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Cindy Ci

Past Contributor

Cindy Ci (she/they) is a Chinese-Canadian drama student in her 5th year at Queen’s University in Katarokwi/Kingston who has spent over ten years working in all aspects of theatre. Some of her theatrical experiences include working with Queen’s Players as an actor and stage manager and with Theatre Kingston as their summer marketing intern. Besides watching movies and staying up way too late, Cindy enjoys engaging in endless conversations about theories surrounding theatre and shows that challenge our notion of humanity. She hopes to use this position to continue her advocacy for Asian-Canadian artists in this discipline.

Articles by Cindy

SOLO: The Modern Opera The World Needs

  • Review
  • Watershed Festival

There is a conventional expectation of what a Western opera performer and performance should look like. With expensive sets and costumes and elaborate orchestrations, it is an artform who’s high-brow reputation is the only part I’m familiar with. But Musique 3 Femmes’ presentation of SOLO at this year’s Watershed Festival, the “tour-de-force double bill for solo voice” actively subverted the Eurocentric tradition inherent to opera allowing the songs and stories […]

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Juvenis’ 13 is Endearing, Heartfelt, and Talented

  • Blue Canoe Productions
  • Review

I remember being 13. I remember thinking every mistake was the end of the world, or that my happiness was dependent on what people thought of me at face-value. I now wince at my behaviour then, but truth be told, I still fall into that trap. Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions presents their annual Juvenis Festival where 13 (Jason Robert Brown, Dan Eilish, Robert Horn) ran from April 28th to April […]

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Sweetheart: From a Student, Spectator, and (Former) Stage Manager

  • Queen's University
  • Review

I’ll admit, various lines of conflict come into play as I type these words. Not only was I the rehearsal stage manager, but I am a student who is currently attempting to pass public judgement on a show that her professors developed. In juggling how to approach this post, one thing is certain: everything I am going to say has been guided by the knowledge that my professors have passed […]

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Re-Experiencing the Self at the Cedar Island Lodge

  • Festival
  • Kick & Push Festival
  • Review

For the first time in a while, I was able to understand what it means to be in the present. On August 20th, I received a special invitation from the Kick & Push Festival to attend an award ceremony in a concrete gazebo standing in the middle of the beautiful Cedar Island, with large trees and hills joining the party.

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Keeping Us at the Edges of Our Seats

  • Blue Canoe Productions
  • Review

To live through life, to fall in love, and to experience change, we build ourselves up hoping for the best as we navigate our growing relationship with the world around us. But for better or worse, nothing truly works out the way we intended, and we are forced to learn as a result. Our emotions can get the better of us and we are left feeling speechless with the cruelty […]

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A Personal Guide to ChroFATica

  • Festival
  • Kick & Push Festival
  • Review

Let’s be real, life has been stressful because of a certain pandemic and we are all in desperate need of fun. For me, that fun was manifested into ChroFATica, a lyrical parody of Lady Gaga’s Chromatica. Featuring topics like NBC’s Superstore and actor John Candy, which I swear makes sense in context, I was treated to a wonderful production produced by and starring the hilarious Hillary Yass – a drag performer from the House of Lix in Toronto. Truly, […]

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The Wonderful and Delightful Show of Edward Tulane

  • Festival
  • Kick & Push Festival
  • Review

Blue Canoe Productions presents their newest work Sharing Stories: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. While there continues to be phenomenal creativity in digital performance, with this production, there is nothing quite like watching actors work together to tell a story in a shared space.

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