World Premiere - Hello Sunshine! at Summerworks 2026
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Sara Porter Productions is pleased to announce the world premiere of Hello Sunshine!
SummerWorks Performance Festival
The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St West, Toronto
Thursday, August 13th - 6pm
Friday, August 14th - 9pm
Saturday, August 15th - 9pm
PURCHASE TICKETS - https://summerworks.thundertix.com/events/263110
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Celebrated for her playful, irreverent and virtuosic performance, Sara Porter brings the third of her memoir-based solos to the SummerWorks Performance Festival. This one-woman “more than a musical” and multidisciplinary dance is about her experience living with acute sun allergy— and the social, personal, and logistical challenges of negotiating invisible disability.
"Sara Porter is an unforgettable being onstage."
- Blue Ceiling dance blog
“Outrageously funny and brutally vulnerable.”
- Scott Charles / The Writer’s Block, San Francisco
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While living in Scotland, at the age of 27, Sara was diagnosed with Polymorphous Light Eruption (PMLE) an autoimmune condition that makes her acutely reactive to UV radiation. Developed through her travels to rainy Scotland, and 24-hour darkness in Northern Norway, Hello Sunshine! offers an absurdist account of inventive living set against a backdrop of pop songs about sunshine.
Created with the internationally renowned Blind artist Alex Bulmer as dramaturg, Hello Sunshine! is designed to be accessible to Blind audiences, through prepared audio description and a touch tour of the set.
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ACCESSIBILITY
August 13th performance offers closed audio description and a pre show touch tour of the set.
August 13th performance will be followed by a post-show Q&A.
CREDITS
Choreographer, Writer & Performer: Sara Porter
Creative Consultant: Katherine Duncanson
Video Designer & Choreographic Collaborator: Linnea Swan
Disability Dramaturge & Creative Collaborator: Alex Bulmer
Lighting Designer: Rebecca Picherack
Sound Designer: Stephen Joffe
Visual Art Contributor: Elaine Whittaker
Costume Consultant: Val Calam
Audio Describer: Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Co-Producer: Alex Jodi Verge
Technical Director: Franco Pang
Stage Manager: A.J. Morra
Assistant Stage Manager / Performer: Kathy Le
Accessibility Facilitator: Lorna Craig
Administrative Assistant: Cass Cabral Pucci
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INFORMATION AND TICKETS
PURCHASE TICKETS - https://summerworks.thundertix.com/events/263110
FESTIVAL INFO -
https://summerworks.ca/show/hello-sunshine/
MORE information on Sara Porter Productions -
https://www.saraporter.ca/
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Created with support by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, DAVVI Centre for the Performing Arts, The Registry Theatre Residency Program (Kitchener), the Lindy Green Family Foundation, and the KM Hunter Foundation.
SummerWorks Performance Festival
The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St West, Toronto
Thursday, August 13th - 6pm
Friday, August 14th - 9pm
Saturday, August 15th - 9pm
PURCHASE TICKETS - https://summerworks.thundertix.com/events/263110
___________________________________________________
Celebrated for her playful, irreverent and virtuosic performance, Sara Porter brings the third of her memoir-based solos to the SummerWorks Performance Festival. This one-woman “more than a musical” and multidisciplinary dance is about her experience living with acute sun allergy— and the social, personal, and logistical challenges of negotiating invisible disability.
"Sara Porter is an unforgettable being onstage."
- Blue Ceiling dance blog
“Outrageously funny and brutally vulnerable.”
- Scott Charles / The Writer’s Block, San Francisco
* * *
While living in Scotland, at the age of 27, Sara was diagnosed with Polymorphous Light Eruption (PMLE) an autoimmune condition that makes her acutely reactive to UV radiation. Developed through her travels to rainy Scotland, and 24-hour darkness in Northern Norway, Hello Sunshine! offers an absurdist account of inventive living set against a backdrop of pop songs about sunshine.
Created with the internationally renowned Blind artist Alex Bulmer as dramaturg, Hello Sunshine! is designed to be accessible to Blind audiences, through prepared audio description and a touch tour of the set.
___________________________________________________
ACCESSIBILITY
August 13th performance offers closed audio description and a pre show touch tour of the set.
August 13th performance will be followed by a post-show Q&A.
CREDITS
Choreographer, Writer & Performer: Sara Porter
Creative Consultant: Katherine Duncanson
Video Designer & Choreographic Collaborator: Linnea Swan
Disability Dramaturge & Creative Collaborator: Alex Bulmer
Lighting Designer: Rebecca Picherack
Sound Designer: Stephen Joffe
Visual Art Contributor: Elaine Whittaker
Costume Consultant: Val Calam
Audio Describer: Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Co-Producer: Alex Jodi Verge
Technical Director: Franco Pang
Stage Manager: A.J. Morra
Assistant Stage Manager / Performer: Kathy Le
Accessibility Facilitator: Lorna Craig
Administrative Assistant: Cass Cabral Pucci
___________________________________________________
INFORMATION AND TICKETS
PURCHASE TICKETS - https://summerworks.thundertix.com/events/263110
FESTIVAL INFO -
https://summerworks.ca/show/hello-sunshine/
MORE information on Sara Porter Productions -
https://www.saraporter.ca/
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Created with support by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, DAVVI Centre for the Performing Arts, The Registry Theatre Residency Program (Kitchener), the Lindy Green Family Foundation, and the KM Hunter Foundation.
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The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1J1, Canada
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