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Now You Know brings you real Toronto experiences from some of our most influential and impactful voices, reflecting the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s creative and cultural industries.

After learning to unapologetically centre his Blackness, Travis Knights is using his tap dance career and passion to help expand his audiences’ worldviews.

To reprise her Broadway role in Toronto’s onstage version of Harry Potter, Sara Farb is back in the city that raised her. It’s an opportunity to not only look ahead at the trajectory of Canadian theatre but also to reflect on the role it’s played in her career.

A multifaceted artist and activist, Sarain Fox is working to amplify the narratives of Indigenous peoples — as told in their own voices.

As she oversees the vision of Toronto Fringe, executive director Lucy Eveleigh is tasked with simultaneously maintaining the theatre festival’s original mandate of accessibility and redefining what that means today.

Theatre creator and activist Donovan Hayden blends the art of performance with powerful messages of Black liberation that inspire and challenge. During the Toronto Fringe Festival, Donovan is bringing to life the essence of the movement with his production, X and da Spirit.

While the country currently commemorates National Indigenous History Month, multimedia artist Jay Soule’s Indigenous pop art shines light on Settler Canada’s atrocities — past and present — all year long.

Internationally renowned Edward Burtynsky has devoted his career to documenting how our insatiable desire for consumption impacts our environment. Burtynsky's most ambitious project takes him into uncharted territory as a visual artist to illustrate the devastation's increased sense of urgency.

Sculpting, photography, and illustration, Briony Douglas does it all while finding ways to advocate for meaningful causes through her work.

Already an international celebration of arts and ideas, Luminato is now expanding in a different way as festival artistic director, Naomi Campbell, looks to engage geographical and cultural communities beyond the downtown hub.

After embracing their most true self, opera singer, theatre-maker, and Amplified Opera co-founder, Teiya Kasahara, is on a mission to ensure the musical art form is an inclusive experience.

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