe Muraille, Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto
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#toronto #theatre #torontofestival

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 14

SummerWorks Performance Festival 2025 (August 7 - August 17)
🔥Tickets selling fast!
Get your tickets on summerworks.ca

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 14

‼️Don’t miss your last chance to catch this show at SummerWorks today!
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Public Consumption by Lester Trips

🗓️August 14, 7:30 PM

📍Venue: Factory Theatre, Studio,
125 Bathurst St, Toronto
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#toronto #torontotheatre

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breton lalama @bretonlikethecape.bsky.social · Aug 11

@theatregargantua.bsky.social @danielmacivor.ca @johnalcorn.bsky.social @summerworksfun.bsky.social
🙏🙏🙏

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Hye’s Musings @hyemusings.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lunchtime Visuals: My conversation with multidisciplinary artist Irma Villafuerte.

Her latest choreographic work, XILOPANGO, premieres @summerworksfun.bsky.social this Friday.

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SummerWorks 2025: XILOPANGO by Irma Villafuerte

YouTube video by Hye's Musings

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Hye’s Musings @hyemusings.bsky.social · Aug 13

Lunchtime Visuals: Para mis amiguis que hablan español, mi conversacion con la artista Mexicana-Canadiense Sonia Bustos sobre su ultima pieza 'Je ne vais pas inonder la mer' que se estrena en @summerworksfun.bsky.social este fin de semana.

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#Toronto

SummerWorks 2025: I WILL NOT FLOOD THE OCEAN by Sonia Bustos

YouTube video by Hye's Musings

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 8

🗞️Read our feature article on Next Magazine about our exciting programs!
nextmag.ca/preview-summ...

Preview: SummerWorks 2025 boldly looks both ways » NEXT Magazine

Festival collapses time to explore past, present and the potential of performance

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 7

See details and full SummerWorks 2025 programming lineup at summerworks.ca !

SummerWorks Performance Festival 2025 (August 7 - August 17)
Buy your tickets!

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 7

8:00 PM
Fat Fables
by The AMY Project

📍Venue: Daniels Spectrum, Aki Studio,
585 Dundas St E, Toronto
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9:00 PM
the body symphonic
by Charlie Khalil Prince

📍Venue: 304 Parliament St, Toronto
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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 5

TUESDAY, AUG 5TH

5:30 - 7:30 PM - SummerWorks at Union
Co-curated with The Black Pledge, and presented with Union

📍Venue: Union Summer, TD Stage, 65 Front St W, Toronto
📣This is a FREE event (no registration required)

#summerfun #reclamationto #afriquelikeme #launchparty #tbp #reclamation2025

SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 3

For all of the access measures provided at specific performances and events, head to the “Accessibility” page of our website (summerworks.ca).

If you have access needs or a question about accessibility at this year’s Festival, contact our accessibility coordination team at [email protected].

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SummerWorks @summerworksfun.bsky.social · Aug 3

🌟ASL Vlog for SummerWorks 2025🌟

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Uncover more about the ASL interpreted programs at the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival, with this ASL Vlog produced by Deaf Spectrum, with our Festival friend and signer, Sage Lovell.

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