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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.
Theatre creator and activist Donovan Hayden blends the art of performance with powerful messages of Black liberation that inspire and challenge.
Conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser has made a career out of pushing orchestral music’s boundaries. As the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s principal education conductor and community ambassador, he’s envisioning shows where the violin and trumpet share a stage with the Indian tabla or with the sounds of reggae — and where everyone is welcome.
For ceramist Sami Tsang art is an outlet to process internal questions and traumas created by an oscillation between the two cultures in which she grew up.
A graphic designer by trade, Kevin Boothe stumbled on a talent for curation that turned into a career. Through his art gallery, Towards, Kevin exhibits contemporary works that contribute to the city’s place in the global art conversation.
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.
With the Awakenings platform, Umbereen Inayet is leading a cultural revolution. The initiative celebrates and amplifies Black, Indigenous, artists of colour, and 2SLGBTQ+ creatives.
Since its 2003 full production debut, Trey Anthony’s trailblazing and award-winning ‘da Kink In My Hair has broken box-office sales records in Canada, the United States, and England. When it returned to Toronto in 2022 with a brand-new production, the play brought back familiar faces.
For Oji-Cree singer-songwriter Aysanabee, it’s a reclamation of his identity that plays a powerful, and empowering, role in the music he’s making against a backdrop of the resurgence of Indigenous cultures and languages.