Pirate & the Lone Voice was commissioned by @theatrebtw.bsky.social

CAST
Jeremy Lewis as Lone Voice
Mel Pickering as Pirate

CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Lydie Dubuisson
Set & Costume Designer: Eo Sharp
Sound Designer: Elena Stoodley
Stage Manager: Lia Wright
Dramaturg: Makambe K. Simamba

· Dehumanization is at the root of prisons and genocides.

It is all one struggle.

Free Gaza.
Free Congo.
Free Sudan.

· People are only “criminals” because of what has been deemed “crime”. (This has historically included smoking cannabis, marrying outside of your race, singing a song in your language, being gay, building a very tall snowman…)

We undertake this effort acknowledging that
· Our current carceral state evolved out of colonial violence inflicted on Black and Indigenous people, who remain drastically over-represented in prisons.

Panoptikon is about the experience of incarceration: surveillance, criminalization, dehumanization.

Our work is grounded in abolitionist values, driven toward dignity for all persons.

We are grateful for the support of Ontario Arts Council, Hamilton You Poets and McMaster University Humanities Department.

Public events include:
Sept 13
OUTSPOKEN
open mic and hip hop performance

Sept 14
SOLIDARITY SUNDAY
day of action with panel speakers

Sept 20
PANOPTIKON
workshop presentation

Ongoing
PRISONER BOOK DRIVE

Seeds of chaos. Future kindergartens full of Gordons. 👏🏾

The magic makers inside of this workshop:

Aria Evans
Timea Wharton
Jaz Fairy J
Olga Barrios
Keita Fournier-Pelletier
Uche Ama
Lili Robinson
Myekah Payne
Sebastien Marziali
Shanae Sodhi

This is why I look to you for guidance ✊🏾💛