S2E3 - Episode 3 - Makram Ayache of In Arms Theatre Company and The Mena Collective, in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Factory Theatre’s “The Green Line”

Well hello there! Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I am so happy to get to have Makram Ayache on the show today. He's chatting with me today about his new show "The Green Line" which is on right now at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, as well as his Dora Award Winning "A Witch in Algiers" and much more.

Makram Ayache is a Governor General Literary Award Finalist and Dora award-winning playwright, performer, director, and producer based in Toronto. His playwriting explores representations of queer Arab voices and aims to bridge political struggles to the intimate experiences of the people impacted by them. Ayache was selected as one of six breakthrough artists in Toronto in the Toronto Star in 2023. His play, "The Hooves Belonged to the Deer" was selected as one of 10 best productions in Ontario in 2023 by the Globe and Mail and won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for “Outstanding Independent Production” in Edmonton in 2023. Previously, His Governor General nominated play "The Green Line" (Downstage and Chromatic Theatre) garnered four Betty Mitchell Award Nominations, winning two including "Outstanding New Play." Most recently, Ayache has written an adaption of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" titled "A Witch in Algiers" (Shakespeare in the Ruff)m which garnered the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2025. Alongside writing, Ayache directs, most recently directing the development showcase of "Small Gods the Musical” with Theatre Sheridan and Factory Theatre.

Photo by Shane D'Costa.

You can find Makram online at: https://www.makramayache.com/
And on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/m_makram90/

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