(be)Longing

RISER 2026

Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.
Produced by Philip Hackborn
For full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/

ABOUT (be)Longing
(be)Longing is a play about trying to find and define a feeling of “returning home” when the subject is caught in the middle of 2 worlds. It explores an experience of perpetually feeling “in-between,” by starting over again at the “Once-upon-a-time’s” of multiple origins. Weaving emotional connections to folktales, picture books, and television, with cultural/ literary analysis of the same, an artist tries to find where they might establish roots by tracing themselves back to the beginning(s). With a pair of central questions; What stories can I claim? Who will even claim me?

Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/belonging/

• Theatre
• $17.00 inc $2.00 fee
• 30-May 31, 2026
• 60 minutes
• Fringe Theatre Arts Barns
• Backstage Theatre
• 14A
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  Depicted Content: Coarse language.