About
Join Gary Barwin and Ferdia Lennon for a conversation about comedy in the face of death, and the surprising ways humour can help us navigate grief, loss and suffering. In The Comedian’s Book of the Dead, Barwin presents Death as a comedian whose journey into the underworld forces him to confront love, loss and fatherhood. In Lennon’s Glorious Exploits, two friends in wartime Syracuse turn to theatre, staging Medea with Athenian prisoners and discovering the power of art to create connection in a time of conflict. Together, they explore how storytelling, humour and human connection can help us hold on to our humanity.
Moderator: Wendy O’Brien
Published by Book*hug Press
Published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Gary Barwin is a writer, musician, multimedia artist, and the author of thirty-seven books. bestselling novel Yiddish for Pirates was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and a Governor General’s Literary Award, and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fiction. Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy was chosen for Hamilton Reads, won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature for Fiction.
Dates & Times
Tickets
Under 30 $79
Under 30 $79
Excludes Masterclasses.
Under 30 $15
2-Day Weekend and 1-Day Passes do not include Winter Garden Theatre events.
Venue
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
