Reach my Heart across the Veil
أربعون يومًا - أمسية من المسرح والشعر والغناء
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Location: Unitarian Congregation - 84 S Service Rd, Mississauga, ON L5G 2R9
Time: 7:30 PM
Join actor, poet, and musician Roula Said for an intimate and powerful evening of storytelling, poetry, and song. In "Reach My Heart Across the Veil," Roula shares excerpts from her one-woman show, 40 Days, a poignant reflection on life, loss, and connection inspired by the mystical presence of her father, who passed away when she was just an infant.
Through heartfelt storytelling, Roula invites you to journey with her as she reaches across the veil to connect with her father and honor the souls of her people and the land. This ceremonial performance will feature Palestinian poems, including works by Hiba Abu Nada, Fady Joudah, and Mahmoud Darwish, interwoven with Roula's original songs in both English and Arabic.
In this solemn time, Roula's performance offers a space for collective grief, respect, and love. Audience members will be invited to participate in this moving experience, creating a shared moment of remembrance and connection.
Roula Said is a multi-faceted artist of Palestinian heritage based in Toronto, Canada. As an actor, Roula has appeared in Suvendreni Lena’s play Rubble, set in Gaza and produced at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2023; Ruba Nadda’s film Sabah, on Netflix /YouTube; and most recently in Rimah Jabr’s short film De-Clutter, screened at this years Toronto Palestine Film Festival. As a musician and poet, Roula sings traditional Arabic songs and original songs created from her Sufi-inspired poems and the poetry of Palestine. As a movement artist, Roula has been primarily a performer, teacher and eternal student of Arab dance and Sufi-style whirling. She is also a member of Wild Soma Collective, exploring embodiment as a world-making practice. Deeply interested in ceremony and meaningful transitions, Roula also works as a wedding officiant and a death doula.
Patrick O’Reilly is a composer/guitarist and a community-driven fixture in the Toronto creative music scene. His open-minded approach embraces both beauty and brashness; he operates the W/DRWN record label and is also the co-curator of the Furniture Music and Ornate Presents concert/workshop series. A sought-after collaborator, he contributes to a diverse range of projects that have all added to the rich musical landscape of his own work. He can be heard most often on tour with art-pop band Language Arts, at Toronto's Tranzac Club with creative music ensemble Never Was, in Kensington Market with epic-afro-funk trio Wapama, and improvising with ad-hoc groups in basements and DIY spaces throughout the GTA. www.patrickoreillymusic.com
Ernie Tollar – Composer, Bansuri, Ney, Duduk, Sax.
Ernie Tollar did his first professional gigs in 1980, and has since performed in Europe, India, Egypt, U.S.A. Mexico as well as across Canada at all the major Jazz and Folk Festivals. Having been immersed in Jazz of the West and the Maqam and Raga of the East, Ernie's style seeks to allow musical connections and possibilities wherever they naturally exist - or rather tapping into that which was here all along. Some highlights: guesting with Qithara - Library Opening - Alexandria Egypt; Maestro Trichy Sankaran - Music Gallery, Toronto; Dave Restivo - Canadian Jazz Festivals ; Simon Shaheen Trio- Festival du Monde Arab, Montreal Quebec and concerts The Near East Ensemble with Tabla Virtuoso Ravi Naimpally and a rising star of Eastern Lutes Demetri Petsalakis
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