Basement Girl is a multidisciplinary live performance that explores the nuanced experiences of an immigrant navigating life in Canada. It follows an international PhD student who rents a basement apartment from a Canadian landlady but then gets tormented by her vibrant and noisy lifestyle upstairs. At the same time, the dark, constrained space of the basement influences her identity and self-perception as she tries to adapt to life in a new country. Developed by Bojana Babic, Tracey Guptill, and Neven Lochhead.
Part of the 2024 Kick & Push Festival, Kingston's annual celebration of innovative live performance, sponsored by the Tett Centre.
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Ages 18+
Bajana Babic is a playwright, screenwriter and director from Serbia, based in Kingston.
Tracey Guptill is a movement based actor, collaborative creator and teaching artist who lives on a working farm in the Thousand Islands.
Neven Lochhead is an artist, filmmaker, curator, educator and Phd candidate in the Screen Studies and Curatorial Studies program at Queen's University.