https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/home daily 1.0 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/40e3f285-59c0-4e2b-870c-c40327789bc6/012.jpg Home Undercurrent Creations sees artistic work as a means of fostering community dialogue and transformation at every opportunity – in the process of creation, in sharing with audiences, and beyond. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/rabia daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/8946e74b-a2b7-495d-b2b8-8e49ce6c5815/APFR+-+TarNW+combined+image.png A Poem for Rabia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/cfa99708-ef1f-4f2a-acb4-75b3b6ef8faf/Breathing+New+Legacies+Forward+-+workshop+image+%282%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/064b6e5a-3f00-4a22-b1be-a38d366353be/Many+Waters+-+artists+image.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/0f10a83a-3f85-436f-9e2c-02b77539ce8f/Storytelling+Indenture+-+panel+image+%283%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/04e82002-bcfd-4609-8254-15ab1c5d898c/DSC_4701-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/f6236700-7752-4123-b97d-538f4440a78e/DSC_4441-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/8b9df0db-b74e-4e84-9126-20ae7c81bf9a/DSC_5045-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/2c019c58-f2c1-4313-8a90-cd380a92cfbd/DSC_5402-1A.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/6331ddaf-1b65-43b0-8ead-cf82cb15977e/DSC_6046-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619652067621-CIEBDYZQ3M2ETJGGAUYH/2020-01-07+11.39.12.jpg A Poem for Rabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619652167870-YHTCE4SX8XBO5WPGBH8F/BETTYSHOUSE-10.jpg A Poem for Rabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619652134928-Q37OJ3P0NKZ1P6DLZB2P/2019-11-09+16.21.16.jpg A Poem for Rabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619652107746-JG41WY6JP72PMSAJ0PLN/2020-01-08+19.15.46+%281%29.jpg A Poem for Rabia https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/about daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/8946e74b-a2b7-495d-b2b8-8e49ce6c5815/APFR+-+TarNW+combined+image.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619579503324-ZO08TR4NMZ69YMFWV48R/Undercurrent+Theatre+-+Escape+Velocity About Undercurrent Theatre presents Escape Velocity. Photo by Girl Named Shirl Photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619579515999-U31NMEHDEQFD723Z172F/Undercurrent+Theatre+presents+Unearthed+-+Directed+by+Nikki+Shaffeeullah+-+2013+-+Edmonton+%281%29.jpg About Undercurrent Theatre presents un(earthed). Photo by Tariq Jamal. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/fly-away-with-me daily 0.75 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619582437928-N9OKW73HW5JWVU9ZLIC8/FAWM.png Fly Away With Me - Fly Away With Me Directors: Maude Matton, Amina Mohamed, Nikki Shaffeeullah Produced by: Maude Matton With Support from Undercurrent Creations Writer: Nikki Shaffeeullah Duration: 11 minutes Year: 2021 About: A humble servant of surveillance obediently monitors the activity of the prison enclosure. Follow the journey and life lessons of a young drone fumbling to do right by her lineage. Official Selection: Glasgow Short Film Festival (world premiere, Scotland) Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal) Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Scotland) FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival (Portugal) Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest (England) Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden) Istanbul Experimental Film Festival (Turkey) https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/accountability-lab daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619642437498-0PFY7Z71IQAZXS3OWTPQ/Screen+Shot+2021-04-28+at+4.37.10+PM.png Accountability Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619642421424-IRQ35WNCN0KT3RTMCKH9/Community+Justice+Forum.jpg Accountability Lab https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/lemons daily 0.75 2022-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/f208f7b1-1da7-44f8-af1d-1730e0882f38/LEMONS-poster+%28poster+by+Saba+Akhtar%29.jpg Lemons - Lemons Written and Directed by Nikki Shaffeeullah Cinematography &Production Design by Sonja Rainey Produced by Sonja Rainey and Nikki Shaffeeullah Featuring: Saba Akhtar, Amina Mohamed, Marilyn Tate, Radha Pithadia, Sonja Rainey, and Kai Masoka Edited by Kelly Paoli Co-Producers: Rachel Penny and Sasha Tate-Howarth Production Manager: Sasha Tate-Howarth Associate Producer: Saba Akhtar Camera Operator: Roya DelSol Assistant Director: Dylan Tate-Howarth Location Sound Mixer: Steph Raposo Production Consultant: Liz Singh Catering: Jackie Omstead Production Assistant: Parker Dirks Created with support from: Volcano Theatre https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/contact daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/manywaters daily 0.75 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/6331ddaf-1b65-43b0-8ead-cf82cb15977e/DSC_6046-1.jpg Many Waters Bethany Sukhnanan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/8b9df0db-b74e-4e84-9126-20ae7c81bf9a/DSC_5045-1.jpg Many Waters Chantele Sitaram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/f6236700-7752-4123-b97d-538f4440a78e/DSC_4441-1.jpg Many Waters Daniel Lyght https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/2c019c58-f2c1-4313-8a90-cd380a92cfbd/DSC_5402-1A.jpg Many Waters Guy Annabella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/04e82002-bcfd-4609-8254-15ab1c5d898c/DSC_4701-1.jpg Many Waters Shaharah Gaznabbi https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/producing-spectrum daily 0.75 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/9afd62ef-e1db-4066-91ef-1cdc9f92ec58/SAB-MKM-23.jpg Producing Spectrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/f48a371a-acf4-40dc-879d-c6aa0b0e9c71/IMG_1135.jpeg Producing Spectrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/9fcc293b-c1dd-40d4-ba58-0f36e3732c5f/bp1.jpg Producing Spectrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/31af5538-3eea-4e53-9977-1c4b4641ae8c/Nikki+photo+2023.png Producing Spectrum https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/purgatory daily 0.75 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/65aa2b3e-004b-4e37-84fd-71d6f6c38421/Poster_FINAL.jpg Purgatory - Purgatory COMING SOON! Written and Directed by Nikki Shaffeeullah An Undercurrent Creations film In association with Unibrow Productions Zena, a usually confident young queer woman with an anxiety-induced supernatural streak, is forced to face off with a meddling relative when she returns to her family’s mosque with her partner in tow to attend the funeral of a beloved community member. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-tracks-2021 daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/4623218d-be68-4482-923f-0ad9e870fb7d/Parallel+Tracks.jpg Parallel Tracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/b4792071-8b15-47f0-a77a-e649b037f448/4.+Parallel+Tracks%2C+community+arts+training+program+for+BIPOC+artists%2C+directed+by+Nikki+Shaffeeullah.+2017.+Photo+by+Jamie+Milay.JPG Parallel Tracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1c2fccc9-9d10-45cf-9681-1f943dfd96db/Parallel+Tracks+2017+-+picnic.jpg Parallel Tracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/141a51a5-e9d8-4f19-a607-2acb30ced960/Nikki+and+the+facillitaiton+team+for+Parallel+Tracks+-+June+2017.jpg Parallel Tracks https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-tracks-2021/publication monthly 0.5 2021-04-28 https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-tracks-2021/contracting monthly 0.5 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1622141925699-AGDTNM0YGY6HM6RVQYLT/KSH%252BHeadshot.jpg Parallel Tracks - Contracting in Unprecedented Times Kim Senklip Harvey is a proud Syilx and Tsilhqot’in and an Indigenous theorist, a cultural evolutionist and an award-winning writer and director whose work focuses on igniting Indigenous power by creating comedic- and joy-centered narratives that nourish her people’s spirits. She is currently working on the development of two television series, her Salish love story, On the Plateau, and the adaptation of her play, Kamloopa, she is completing her first prose and poetry book, Interiors: A Collection of NDN Dirtbag Love Stories and is in pre-production to film a musical feature of her next artistic ceremony Break Horizons: A Rocking Indigenous Justice Ceremony. Kim holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Victoria and will be starting a PhD in Law in the fall of 2021. All her work is created out of respect for her Ancestors and for the future generations—to whom so much is owed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1622141899263-I9VQ79XHVEZGW8BCPJI3/OwaisLightwala%2Bheadshot.jpg Parallel Tracks - Contracting in Unprecedented Times Owais Lightwala is an arts leader and creative producer. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Performance, Faculty of Communication and Design at Ryerson University, where his teaching and research focused on creative producing and arts management. Prior to that, he spent 8 years as the Managing Director for Why Not Theatre, where he produced sold-out runs of award-winning new works, national and international tours, presentations from around the world, and co-helmed the creation of innovative new producing models like the RISER Project. He advises many arts organizations (including theatre and dance companies, music presenters, film festivals and more) as a strategic consultant, particularly on finding better ways of doing things, changing who’s on stage and in the audience, and anything to do with numbers. He also dabbles in theatre making as an artist, and is a prolific web and graphic designer. Owais is a graduate of York University’s Theatre program, and currently pursuing his MBA at Ryerson University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1622141949894-XOJPQK86XGGQT5Q21MC3/Nico%2BElliott%2BProfile%2BPhoto.jpg Parallel Tracks - Contracting in Unprecedented Times Nico Elliott (she/her) is an associate in the Entertainment Law practice group at the law firm Cassels in Toronto. Nico routinely works with artists and performers using a variety of forms of contractual agreements to protect ownership of artists’ works and facilitate collaborations and opportunities. Before becoming a lawyer Nico worked in the music industry at a prominent independent record label, music publisher and music festival, and in film post-production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/133d06e3-50a6-42d9-8f14-926158149b17/DM+StBernard+in+Sound+of+The+Beast+by+Graham+Isador1.jpg Parallel Tracks - Contracting in Unprecedented Times Donna-Michelle St. Bernard aka Belladonna the Blest is an emcee, playwright and agitator. Her main body of work, the 54ology, includes: Cake, Sound of the Beast, A Man A Fish, Salome’s Clothes, Gas Girls, Give It Up, The Smell of Horses, and The First Stone. Works for young audiences include the META-nominated Reaching For Starlight, The Chariot, and Rabbit King of Kenya. Opera libretti include Forbidden (Afarin Mansouri/Tapestry Opera) and Oubliette (Ivan Barbotin/Tapestry Opera). DM is currently the emcee in residence at Theatre Passe Muraille, associate artist at lemonTree Creations, artistic director of New Harlem Productions, coordinator of the AD HOC Assembly, and of Nightwood Theatre’s Write From the Hip play development program. She’s so cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1622141874495-539968S30A3Q47SJ9I1W/Rachel%2BPenny%2Bheadshot.jpg Parallel Tracks - Contracting in Unprecedented Times Rachel is a creative producer working in dance, theatre and community-engaged arts. Rachel supports new work creation and centres relationships in her work. Rachel has worked with a diverse range of organizations including Harbourfront Centre, The Luminato Festival, Young People’s Theatre, Volcano Theatre, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, and The AMY Project. Rachel has been mentored in producing through Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program (with Aislinn Rose) and the Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Internship Program (with Meredith Potter). Currently, Rachel works as the Artistic Producer for adelheid dance projects, as a Creative Producer with The Theatre Centre, and on freelance projects. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-tracks-2021/designonline monthly 0.5 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619633741195-VJWHYGWSL4EJPUX3FJHQ/Sonja-Rainey-headshot.jpg Parallel Tracks - Art and Design Online Sonja Rainey is a theatre designer, facilitator and multi-disciplinary artist. Forms include theatre, opera, film making, concert & exhibition design. Her work invites curiosity & expression by blending forms and materials to collectively create & investigate unexpected connections. She’s a teaching artist with the Canadian Opera Company and has produced work with Confluence Arts Collective, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Continuum Contemporary Music, Ahuri Theatre, the Prague Quadrennial, the Art Gallery of Mississauga, PAMA, Humber College and various community arts organizations across Toronto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608769d633a375607e4f0a73/1619633813572-IZAAXXTUG96219WPR8E5/FB_IMG_1564760574027.jpg Parallel Tracks - Art and Design Online Karis Jones-Pard is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in theatre arts for many years. She is a recent graduate of Humber College for Theatre Production. She has worked with Jumblies Theatre, Arts4All, and Community Arts Guild, for many years in many different capacities. Karis specializes in arts making/miniature making, drawing, stilting, and puppetry. She has a deep love for community arts and theatre and hopes to continue making art and creating a new love for art in community. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-tracks-2021/facilitation monthly 0.5 2021-04-28