ESHI

Presented by Fall for Dance North in association with Canada’s National Ballet school

AFROFUSION PROGRAM @ FFDN

Curated by our 2025 Artist-in-Residence Esie Mensah and Fall for Dance North, AFROFUSION: Signature Programme 1 opens the 2025 festival!

RANSACKING TROY

World premiere at Stratford Festival…

ZAYO

ZAYO is coming back to the stage - see the details from 2024!

TREEMONISHA

Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha: A Musical Reimagining…

CAROLINE OR CHANGE

Musical Stage + Obsidian Theatre, A Celebration of…

TOOK ME FROM MY ROOTS

Holts Renfrew partnered with R.I.S.E. for Black History Month…

CBC: The Move

Esie Mensah is answering the call of her ancestors…

SERVING ELIZABETH

Written by Marcia Johnson, presented by Theatre Aquarius…

SHADES

Esie Mensah Creations 2 time dora-nominated production…

Victory

Shaw Festival in 2019, Movement Director - Esie Mensah

The Russian Play

Shaw Festival in 2019, Esie was Movement Director…

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM

Produced by Soulpepper Theatre

1837: Farmers’ Revolt

Presented at Shaw Festival

21 BLACK FUTURES: CAVITIES

CBC Arts, Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

ZAYO

Esie Mensah Creations Original Production

Dixon Road

The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre Company

MAPLE LEAFS HALF TIME SHOW

Esie’s company Black Stars performed for Black History Month

(INNER) Beings Ballet Kelowna

Piece presented at Ballet Kelowna’s Reflections program…

THE CALL

Commissioned by Canada’s National Ballet, presented at Assemblee…