Hot Topics is a series of free talkbacks, workshops, and conversations for young and emerging artists hosted by Paprika Festival. Hot Topic prepares young and emerging artists to navigate the professional theatre industry by curating skill-building workshops, discussions, and networking opportunities for artists across Turtle Island that respond to the latest events and trends in the live performance industry.
Paprika 21/22 Hot Topics is presented with support from Why Not Theatre.
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2021/2022 Hot Topics
“With Care” Featuring Yolanda Bonnell & Katey Wattam
Responsible Storytelling Featuring Donna Michelle St Bernard & Santiago Guzmán
What Can The Future of Toronto Theatre Look Like Featuring Marcel Stewert, Joelle Peters, Mel Hague and Cameron Grant
2021/22 Hot Topics
BE SEEN and BE HEARD: The Tech of Creation
OCT 27 @ 3:00 PM
A workshop in audio and visual
tech set-up basics with G.R. Gritt
The Making of Frequencies
DEC 9 @ 5PM
HEIST’s Aaron Collier and Sylvia Bell
A candid presentation about the creation process of their hit “musical storytelling show in mixed-reality”; Frequencies.
Political Movement
FEB 7 @ 3PM
Aria Evans
A workshop of Aria’s movement practice, followed by a short Q&A into the methodology of dance theatre through a political lens, addressing social and environmental issues
Imagination Creation
MAR 25 @ 7PM
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff
2020-21 Season
Paprika to Published
AUG 28 @ 6:30 PM
A play reading and discussion
with Bilal Baig + Merlin Simard.
Art & Activism
SEPT 27 @ 6:00 PM
A conversation with Ravyn Wngz
hosted by daniel jelani ellis.
In Conversation
with 2-Spirit Artists
NOV 13 @ 7:00pm
A conversation with Cherish Violet Blood, Kairyn Bureau, and Issa Kixen, moderated by Jay Northcott.
Access in the Arts
Presented by Next Stage Community Booster
JAN 23 @ 2:00pm
Ophira Calof, Yousef Kadoura, and Syrus Marcus Ware discuss centring accessibility in your art practice. Moderated by Toronto Fringe Accessibility Manager, Susan Wolf.
Boss Behaviour
FEB 12 @ 3:00pm
A conversation between Weyni Mengesha and Natasha Adiyana Morris about their individual paths
to leadership in the theatre industry.