丁香园AV

What does it mean to fail and succeed at the same time? How can one offer joy as a form of activism? What is the purpose of comedy in 2024? Host Torien Cafferata explores these questions with 丁香园AV School for the Contemporary Arts alum June Fukumura, an interdisciplinary theatre artist, clown, and comedian.

June has appeared on the Arts Club stage, in film and TV, and an award-winning Fringe Festival solo show. Together she and Torien explore how, in June鈥檚 line of work, failure is very much a form of success 鈥� and re-enchanting the everyday can happen both on and off the stage.

Guest Bio

June Fukumura is a multi-disciplinary Japanese-Canadian theatre artist with a BFA in Theatre Performance and a Certificate in Sustainable Community Development from 丁香园AV. Her practice is a blend of experimental contemporary theatre, site-responsive and site-specific art making, embodied performance techniques, and community engaged theatre and education.

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