UPDATE: Unfortunately due to situations related to COVID-19, we have to postpone this show.
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Poster by Andi Vicente
Join us for a very special live performance by Pantayo with original stage and costume design by Marisa Gallemit, and performances by special guest Kimmy Couture and more TBA!
Tickets $20 advance + service fees, pay-what-you-can options available (email hello@debaser.ca to arrange PWYC ticket)
Licensed / all ages
fully accessible to those with restricted mobility and all genders.
We acknowledge and pay respect to the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people on whose land we operate. Donations will be collected at the event for Minwaashin Lodge Programs.
Read more about our land acknowledgement.
➞ COVID-19 Policy
Before attending the event, complete a COVID-19 self-screening. If you do not pass the self-screening, please STAY AT HOME.
The following are strongly recommended for attendees of this event to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission:
take an at-home antigen test before arriving on site. Antigen tests are currently available for free from many pharmacy and grocery store locations (find out more here).
take two doses of approved COVID-19 vaccinations received at least two weeks prior to the event.
wear a KN95 face mask over the mouth and nose at all times while at the event (we will have a limited number of free masks available for audience members).
wash your hands or use the provided hand sanitizer often.
COVID-19 policy is subject to change based on government and venue regulations and guidelines.
➞ ACCESSIBILITY
Club SAW: 67 Nicholas is the accessible entrance to the building, with a ramp to the entrance and automatic doors.
Accessible bathrooms are available in Club SAW. All bathrooms in Club SAW are gender neutral, including the one backstage.
Email hello@debaser.ca to request any further accessibility information, or to request accommodations.
➞ SAFER SPACES POLICY
Attendees, artists and staff are expected to respect one another. Zero tolerance for violence, aggression, oppressive behaviour or language, or bullying. If you are currently implicated in an accountability process, please ensure you are respecting the space and well-being of those you have affected.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Photo by Sarah Bodri
Pantayo
Pantayo is an all-women kulintang ensemble based in Toronto. They combine percussive metallophones and drums from kulintang traditions of Southern Philippines with electronic and synth-based grooves. They also offer music and cultural workshops to teach kulintang. Pantayo explores the possibility of kulintang through their experiences as queer diasporic Filipinas.
Marisa Gallemit
Marisa Gallemit is a Filipina-Canadian visual artist. Informed by motherhood and third culture rituals, her work spans sculpture, assemblage, site-specific installation, storytelling, and arts advocacy. Since 2010 Marisa has been active in Ontario and Quebec with performative works, design installations for music + art festivals and art-making workshops; she has curated visual art programs for non-gallery community venues in Ottawa, and has produced a large-scale public art installation for the City of Mississauga. Through an ongoing exploration of found objects and their potential energy, Gallemit’s practice leans deeply into Buckminster Fuller’s query: “Now how do we make this spaceship work?”
Marisa Gallemit making ‘Tethering: Entanglement’ - Now on display in the SAW Gallery as part of the SAW Prize for New Works. Documentation by Yuula Benivolski.
Kimmy Couture
Kimmy Couture is a trans, Asian drag performer from Ottawa, Ontario. She was born and raised in the Philippines - a country filled with unique lifestyle and culture, which makes her unique and adaptable to any aspects in life. She was the Miss Capital Pride 2018 winner. Coming up soon, you'll see her competing on the main stage of Canada's Drag Race Season 3, which is premiering on July 14, 2022.
"She might be banjie, but she can be bougie."
She is the drag daughter of Canada's Drag Race Season 2 winner, Icesis Couture. Just like her drag mother, she has a lot of tricks up in her sleeve!
Tune in to Canada's Drag Race Season 3 to see how she is Canada's next drag superstar!
Thank you to our sponsors and partners: Ontario Creates, the City of Ottawa, and Kilam Media.
