A queer white documentary theatre-maker thinks he’s investigating homophobia in Jamaica. But what starts as a quest to expose an injustice, turns into a burning call for his own personal transformation. How do we justly engage with an injustice? To whom does an injustice “belong”? Through a constellation of encounters — with activists, refugees, priests and ministers, journalists, artists, Pride Week revelers, and many queer people of colour – SMALL AXE asks us to bravely face our differences in order to discover how intricately connected we are.

SMALL AXE was developed as part of The Theatre Centre Residency Program from 2011-2015.

Written by Andrew Kushnir
Directed by Alan Dilworth
Featuring Sarah Afful, Lisa Codrington, Marcel Stewart, Chy Ryan Spain, Michael Blake & Andrew Kushnir

Set & Costume Design by Jung-Hye Kim
Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell
Sound Design by Debashis Sinha
Movement Design by Monica Dottor
Stage Management by Michael Sinclair

★★★1/2 – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
★★★★★ – THE TORONTOIST

“The best theatre prods, provokes and informs. Writer/performer Andrew Kushnir’s Small Axe does all that, and a lot more…The script, and Alan Dilworth’s direction, are bracing in their directness and urgency.”
- NOW MAGAZINE, NNNN

“Does the small axe represent the black community chopping their way through the overwhelming power of a white world? Or does it stand for all gay people, black and white, united in a hunt for equality? Both readings are possible in this uncompromising piece of verbatim theatre, which I guarantee will command your attention."
- TORONTO STAR, ★★★

TOP 10 SHOWS OF 2015 - THE GLOBE AND MAIL
TOP 10 SHOWS OF 2015 – THE TORONTOIST