# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Play Dead
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:15 pm
- **Event Description**: For more information: https://www.luminatofestival.com/play-dead


PLAY DEAD
By People Watching Collective
Presented by TO Live & Luminato Festival


Play Dead invites you into a distorted world where the familiar twists into something wonderful and strange. Everyday rituals warp into surreal scenes, exposing the desperation that underpins our search for connection. In this gravity-defying universe, bodies collide and tangle, caught between beauty and menace — both intimate and unsettling.


Montreal’s People Watching crafts a vivid blend of acrobatics, movement, and high octane circus that magnifies the absurdity of the everyday. These moments, strange yet achingly familiar, mirror our own desire to hold on — like couples not wanting the last dance to end.


Haunting and exhilarating, Play Dead captures the fragility, absurdity, and fleeting wonder of life lived on the edge of connection.



“Masterful fluidity, breathtaking…the circus of tomorrow" - La Presse


"People Watching has created with barbaric finesse, with the subtlety of watchmaking precision, a piece of such power that forces the eye not to want to miss a single detail." - La Verdad; San Javier, Spain
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/north-york/play-dead/200030235996358
- **Event Categories**: festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: North York
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8, Canada
- **lat**: 43.76629
- **long**: -79.41403
- **full address**: 5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8, Canada, 5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8, Canada, North York

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Play Dead
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/629f5579c9b32cc02cf6a3e0eb34501f6ca32ecfe534f2bf8c95b483dfe8a4af-rimg-w1200-h1800-dc0f0f0f-gmir?v=1782348528

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Play Dead being held?
  - **A:** Play Dead takes place on Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:15 pm at 5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8, Canada, 5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8, Canada, North York.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Play Dead?
  - **A:** Play Dead is organized by Luminato Festival.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Play Dead is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in North York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Play Dead sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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