A revealed identity leads to an impossible decision.
Journalist Alice Kennings grapples with how to act after uncovering the identity of an alt-right podcast host calling for violence against the media.
Based on real events, White Heat is a play about all the things we justify to ourselves.
“In White Heat, Isador explores the continuum between trolls who target writers on the internet – especially women and people of colour – and true-life terror, such as the mass shooting at The Capital newspaper in Maryland in 2018 that left five journalists dead.” The Globe and Mail
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Graham Isador
Graham Isador is a writer based in Toronto. Best known for his time as a host and editor with VICE, Isador’s writing has appeared in GQ, Men’s Health, and The Globe and Mail. He is the author of several plays including Situational Anarchy and TRUCK.
Jill Harper
Jill is an award-winning theatre director and dramaturg, and the co-founder of Cue6 Theatre. Selected directing credits: Cue6 Theatre’s Dry Land (Globe and Mail’s Top 10 Theatre shows of 2018); pool (no water) (Dora Awards for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Performance – Ensemble); and Byhalia, Mississippi (as a part of a 7-city World Premiere Conversation). Elsewhere – White Heat (Summerworks Festival); Consumption Patterns (Next Stage Theatre Festival); Meet Cute (Roseneath Theatre) – Dora nomination for Outstanding Direction with co-director Aaron Willis – Hazardous Materials (Equity Library Theatre Chicago); Twelfth Night and Macbeth (The Classical Theatre Project).
- Fri, July 15, 2022 | 8pmMain Stage
- with 1 additional performance until Jul 16th
Written by Graham Isador | directed by Jill Harper | performed by Tim Walker and Chiamaka Glory | Sound Design by Christopher Ross-Ewart| Produced by Christine Groom for CUE6 Productions (Toronto)
Originally Performed at 2019 SummerWorks Performance Theatre Festival by Makambe Simamba and Tim Walker
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Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada
Links
http://www.cue6.ca/