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What does it mean to grow up? When is childhood truly over, and do you have to sacrifice childish mindsets to fully grow up? Grow Up takes you into a world that explores the in-between realm of childhood and adulthood dreams. It can be hard to be imaginative; to find wonder and magic in the everyday. In Grow Up, the audience is taken into a living room where the artist learns about growing up with the help of her 10 year old cousin. They play out their dreams, sing songs, and connect with the artist’s past-self through storytelling and re-imagining scenarios. Working with found text, video, and images written by the director, this performance creates a display of archived memories and the collaboration with a former version of herself. Grow Up is an ode to the artist’s family and her past self, referencing written text from multiple children in her family between the ages of 8-16, older family collaborators for this piece, as well as the production team involved. It is an invitation to find one’s inner child and allow themselves to answer this daunting question in the most authentic way to themselves, whether it is big or small: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Lead Artist: Aisha Wewala
Performers: Aisha Wewala and Taalia Shivji
Costume Creation: Nadia Mahamoor
Lighting Designer: Jammi Sze
Stage Manager: Eva Zhou
Operator 1: Xinyi Wang
Operator 2: Chloe Ng
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