Erum Khan

Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca Erum Khan Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:47:43 +0000 https://erumkhan.ca en Theatre + Performance Creation https://erumkhan.ca/Theatre-Performance-Creation Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:28:45 +0000 Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca/Theatre-Performance-Creation Theatre + Performance Creation elephant <img width="1992" height="2048" width_o="1992" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7a98d12b64f5883daeede20d4cec0d943db3b53f04571388362fd5ecd66e472/IMG_3473.JPG" data-mid="224609980" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7a98d12b64f5883daeede20d4cec0d943db3b53f04571388362fd5ecd66e472/IMG_3473.JPG" /> ︎ talk to me <img width="3000" height="2400" width_o="3000" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/791c81d0a6bae6ba97939b6afea17865be29feba3ff9e16c2b6cc0e6ed1531e1/_L9A8549.jpeg" data-mid="193393182" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/791c81d0a6bae6ba97939b6afea17865be29feba3ff9e16c2b6cc0e6ed1531e1/_L9A8549.jpeg" /> ︎ noor <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e49c2260cfce7dce64d082f8be18cbc088ffb9a77abf3edb98dd36e0331a6e74/7f7c1e64a986502d-NoorTeamAKMwebsiteFBevent.jpg" data-mid="129964016" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e49c2260cfce7dce64d082f8be18cbc088ffb9a77abf3edb98dd36e0331a6e74/7f7c1e64a986502d-NoorTeamAKMwebsiteFBevent.jpg" /> ︎ patthar ki zabaan <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f092ba91b4d5b8a5b6847ef18ffaeb53db4335a8b6e9f4f8967cb7313e7e032/190221-Rhubarb-Pathar-Ki-Zabaan-145.jpg" data-mid="130109939" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f092ba91b4d5b8a5b6847ef18ffaeb53db4335a8b6e9f4f8967cb7313e7e032/190221-Rhubarb-Pathar-Ki-Zabaan-145.jpg" /> ︎ becoming <img width="1600" height="1068" width_o="1600" height_o="1068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f74a43c15ad8ae7bf06cb0d239d6879e9cfb548996c573e5f10e00927ccb933/Rhubarb2018-Day2-photobyDahliaKatz-4643_preview.jpeg" data-mid="130111076" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f74a43c15ad8ae7bf06cb0d239d6879e9cfb548996c573e5f10e00927ccb933/Rhubarb2018-Day2-photobyDahliaKatz-4643_preview.jpeg" /> Film https://erumkhan.ca/Film Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:28:45 +0000 Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca/Film Film انتظار /  Waiting <img width="740" height="416" width_o="740" height_o="416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58eb637fdd13e5d81f7d4f057b9ebd789a679bd6dd8910c62a15f104de25e568/4899_Waiting_webstill.jpg" data-mid="130200700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/740/i/58eb637fdd13e5d81f7d4f057b9ebd789a679bd6dd8910c62a15f104de25e568/4899_Waiting_webstill.jpg" />Canada / 11:17 / 2019 / sound / colour / Urdu and English Written and Directed by Erum KhanAssisstant Directed by Tijiki Morris DOP by Melisa Sofi Production Assissted by Rashida Shaw Appearance by Qamar Ghaznavi A young woman journeys to visit her grandmother. What transpires between the unsaid and silence propels into a prolonged moment of tension and desires of connection. For Distribution inquiries contact CFMDC SCREENINGS: 2021 Breakthroughs Film Festival 2020 Toronto Queer Film Festival Premiered at the 2019 Rendezvous with Madness Festival A Nomad’s Home // Banjaare ka ghar Canada / 17:42 / 2016 / sound / colour & black and white / Urdu and English Film by Erum Khan Made in 2016, this short documentary follows the filmmaker’s family as they chart their migration throughout the world, until eventually settling in Canada. SCREENINGS:  Premiered at the 2016 Toronto Independent Film Festival PETRICHOR Song: LAL - Losing Myself (Murr Higher Ground Remix) Film By: Erum Khan Shadow Manipulation: Tijiki Morris 8mm Film Footage: Abdul-Alim Ghaznavi Voices: Qamar Ghaznavi & Tijiki Morris Canada / 7:13 / 2020 / sound / colour / Urdu and English Press & Announcements https://erumkhan.ca/Press-Announcements Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:23:26 +0000 Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca/Press-Announcements Press + Announcements SELF 2024 | Intermission Magazine - Speaking In Draft: Erum Khan 2019 | Erum Khan recieves the Queer Emerging Artist Award 2018 | Queer Sexuality + Canadian Theater: An Interview w Erum Khan 2018 | DIDIHOOD - ISSUE 8 WORK 2024 | Buddies Blogs: ted witzel + Erum Khan + Susanna Fournier  2023 | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre: Artistic Associate  2022 | Emerging Creators Unit Facilitator 2022 | Urjo Kareda Research Grant Award 2021 | Loughborough Lake Writer's Retreat Artists + Projects Announced2021 | Breakthroughs Film Festival Catalogue 2021 | Toronto Queer Film Festival Shorts 2020 | Broadway World: Nightwood Theatre Presents THE 35th ANNUAL GROUNDSWELL FESTIVAL 2020 | NOW: Nightwood Theatre’s Groundswell Festival 2019 | Rungh: Making Queer Pakistani Women Visible in Patthar Ki Zabaan 2018 | Globe & Mail: Staged in a yurt, Noor rethinks the boundaries of theatre2018 | Toronto Star: Play performed in yurt at Aga Khan museum is personal journey fit for a nomad’s home 2016 | CBC: The kids are alright: How the young cast of Concord Floral grew up on its stage2016 | Broadway World: Dora Award-Winning Teen Thriller CONCORD FLORAL Takes Over Toronto's Bluma Appel Theatre 2016 | National Post: The first incarnation of Concord Floral for Canadian Stage offers a spooky suburban reimagining of The Decameron2016: Intermission Magazine: Carving Out a Career with Erum Khan & Micaela Robertson 2014 | Globe & Mail: Concord Floral: A four-star show that's artfully structured, yet full of suspense2014 | Torontoist: In Concord Floral, the Kids Aren’t All Right Generous Friend https://erumkhan.ca/Generous-Friend Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:47:43 +0000 Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca/Generous-Friend Generous Friend is a performance umbrella. <img width="2119" height="2395" width_o="2119" height_o="2395" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b58742414c03332f8544d6ae5556d40f2e153850e8fc0f3ebead2ae77a631d6/_L9A8549.jpeg" data-mid="236680764" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b58742414c03332f8544d6ae5556d40f2e153850e8fc0f3ebead2ae77a631d6/_L9A8549.jpeg" />Talk To Me, 2022 workshop (Photo by Jeremy Mimnaugh) In 2017, collaborators Erum Khan and Erin Brubacher created the collective Generous Friend under the governing principle, how things are made shapes what is made.* Generous Friend projects insist on a keen attention to process, engage with multidisciplinary forms, house intersections of culture and demographics, and making performance situations that create conversations that would not otherwise happen — putting people in rooms together who might not have the occasion to share space and place.The performance collective’s inaugural project was NOOR, a play written by Erum and directed by Erin, reimagining the relationship of 13th-century poet Rumi and his muse Shams through an urban contemporary, Canadian, queer context. The play evolved into a concert, live installation and performance experiment in a museum context, hosted by the Aga Khan Museum. Subsequent to NOOR, Generous Friend has sought to house border-crossing projects such as Offers & Answers: A Field Guide for Creative Collaboration in Digital Spaces (in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University, Nightswimming Theatre, and Soulpepper Theatre), and Talk To Me (SummerWorks Lab). The collective has had a rotating roster of artists that have included: Liz Peterson, Toronto’s electronic music duo LAL, Anwar Khurshid, Veda Hille, and others.Generous Friend has been supported by The Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. * With thanks to our friend Cara Spooner for her collaboration in this articulation.   Homepage https://erumkhan.ca/Homepage Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:23:28 +0000 Erum Khan https://erumkhan.ca/Homepage