Author
Nikita Chigoho
Nikita is a writer and creative based in Montreal. He experience in facilitator and community work has led her to launch Blackout productions, where she organize events for BIPOC creatives around the city. A member of the Quebec Writers Foundation, she has been featured in the Pit Periodical and other publications.
Articles by Nikita Chigoho
Echoes in the Street: Dizzying Reverberance
Echoes in the Street attempts to weave together a history of student protests in Montréal, beginning with an all-too-brief history of the student protests of 2012.
Smashing the status quo: A conversation under storm – Review of Monga
This Brazilian show is a dialectic and dialogic exploration between both audience and performer. It begs to discuss communally how accessibility can serve as a motor for creativity.
História do Olho: Be a freak like me.
The inspiration from Bataille becomes evident in the execution of the play. The boundaries between audience and actor, between profane and sacred, between good and bad taste; they all dissolve.
Tango Entre Hombres: Efficient Excellence
We leave the theater feeling like we witnessed an intimate embrace and a brief view of what true freedom could be.
Snow White: GirlBoss Interrupted
The show description promises a "brave Snow White that does not wait for rescue" but struggles to prove it. The show was stuck between referencing the fairytale’s Disney adaptation and updating the source material by inserting empowering girlboss elements.
Seeker: Storm in a teacup
The play works as a piece of entertainment but it struggles to engage the importance of memory in a larger sense to the point where the whole story feels conspiratorial.