Empowerment through Theatre and Performance with Dienye Waboso
Saturday November 18, 12pm-3pm
Exploring the healing power of theatricality and performance, participants will be guided in writing and performing their own empowering and cathartic theatrical pieces, based on their own lives and experiences allowing them to express their emotions and share their stories.
Sodienye Waboso Amajor is a Dora-nominated Nigerian Actor, writer and performer who lives and works in Ontario. Previous acting credits include Puck in Shakespeare in Action’s adaptation of “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Memory in Theatre Directs “Binti’s Journey”*, Gigi in New Harlem’s production, “Gas girls”*, Beka in Volcano Theatre’s AfricaTrilogy “ Shine your Eye”* Luminato, June 2010, reprising her role as Beka in a Canstage/ Volcano Theatre’s production of “Another Africa” Canstage 2011, and Harriet Tubman in “The Power Of Harriet T” YPT2013. Sodienye holds a master’s degree in Theatre and Performance studies from York University with a keen interest in progressive African Theories and their Development.
