Created by Tristan R. Whiston and Moynan King, Trace focuses on the ongoing nature of queer being and becoming. By transforming a private story into a public performance, audiences will be taken on a journey across time and identity.
Tristan R. Whiston and Moynan King | A ReDefine Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille Co-Production
How do we reconcile all of who we have been, with who we are now, and who we are yet to become?
Enter the world of Trace: an interdisciplinary performance about the voice in transition.
Created by Tristan R. Whiston and Moynan King, Trace focuses on the ongoing nature of queer being and becoming. By transforming a private story into a public performance, audiences will be taken on a journey across time and identity.
Beginning with archival audio recordings of Tristan’s singing voice across different stages of his gender transition, Trace integrates sound art, music, and video in an immersive and interactive live performance. Archival footage of the 1990’s cabaret act The Boychoir of Lesbos, created by Tristan and co-realized by Moynan, is woven in as a tangible example of the ways that performance can extend and realize gender identification using the voice as a key method of doing so.
In the current iteration of the show, Trace gestures toward a queer future with the live performance of a newly realized trans/non-binary/gender-queer choir that reflects the changing nature of queer community and identity.
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can-Afford (PWYCA) at $10, $30, and $60 price points.
Phone: 416-504-7529
Email: info@passemuraille.on.ca
2023/04/22 - 2023/04/30
Additional time info:
Saturday April 22 at 7:30pm Q&A
Friday April 28 at 7:30pm Q&A
Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
All performances of Trace will be Blind Friendly. Blind Friendly performances have been imagined with audiences who are Blind or have low vision in mind. Trace is complete as an auditory experience.
All performances of Trace are also Relaxed Performances. Relaxed Performances are designed to welcome audience members and their families who could benefit from a more relaxed environment, including Autistic and neurodivergent patrons. The set-up includes: a pre-show introduction to the actors/characters, less intense sound and lighting effects, a very low level house light in the audience, the ability for anyone to come and go from the space, and a calm space outside the theatre.