Garden of Daisies

Muhammed of Yorkville

August 6th, 2007

As part of Toronto’s SummerWorks festival my friend, Caitlin McCarthy, from highschool (far left) is in a fantastic new play called Muhammed of Yorkville. Written by a fellow student at University of Toronto during the scandal regarding the comics depicting Muhammed this play asks and explores some of the most interesting questions surrounding the controversy and what it means for those living in a multicultural city like Toronto. It’s also wonderfully funny.

“A play about religious controvery, artistic integrity and getting dumped on the phone,” Muhammed of Yorkville can be summed up (or at least, is being summed up) by the following:

When a Yorkville art gallery decides to exhibit a painting of the Prophet Muhammad, it sparks a string of controversies ranging from the thought-provoking to the absurd. Religion, politics, ideology and sexuality clash as gallery owners, angry teens and Muslim protestors say what they think and hear what they want.

Fantasticly written and wonderfully acted. Go see it!

Remainging shows are:
Wednesday August 8th 8:00pm
Friday August 10th 6:30pm
Saturday August 11th 12:30pm
Sunday August 12th 9:30pm

Buy tickets here, or an hour before at the show at The Factory Theatre on the corner of Bathurst and Adelaide.

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