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Kemi King
Kemi King (she/her) is a writer, director, and performance artist. Her work has been produced by Obsidian and Canadian Stage. She has also created and performed works with Soulpepper Theatre and as a part of the Paprika Festival. She is one of the co-founders and artistic director of YIKES, a theatre company founded in her second year of undergrad. Kemi is passionate about the arts and how they can be used to help shape social consciousness.
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iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Theatre Calgary.
REVIEW: The Play That Goes Wrong dazzles at Theatre Calgary
The Play That Goes Wrong is a sparking-flaming-smoking car crash that you just can’t take your eyes off of. A fiery, racing delight, this is not a production to be missed.
iPhoto caption: Sara Topham in Hedda Gabler at the Stratford Festival. Photo by David Hou.
Gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss: The delight of female rage in theatre
Personally, I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs — especially when it comes to my girl Hedda. And it seems that at least two Ontario directors share my viewpoint, with Hedda Gabler opening twice in the same month at Stratford and at Coal Mine Theatre in Toronto. What makes her story so appealing?
iPhoto caption: Photo by Rick Clifford
REVIEWS: Toronto International Film Festival 2024
A filmed production of an experimental Egyptian opera, a TV series penned by Jordan Tannahill, and the moviemaking debut of Broadway director Marianne Elliott are among the offerings at this year’s TIFF with connections to the world of theatre.
iPhoto caption: Kailin Brown in the Broadway National Tour of Chicago. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.
I’m not a woman, I just play one
“As a performer, my job is to play a character, and if that character is right for me it doesn’t matter what gender they are,” writes non-binary actor Kailin Brown. “What matters is that I can make a difference in someone’s life who can relate to the character, or to me as the actor.”
iPhoto caption: Promotional image from The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers at Shakespeare in the Ruff. Photo courtesy of Shakespeare in the Ruff.
REVIEW: The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers brings new meaning to a classic tale
You may think you know the story of The Tempest, Shakespeare’s shipwrecked saga about wizards, spirits, and nobility on a remote island. But in The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers, playwright Makram Ayache invites new consideration of canonized characters,
iPhoto caption: Starr Domingue and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane in Something Rotten! at the Stratford Festival. Production stills by David Hou.
Yes, those standing ovations at Something Rotten! are real — just ask Portia and Bea
Two mid-show standing ovations? Really? Yes, really. Or so say the leading ladies of Something Rotten!. For those who’ve spent the summer living under a rock, Something Rotten! (written by...
REVIEW: Wedding Band at the Stratford Festival
The piece is not a “love triumphs” story, because sometimes love just isn’t worth it.
REVIEW: Cabaret Noir at MAYDAY/dance Immersion/Canadian Stage
Black histories and calls to culture within media (theatre, song, film, theory, poetry, language) ensure the culture endures as a living memory.
iPhoto caption: Image courtesy of Factory Theatre.
The Flight's storytelling warmed my heart: we do not often see stories of Black people accomplishing things without their trials and tribulations at the forefront.
REVIEW: ‘da Kink in My Hair at TO Live/Soulpepper
Black women have been going through the same shit for a stupid long time, yet through it there is also space for joy.
iPhoto caption: Original photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Is God Is at Canadian Stage/Obsidian/Necessary Angel Theatre Company
As Black folk we often deal with our pains with laughter: both the text of Is God Is and its delivery afford space for that.
“Breaking, But Not With Age”: In Conversation with Crazy Smooth on In My Body at Canadian Stage
"The timeline of your body is different from the timeline of your spirit, and there's a world where if everything is aligned right, certain rules don't apply anymore," says Yvon Soglo, AKA Crazy Smooth.
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