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Deborah Ellis's acclaimed young adult novel, The Heaven Shop, a story about the human impact of the AIDS pandemic in Africa, is being adapted into a play entitled Binti's Journey. It is the story of Binti Phiri, a 13-year-old African girl, who loses her home and family to AIDS. It is about her journey to her grandmother's village and her discovery of a deeper understanding of family and community.

Binti's Journey, directed by acclaimed poet ahdri zhina mandiela and adapted by Marcia Johnson, was commissioned and developed by Theatre Direct.

An artist working in visual arts, dance and theatre, Caroline Dubois collaborates with artists such as Julie Favreau, Bélinda Campbell and Silvy Panet-Raymond. Her work has been presented at Dare-Dare, Clark, Tangente, Theatre La Chapelle, La Vitrine (Paris), etc. Claudia Fancello is a choreographer, performer and teacher; she is currently working with Ame Henderson/Public Recordings (Manual For Incidence, /Dance/Songs/), Martin Bélanger (L'Ère des Ténèbres) and Katie Ewald (Praise, God bless). Writer, performer and director Jacob Wren has created En français comme en anglais, it's easy to criticize, Unrehearsed Beauty / Le Génie des autres and Families Are Formed Through Copulation within PME-ART, productions that had been seen in Québec, Canada, Europe, Asia & the USA.