Audiences give back
During the run we accepted donations on behalf of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. Because of our wonderful patrons, over 350 meals were provided through our local food bank.
Did you know the Food Bank of Waterloo Region works with Lutherwood's Safe Haven Youth Services, in downtown Kitchener, providing 90% of the food for the youth.
'It was the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit. All I want from Xmas is a little more Leila in my life.'
— Mooney on Theatre
See Leila perform as part of Under the Rainbow OK2BEME's first ever fundraising event! OK2BME is the only program of its kind in our region. They offer free counselling to LGBTQ2+ people aged 5-29 and their families. The show is on February 27th, 2019 at Bingeman's.
LOVE, SEX, and DISABILITY
Green Light Arts and MT Space are proud to co-present This Is The Point, a joyous and unflinching portrait of four individuals whose lives have been shaped, in part, by cerebral palsy. The show was developed through a 2 year residency program at the Theatre Centre by Ahuri Theatre. They are currently on a nine city national tour which ends with our presentation at the University of Waterloo's Theatre for the Arts, from March 28 to 31, 2019.
According to the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability"one in five Canadians (or 6.2 million) aged 15 years and over had one or more disabilities."
Are we doing enough to tell their stories and adequately represent this population?
Governor General Award-winning playwright and prof at U of Guelph, Judith Thompson, started the Rare Theatre Company to "represent people and communities who are seldom heard and rarely seen on our stages or elsewhere". Productions have woven personal stories of actors with Down syndrome as well actors living in wheelchairs.
In his next film,The Upside, Bryan Cranston plays a man with quadriplegia. Do you agree with his take that he is justified in playing the part because "there are no disabled actors with the level of fame that would draw viewers"?
How do you feel aboutJameela Jamil's decision to turn down the role of a deaf woman because she felt it "wouldn’t be appropriate [to] take that role [that] they should find a brilliant deaf woman to play” instead?
What do you think about the current representation of people with disabilities in mainstream media?
Share your thoughts on social media and use #fuelforthought and be entered into a draw for FREE TICKETS to see This Is The Point.
