Memories: Voices from the Trojan Horse

Theatre Gargantua is pleased to announce a unique concert performance at Trinity St Paul’s United  Church on Bloor Street just west of Spadina on Saturday May 24 at 7:30 p.m. Titled ‘Memories:  Voices  from the Trojan Horse’ this one-night only event reunites musicians and writers from the famous  Danforth coffeehouse the Trojan Horse. 

In Toronto during the 70s into the mid 80s the place to find community was at  the Trojan Horse a space founded by Governor General Award winning poet Gwendolyn McEwen and  Greek Musician Nikos Tsingos. This presentation features amazing talents from a time of cultural hybridity as Greek musicians embraced the Chileans in exile to form the legendary musical group Compañeros. This  performance will evoke a sense of the magical period of poetry and protest a time when the voices of  Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda and Greece’s great composer Mikis Theodorakis joined together  in a call for global change. 

Under the Musical Direction of Marcelo Puente the Chilean-Canadian singer of Compañeros this  performance features the musical talents of Fotis Tubanos (singer guitar) Ken Kakoulis (bouzouki) Dino  Carambelas (drums) Marcelo Puente (singer guitar charango harmonica) Nano Valverde (Andean flutes) Heather Chetwynd (singer) and Oriana Barbato (bass). They are joined by producer Cynthia  Grant (Founding Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre) and writer Rosemary Sullivan (Governor  General Award winner for her book Shadow Makers a biography of Trojan Horse co-founder Gwendolyn  McEwen). The stage will recreate the magical sounds of poetry and politics which resonate with the  stories of exile. 

This project is made possible through a grant from the New Horizons for Seniors program.

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