Artist:
Marcel Stewart
Location:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
It is said that if you look at the sea long enough, scenes from the past come back to life (Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother). For most of us, we don’t have the luxury of taking in that sea view on the regular. In fact, for most of us, it’s quite the opposite – concrete jungles, deadlines, intense screen time, hustler’s mentality, go go go, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”. Elder Strolls (Elder Scrolls) explores grief through Marcel Stewart’s relationship with his grandad, Albert Stewart. “How do we say goodbye to loved ones who’ve died? How do we reconcile with unsaid resentments? When is it time to let go?”
Listen to Elder Scrolls HERE
Elder Scrolls was created by
Marcel Stewart
Marcel Stewart is a father, artist, facilitator, and arts administrator who loves cleaning the house while listening to the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. Marcel serves as Artistic Director of bcurrent Performing Arts and as an Artistic Associate for SpiderWebShow Performance. He has worked with Soulpepper, Factory Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Obsidian Theatre, The Theatre Centre, The Blyth Festival, Festival Players, Studio 180, The Grand Theatre, Persephone, Theatre Direct, Carousel Players, Theatre SKAM, and Atlas Stage.
Marcel worked at Suitcase in Point as Outreach Director for three years, co-founding the Nest Artist Residency and Electric Innovations. When Marcel is not creating theatre, he is an arts educator who has facilitated programming for community youth groups, professional actors, and students in university, high school, and elementary. He has taught classes at the National Theatre School, Brock University and Sheridan College. Inspired by the teachings of d’bi young anitafrika, Marcel often returns to the questions: Who am I? How am I? How did I get here? Who have I lost? What is my purpose?
Credits:
created by
Marcel Stewart
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Sound design: Stephon Smith
In partnership with
b current Performing Arts
With support from:
Shakespeare in Action
North York Arts
Arts 4 All
TD Ready Commitment
Canada Council for the Arts