The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time, which is directed by former NAC English Theatre artistic director Peter Hinton-Davis, is a reworking of a show that Borden first performed in 1986, which was one of the first Canadian plays to explore homosexuality from a Black perspective.
Exploding the cabaret form, The Man That Got Away grapples with the layers of our performed identities and the plurality of ways that we ‘come out.’ Family secrets, shared histories, and the musical theatre canon come together in this gesture towards a space of liberation, memory, desire, and truth.
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An autobiographical story of a gay man in his late 50’s who thought his life was settled only to be thrown into a new world where he has to reimagine everything. This is Steve Galluccio’s most personal play since Mambo Italiano.
The season will also feature captivating storytellers making their Tarragon debuts, including Makram Ayache with The Hooves Belonged to the Deer, produced in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and directed by theatre icon Peter Hinton-Davis. It tells the story of a queer muslim boy attempting to reconcile his sexuality and faith.