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The Creases In My Sari

​November 9-13, 2016

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FIREWORKS FESTIVAL 2016

THE CREASES IN MY SARI
By Sindhuri Nandhakumar

November 9-13, 2016

Directed by Kimberley Radmacher
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roduced by Rhona Bennett
Set design by Marysia Bucholc
Costume design by Tanya Phillips

Two young Sri Lankan immigrants from warring factions fall in love, but growing political turmoil  and their own cultural baggage threaten to drive them apart, even in Toronto. Shadows of the past and secrets abound, and radicalism erupts as the violence in Sri Lanka escalates.

Week 1 of FIREWORKS 2016
In the Studio 
Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 pm

Creases in the press!
Read an article about The Creases in my Sari published in the Lanka Reporter:  Read article (opens in new page)

​CAST
Maheshwari  BRITTANY MIRANDA
Rani               JASMINE D’COSTA*
Chanaka        SUCHITHTHA WICKREMESOORIYA    
Praveen         LIONEL BOODLAL*
Anil                Vivek Hariharan
Young Rani   Anjali Rai

       
* by permission of Canadian Actors Equity Association and ACTRA

Stage Manager Janine Diamanti
Lighting Design by Bill Scott and Liam Stewart
Executive Producer FIREWORKS 2016 Molly Thom


FIREWORKS BONUS EVENTS!
One of the goals of the FireWorks Festival is to "pull back the curtain", to provide our audience with insights into the process of creating theatre, of producing new original plays, and so we invite you to join us for special bonus events:

Wednesday November 9 - Opening Night Reception:  Meet the actors and production team in the lobby at the end of the show on opening night. Bar open. Light refreshments served.

Friday November 11 at 7 pm - Panel Discussion: Koom Kankesan, author of Panic Button  and a new novel The Tamil Dream, Thursica Kovinthan, Tamil refugee, now completing a PhD in education focussing on post-conflict education, gender equality, and teaching refugee children, Amra Ghouse, Sri Lankan native of mixed ancestry and member of Sri Lanka Without Borders, promoting dialogue and cross-community engagement between Sri Lanka's diaspora communities in Canada. Come early to learn about the Sri Lankan conflict and what it means to be an immigrant from a war-torn country, then stay to see the show. 

Saturday November 12 following the Matinee - Talk Back: Writer and director discuss their artistic process and answer your questions about the play and the production.

Photos and Video Trailer

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  • HOME
  • 2022-23 SEASON
    • Female of the Species 2022
    • Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike 2023
    • String of Pearls 2023
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  • ❤ SUPPORT US
    • Our Supporters
    • Make a Gift
    • Donate by Shopping
  • ABOUT US
    • Contact Us
    • Who We Are
    • Board of Directors
    • Anti-Racism Statement
    • Safe & Respectful
    • Accessibility
    • PREVIOUS SEASONS >
      • 2021/22 SEASON >
        • Albertine in Five Times
        • Nested
        • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
        • New Ideas Festival 2022 >
          • NIF 2022 Master Classes
          • NIF 2022 Talks
          • NIF 2022 Short Plays >
            • B to Z
            • Joule's Odyssey
            • Cancel Culture
            • The Do-Gooders
          • NIF 2022 Workshops
      • 2020/21 Season >
        • New Ideas Festival >
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 2
      • 2019/20 Season >
        • The Heidi Chronicles
        • FireWorks Festival >
          • Belle Darling Klondike Queen
          • Grief Circus
          • If the Shoe Fits
        • The Trip to Bountiful
        • New Ideas Festival 2020
        • New Ideas Festival 2020 WEEK 1
      • 2018/19 Season >
        • The Importance of Being Earnest
        • Fireworks Festival 2018 >
          • The Pigeon
          • Moving On
          • Animal
        • Top Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2019 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 3
        • Impressionism
        • News - 100 Year Open House 2018
      • 100th Anniversary 2017/18 Season >
        • Thirteen Hands
        • FireWorks Festival 2017 >
          • This Will Be Our Last Transmission
          • Surrender, Dorothy
          • GASH
        • Omission
        • New Ideas Festival 2018 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 3
          • 2018 Reading Series
        • Queen Marie
      • 2016/17 Season >
        • THIS
        • FireWorks Festival 2016 >
          • Inked Heart
          • Motherland
        • The Gut Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2017 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 3
        • The Clean House >
          • The Creases In My Sari
      • 2015/16 Season >
        • Antigone
        • FireWorks Festival 2015 >
          • Divine Wrecks
          • Cottage Radio
          • Radical
          • Playwright Intensive 2015
        • Stepping Out
        • New Ideas Festival 2016 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 1
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          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 3
        • August: Osage County
      • 2014/15 Season >
        • Escape From Happiness
        • FireWorks Festival 2014 >
          • Burying Toni
          • You Have To Earn It
          • Playwright Intensive 2014
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 1
        • Blood Relations
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 2
          • I am Marguerite
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 3
    • Blog