After nearly a decade abroad, Nina, an estranged singer returns home only to discover the inheritance she was promised is not all it seems. Forced to confront a past she tried to forget, Nina has to learn to forgive before it’s too late.

Based on Syreeta Hector’s relationship to race, and her experiences in classical ballet, Black Ballerina is a powerful exploration of the nuances within one’s identity, and the unconscious ways that we all try to fit in.

Paprika is proud to be in its 9th year of partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts, presenting the 2025 Paprika Festival in the Aki Studio for a week of showcases, workshops, community gatherings, and more.

Beth wants to burn it all down: the coconut milk section, the lady razor section, the healthy snacks section. The whole damn superstore.

What We Carry is an expression of Diabo’s life’s journey as she shares many experiences that she carries in the bundle of her body, mind, and spirit.

The 37th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance will bring together 13 Creators from across Turtle Island and beyond to develop and showcase new work and works in development.

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade.

They Know Not What They Do is an autobiographical performance by Michael Greyeyes that blends movement, text, and multimedia to explore truth, reconciliation, and the complexities of Indigenous identity.

Omaagomaan, choreographed and performed by Waawaate Fobister, is a powerful dance-theatre work presented by Native Earth Performing Arts.

Canoe is a captivating tale of two sisters from Northern Ontario, their ancestral tree, and an old, but familiar, visitor from the past.

Aalaapi means “be quiet so you can hear something beautiful” in Inuktitut. This performance invites you into the home of two young women living in Nunavik.

Niizh, written by Joelle Peters, is a coming-of-age comedy. Set on a reserve in Southwestern Ontario, the play follows the youngest of the ‘Little’ family, Lenna Little, who prepares to leave home for the first time.

Produced by Raven Spirit Dance, Chapter 21 is choreographed by Starr Muranko and directed by Yvette Nolan.

Firewater Thunderbird Rising is the transformative spirit of dance travelling through dimensional realms of existence.

With brilliance, irreverence, and fearless wit, three Indigenous women hit the road on their way to the largest powwow on the West Coast – and to self-discovery.

Where the Blood Mixes takes us to the place where the rivers meet, to the heart of a family. After decades apart, Christine returns to her First Nations community to reconnect with her father.

An Indigenous mother becomes an activist while her brother becomes a soldier. A grandmother raises a granddaughter with love, in community.

Creating our path as we go! Welcome to CAMINOS, where ideas take form.

The Home Project is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and intimate theatrical experience centred on the theme of home and how our relationships with it have changed or evolved.

Through her ancestral gifts and experiences, the dancer receives a contemporary healing dance.

Incorporating text, sound and imagery, Embodying Power and Place features work by incredible Indigenous creators.

bug follows The Girl as she navigates her way through her intergenerational trauma while being followed by Manidoons*, the physical manifestation of her addictions.

Meet Lucille, Paul, Liset and Jim. Best friends, sisters, spouses – stumbling in the dark one year after a tragic loss.

CAMINOS are the roads, paths, or life journeys that take us from one place to the next.