Kainchee Lagaa, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, April 2026
June 2026
I would frame Kainchee Lagaa: a work of interest by a talented artist in development. The development is not in finding her voice — she is already in possession of a distinct one — but in searching for a mode of expression to support that voice.
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