A Little Black Afro Production in association with Filament Incubator

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A swan has been torn apart in Cootes Paradise and its innards are scattered along the shore. When a copycat killer emerges in Hamilton 10 years later, the queer environmentalist-detective club of 2006 reunites for one final adventure.

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A heart-pounding, stomach-turning thriller

What starts as a reluctant club reunion becomes a frenzied attempt to wake up from a nightmarish revisiting of the past. Written in episodic, storytelling vignettes, Swan explores the idea of growing up coloured in a predominantly white neighbourhood, the journey of discovering home as the second generation children of immigrants, and how the feeling of cultural inferiority can twist people into suburban monsters.

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Development of Swan was funded by two theatre creators reserves from Fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company and Pat the Dog Centre for Creation.

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Plays Nov. 3-13th at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace

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