Luminato is bringing the duo responsible for that autobiographical musical — Mark Stewart, aka Stew, and Heidi Rodewald — and his band The Negro Problem, in their Canadian debut. The event is a blazing demonstration of the important place hip hop occupies in contemporary culture. (June 23 to 25, Sony Centre) —Michael CrabbIan Kamau/The Residents Project: The Theatre Centre, the much-valued live art incubator and performance space on West Queen West, is partnering with Luminato on a new initiative to extend its residency program. This will be followed at 6 p.m. by a performance by Trinidadian-Canadian writer, poet and hip-hop artist Ian Kamau, a current Theatre Centre resident. (June 24, The Famous Spiegeltent) —Karen Fricker

Source: thestar June 09, 2017 19:30 UTC