RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS FESTIVAL OCT. 10–20 2019 WORKMANARTS.COM #GETMAD #RWMFEST CONTENTS #GetMad Festival Calendar 2-3 Post your stories on social media! Box Office Information 4 #GetMad about stigma and discrimination Venues & Map 5 #GetMad and take action Accessibility 6 on injustice #GetMad and share your About Workman Arts 7 story of resilience What does #GetMad Staff & Board 8 mean to you? Welcome Letters 9-12 Exhibition 14-17 LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Workman Arts would like to acknowledge Performance 18-22 the Indigenous land on which the Festival takes place; Toronto comes from the Kanien’kéha word Tkaronto, which can be Film 25-39 translated as “where the trees meet the water.” It is part of traditional territories of many nations: the Huron Wendat, the Supporters 42 Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe and the Mississaugas of the New Credit. Donors 43 Workman Arts recognizes this is an ongoing dialogue; we attempt to honour Mental Health 44-45 the histories of this land by sharing our space with all people — those Indigenous Resources to Turtle Island and those from all over the world. Index 46 Cover Artwork: Co-Effect Creative SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE EXHIBITION PERFORMANCES FILMS 7-11 PM MAKING MAD 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... 5 PM OPENING THU OPENING RECEPTION PERFORMANCE RECEPTION OCT 10 → P.14-17 → P.19 → P.25 6:30 PM CONVICTION SCREENING + PANEL → P.25 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 7 PM PSYCHOSIS 8 PM FOXY + SHORTS FRI EXHIBIT DANCE SCREENING + Q&A OCT 11 → P.14-17 → P.18 → P.26 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... PERFORMANCE → P.19 9 PM IN THIS HOUSE PLAY → P.20 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 2 PM IN THIS HOUSE 4 PM OUR WONDERFUL SAT EXHIBIT PLAY + Q&A LIVES OCT 12 → P.14-17 → P.20 SCREENING → P.28 1 PM MAKING MAD 6:30 PM PSYCHOSIS 6 PM IN SEARCH... ARTIST PANEL DANCE + Q&A SCREENING + Q&A → P.14-17 → P.18 → P.29 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... 8:30 PM MY SOUL DRIFTS... PERFORMANCE SCREENING + Q&A → P.19 → P.30 8 PM INTANGIBLE ADOR... PERFORMANCE → P.21 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... SUN EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE OCT 13 → P.14-17 → P.19 MON, OCT 14 - NO PROGRAMMING (THANKSGIVING) 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 6:30 PM INTANGIBLE ADOR... TUE EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE OCT 15 → P.14-17 → P.21 8 PM IN THIS HOUSE 7 PM CHAOS PLAY + Q&A SCREENING + PANEL → P.20 → P.31 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... PERFORMANCE → P.19 2 ACCESSIBLE VENUE OPEN CAPTIONING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) INTERPRETATION EXHIBITION PERFORMANCES FILMS 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 8 PM INTANGIBLE ADOR... WED EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE OCT 16 → P.14-17 → P.21 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... 7 PM BEDLAM PERFORMANCE SCREENING + PANEL → P.19 → P.32 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 7 PM IN THIS HOUSE 7 PM M THU EXHIBIT PLAY SCREENING + PANEL OCT 17 → P.14-17 → P.20 → P.33 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... PERFORMANCE → P.19 9 PM PSYCHOSIS DANCE → P.18 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 7 PM INTANGIBLE ADOR... 6 PM JUNHA’S PLANET FRI EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE SCREENING + PANEL OCT 18 → P.14-17 → P.21 → P.34 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... RELAXED PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE → P.19 8:30 PM PSYCHOSIS 8:30 PM KABUL, CITY IN THE... DANCE SCREENING + PANEL → P.18 → P.35 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 2 PM INTANGIBLE ADOR... 2:30 PM RETROSPECT SAT EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE + Q&A SCREENING OCT 19 → P.14-17 → P.21 → P.36 7 PM LAUGHTER VS... 5 PM IF YOU ASK ME COMEDY SCREENING + PANEL → P.22 → P.37 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... 8:30 PM IRENE’S GHOST PERFORMANCE SCREENING + PANEL → P.19 → P.38 12-6 PM MAKING MAD 2 PM PSYCHOSIS 6 PM TALE OF THE SEA SUN EXHIBIT DANCE SCREENING + PANEL OCT 20 → P.14-17 → P.18 → P.39 4 PM IN THIS HOUSE PLAY → P.20 8 PM THE LIFE & DEATH... PERFORMANCE → P.19 3 BOX OFFICE INFORMATION ADVANCE TICKETS: PASSES: FREE EVENTS On sale starting Monday September 9 Passes can be redeemed online or The Making Mad exhibition and at the door prior to showtime. associated events at the exhibition venue Advance Tickets are all free of charge. Pay What You Wish: $44 FOUR PASS $12, $15 or $20 One entry to four events MEDIA: Online: workmanarts.com Phone: 416-583-4339 $80 EIGHT PASS Suzanne Cheriton, Red Eye Media (Monday-Friday 10 AM – 6 PM) One entry to eight events [email protected] There is an online/phone service fee $100 UNLIMITED PASS CONTACT INFO: of $2 per order. One entry to each festival event workmanarts.com All passes are 1 ticket per event. AT THE DOOR TICKETS: Passes are non-transferable and @WorkmanArtsTO Pay What You Wish with a suggested do not include the opening night pre- /WorkmanArts minimum of $12. No one will be film reception. @workmanartsTO turned away for lack of funds. Group rates: #GETMAD At the door tickets go on sale 1 hour Please call 416-583-4339 ext 5 #RWMFEST prior to showtime and are subject to #RWMFEST19 availability. *Methods of payment at all venues: cash, debit, credit (VISA, MC) OPENING NIGHT FILM: $15 film program only $40 with pre-film reception (includes food, beverage, art and film program) PARTNER GOVERNMENT FUNDERS SPONSORS CA Logo 2018 - 100 black 30 cyan.pdf 1 2018-04-26 2:19 PM 4 SPADINA BATHURST ST ST GEORGE ST OSSINGTON DUFFERIN ST BEVERLEY ST BLOOR ST W COLLEGE ST GLADSTONE AVE DUNDAS ST W QUEEN ST W WORKMAN WAY DOVERCOURT RD LISGAR ST ABELL ST 4 QUEEN ST W SPADINA BATHURST ST ST GEORGE ST OSSINGTON 2 DUFFERIN ST BEVERLEY ST BLOOR ST W 5 COLLEGE ST 1 GLADSTONE AVE DUNDAS ST W QUEEN ST W WORKMAN WAY 6 DOVERCOURT RD LISGAR ST ABELL ST QUEEN ST W VENUES & MAP PERFORMANCE VENUES: 1 Workman Arts Chapel & KING ST W Workman Arts Theatre 651 Dufferin St (north of Dundas St W) DUFFERIN ST 2 Comedy Bar 945 Bloor St W 3 Dead End Studio 7 Fraser Ave, Suite 13 (south-east of King St EAST LIBERTY ST and Dufferin St) FRASER AVE FILM VENUES: 1 Workman Arts Theatre 651 Dufferin St (north of Dundas St W) 4 Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor St W 5 AGO (Jackman Hall) 3 317 Dundas St W KING ST W EXHIBITION VENUE: DUFFERIN ST 6 TMAC (Toronto Media Arts Centre) 32 Lisgar St (south-west of Queen St W and Dovercourt Rd) EAST LIBERTY ST GARDINER EXPRESSWAY 5 FRASER AVE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS The Rendezvous With Madness Festival is If you require a personal support worker to committed to values of inclusivity and accessibility accompany you to programs, please let our box for all guests, staff, volunteers and artists. We are office know and we would be happy to welcome listening and learning from our community to help your personal support worker free of charge to us address barriers and open up opportunities for any programs. anyone interested in engaging with the growing dialogue about mental health and/or addictions. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) INTERPRETED PROGRAMS If you have questions about accessibility and We will provide ASL interpretation at select access needs at Rendezvous, please contact programs. Our ASL services will be provided by a Justina Zatzman at justina_zatzman@ collaborative team including a deaf interpreter and workmanarts.com or call our Festival Box Office a hearing interpreter. In mental health settings, at 416-583-4339. Learn more about accessibility ASL interpreters primarily work alongside Deaf initiatives at Rendezvous at workmanarts.com. interpreters who are Signed Language experts. We often don’t know a Deaf person’s cognitive MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS – HELD SPACE ability, linguistic background, or upper extremity As important as we believe it is to engage in mobility issues. Having a Deaf interpreter helps honest, direct discussions about mental health us be able to connect with more of the Deaf and and/or addictions, this material can be difficult or hard of hearing community. If you require ASL triggering for some. In line with a commitment to interpretation in order to engage with a program being trauma-informed, each program venue will you’re interested in, please indicate that need have an onsite Held Space and active listener. The when purchasing tickets, as we also try to book Held Spaces are quiet areas where anyone can ASL interpreters based on expressed needs. go to during and after programs to take care of themselves. These spaces will contain a sensory OPEN CAPTIONING lounge with art making supplies, mental health We will provide open captioning for all film resources and an active listener, to help guests programs. At select live performance events, regulate and ground, should you need to talk. ASL interpretation will be supplemented by live Guests are welcome to come and go as they need captioning. Check the calendar to see which while engaging with the festival. programs will be ASL interpreted. If you require open or live captioning in order to engage with a PHYSICAL ACCESS program you’re interested in, please indicate that Unfortunately, not all of our program spaces are need when purchasing tickets, as we also try to wheelchair accessible (entrance and washrooms). arrange for captioning based on expressed needs. Please see the map which indicates which spaces are accessible. SERVICE ANIMALS Service animals are welcome in all areas of all NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE venues at Rendezvous.