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Sunny needs to talk about what’s happening, but he has to do it where no one will find him. Because Sunny, aka rihannaboi95, made some videos and while yeah, they’re getting lots of hits, some people at school found them too and now the eggshell world he so carefully treads is threatening to collapse beneath him. Cloistered within the bedroom of his friend Keira, a Shopper’s makeup queen, Sunny records a video for his loyal viewers, invoking his YouTube namesake when he needs her most.
Dealing candidly with bullying, queer identity, and the pain of self-invention, Jordan Tannahill’s rihannaboi95 invites viewers to watch a live performance from the privacy of their own computers. Directed by Zack Russell and featuring Owais Lightwala as Sunny, rihannaboi95 will be dispatched nightly from a Toronto bedroom at 8pm from April 23rd – April 28th 2013.
Dates:
Tuesday April 23 - 8pm
Wednesday April 24 - 8pm
Thursday April 25 - 8pm
Friday April 26 - 8pm
Saturday April 27 - 8pm
Sunday April 28 - 8pm
Attend by visiting www.ustream.tv/channel/rihannaboi95
"Admission" is free
Owais Lightwala is an emerging theatre artist who has worked across the city as an actor, director, producer and designer. Selected theatre and film credits include; as an actor: Lost Voices (Topological Theatre, Directed by Ed Roy), Agar (3D Flic Films, Directed by Ali Kazimi); as an assistant director: Race (Canadian Stage, Directed by Daniel Brooks) and as a producer: Dear Liar and Ismat Apa Ke Naam (Why Not Theatre, Directed by Naseeruddin Shah). He is also Associate Artistic Producer at Why Not Theatre).
Zack Russell is a director and playwright from Toronto. Most recently, he directed Ajax (por nobody) by Alice Tuan at the 2012 SummerWorks Festival. In 2011 his play Just Cause premiered at the Flea Theater in New York. In Canada, Zack's work has played at the Rhubarb Festival and InterAccess Gallery. In Fall 2013 his latest play Fixed will premiere at VideoFag in Toronto.
Jordan Tannahill is an award-winning playwright, theatre director, and filmmaker. The projects Jordan creates through Suburban Beast frequently incorporate multimedia design and documentary source material. His plays have been developed and presented on some of Canada’s preeminent stages including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, the Harbourfront Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Theatre Centre. His films have screened across Canada and internationally.
We hope to see you online....
2013-04-16
Toronto: Suburban Beast invites you to view internet performance “rihannaboi95” April 23-28