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Premiering 13-15 August 2026 at
Summerworks Performance Festival in Toronto!
Hello Sunshine!
Sara Porter's newest work is about living with sun allergy.
Hello Sunshine! is a one-woman absurdist “more than a musical” and multidisciplinary dance about living a life avoiding sunlight and negotiating the social, personal, and logistical challenges of invisible disability.
This project is funded by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, The Lindy Green Family Foundation and the KM Hunter Foundation.
Choreographer, writer, performer - Sara Porter
Creative collaborator - Katherine Duncanson
Disability dramaturge - Alex Bulmer
Video artist - Linnea Swan
Lighting design - Rebecca Picherack
Sound design - Stephen Joffe
Visual art - Elaine Whittaker
Costume consultant - Val Calam
Co-producer - Alex Jodi Verge
Technical director - Franco Pang
Stage manager - AJ Morra
Assistant stage manager - Kathy Le
photo by Danil Rokke
RECENT PROJECTS
Bad Poetry:
Live in [your town]!
It's a dance piece.
It's a support group.
It's a worldview.
performers Jessie Garon, Sara Porter | photo by Fran Chudnoff
Bad Poetry : Live in [your town]! is a full evening event that incorporates set and improvised material, created and performed by professional dancers and musicians. The event provides an open forum for poetic play, between audience and live performing artists.
Sara discovers meaning in a poetic foot.
Jessie explores the power of cognition
performers Jessie Garon, Sara Porter | photo by Fran Chudnoff
Created with support from
The Toronto Arts Council