Henry G20

A woman in a yellow camouflage hoodie wearing a gold crowing with red jewels and red lipstick holds a megaphone on a bridge with the CN tower and multiple skyscrapers in the background.

Henry G20, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards, Toronto, 2021. Image by Debbie Deer.

A woman with red lipstick holds a megaphone pointing towards the camera and looking into the camera. She is wearing a blue and gold cape with a gold crown. She is standing in front of a yellow background with blue graffiti.

Henry G20, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards, Toronto, 2021. Image by Debbie Deer.

A woman with brown hair, top and pants with a tote bag over her shoulder takes a picture of a sign that says Henry G20 on a concrete post. There are trees in the background as well as a large building.

Henry G20, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards, Toronto, 2021. Image by Cassandra Popescu.

Project Organization: Henry G20 Group

Project Website: http://www.henryg20.com

Date of Release: October 13, 2021

Creator: Christine Brubaker

Henry G20 is a digital theatre project about protest, civil liberties, and conflict on the streets of Toronto during the 2010 G20 protests. The Henry G20 mobile app contains an episodic audio play alongside augmented reality. It is an innovative theatrical form that offers a COVID-resilient, individualized multimedia experience, adaptable to any location.

The G20 protests in 2010 remain one of the most significant events in Toronto’s recent history. The stand-off between the police and its citizens led to the detainment of 1100 people and the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. When many think of this event, images of burning police cars and black hooded anarchists smashing windows dominate.

And yet, a more complex and relevant story exists – one that represents a culture in Toronto that believed in peaceful protest (10,000 peaceful marchers in the Family First Rally, June 26), the disturbing challenge to public space through the fencing off and violent enforcement of the downtown core into no-access zones, and the steep economic and emotional cost on a city that prided itself on its safe and joyful streets. Henry G20 seeks to remind audiences of the events that happened on our streets in 2010 and commemorate another side of the story.

Project Team Members

Written and Directed by Christine Brubaker

Co-Written and Co-Directed by Constantine X. Anastasakis

CAST

Anand Rajaram as Jimmy All-Justice

Aviva Armour-Ostroff as Anna OCAP

Breton Lalama as Bishop

Christopher Allen as Nym

Courtenay Stevens as Chorus

Dylan Evans as Pistol

Jasmine Chen as Nell

Jennifer Wigmore as Chief Jill Blair

Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah as Henry

Neta Rose as Angela Canterbury

Richard Lee as Constable Montjoy

Rick Roberts as Major Denton

Sedina Fiati as Officer Williams

CREATIVE TEAM

Written and Directed by Christine Brubaker

Co-Written and Co-Directed by Constantine X. Anastasakis

Producer Laura Philipps

Sound Designer and Mixer Miquelon Rodriguez

Visual Lead Debbie Deer

App Developers Jacob Niedzwiecki, Luke Garwood, Nicole Goertzen

App Managers Andrea Castaneda, Annie Tung

Installation Production Manager Rebecca Vandevelde

3D Environment Modelling Ruslan Makarov

3D Character Modelling Paulo Viniscius Uemura

Remote Recording Production Manager Aidan Cosgrave

Remote Recording Stage Manager Sadaf Ganji

Sound Engineers Sebastian Hoodless, Harrison Bye, Luke Schindler

Production Associate and Social Media Manager Allie Fenwick

App Icon Image by Debbie Deer edit by Beth Kates

AR Tutorial Video by Saba Akhtar

Graphic Design by Mike Ellis

Pre-Production Associate Raeburn Ferguson

Associate Artist Neta Rose

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Aldona Jaworska, John Knight, Heather Cant