Ottawa 
Events Description
“A stunning multi-sensory experience… wonderfully considered, highlighting the beauty of the land, sounds, and how destruction can distort those sounds.”
Keira Brown (Snack Magazine)
What does it mean to listen when the earth itself is speaking?
Nigamon/Tunai is a powerful poetic manifesto by Émilie Monnet (Anishinaabe/French) and Waira Nina (Inga Nation, Colombian Amazon). This immersive performance invites you to sit on stage with the artists, surrounded by living trees, pools of water, and copper instruments that sing with flowing water.
At the heart of the work is a confrontation with the destruction of water and land in the Colombian Amazon caused by Canadian mining companies extracting copper—a mineral sacred to Anishinaabe culture. Using voice, breath, movement, and song in Spanish, French, English, Anishinaabemowin, and Inga, the artists create a ceremony that makes Indigenous resistance tangible.
The forest becomes a translator, revealing the voices of rocks, water, and trees; unveiling the urgent connections between Indigenous territories across the Americas.
★★★★★ The Scotsman: “A show that is both ritual and protest, a beautiful evocation, a viscerally disturbing wakeup call.”
Nigamon/Tunai received support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund and the Cole Foundation’s Intercultural Conversations program.
Co-presented with Zones Théâtrales.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $15.00 – $42.00
How to get tickets?
Phone: 1-844-985-2787 (ARTS)
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday September 10, 2025 to Saturday September 13, 2025
Wed. Sep 10, 2025 – Fri. Sep 12, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Sep 13, 2025 | 4:00 PM
90 minutes · No intermission
Venue & Address
Babs Asper Theatre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Canada
Wheelchair accessible
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
