Somalian-Canadian Fatuma Adar opens new Toronto-set musical about her family’s immigration experience

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Fatuma Adar’s Dixon Road is coming to Canadian Stage’s Dream in High Park theatre event this summer

on at the High Park Amphitheatre in Toronto from June 3-19, is a musical journey of family, diaspora and searching for a new sense of home.

Adar spoke to The Globe and Mail about her experience growing up in Dixon Road, her show’s unique musical stylings and the diasporic dilemma of following your own dreams, or that of your parents.My dad came to Dixon in ‘88, and he was with the first group of people to settle there and they started creating their whole communities. always thought it’s such a beautiful, joyful, vibrant place, which is such a stark difference from what’s been represented in the media.

It was always a joyful, communal ground where I knew I was going to see a bunch of Somali people sitting outside with freezies while the aunties talk to each other, while the uncles have coffee and talk politics. It’s such a different experience that I had compared to what other people know the neighbourhood to be like.How is the story of Dixon Road linked to you and your own family?

 

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