• POETRY JAM – ILLUSIONATION

    When we see the world do we see as it is or as we want it to be? How does the world see us? This season’s Poetry Jam challenges our participants to create a reality out of illusion or is it the other way around. Join us for an evocative evening…

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  • SPRING DISCOVERY SERIES

    Now in its third season, The Discovery Series will return in the spring with another new work for Montreal audiences to discover. Drawing from the ranks of the growing field of African Canadian playwrights, BTW will again bring together Montreal talent…
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  • YOUTHWORKS

    youth-smallThe Mission of BTW’s YouthWorks Training program is to engage Black and other youth with the skills, crafts, potential and rewards of creative expression through live performance, and to present YouthWorks productions and performances to Montreal audiences…
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  • 24th VISION GALA CELEBRATION

    gala-smallThe Dr. Martin Luther King JR. achievement AWARD is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to African-Canadian artistic and cultural life in Canada. Past honorees include Oscar Peterson, Djanet Sears and George Elliot Clarke…
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  • THE NUTMEG PRINCESS

    tour-smallThe Isle of Spice is where we find the beautiful and magical Nutmeg Princess! This enchanting story from renowned storyteller Richardo Keens-Douglas shares the exciting adventure of two young children as they search for the mythical Nutmeg Princess…
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  • SWAN SONG OF MARIA

    “A tragic fairy tale”, Swan Song of Maria brings together language, music and dance flavoured with a Latin twist to tell the tale of Jillian. As she struggles with Alzheimer’s and the theft of her past, Jillian is haunted by her husband Joe’s ever present muse…
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