MODO-LIVE Presents Shane Koyczan w/ Special Guests

MODO-LIVE Presents

Shane Koyczan w/ Special Guests

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Paradise Theatre

Toronto, ON
 

Doors: 7:00pm

Show: 8:00pm

About Shane Koyczan 

There are some artists who happen to be in the right place at the right time... that
moment when the door is still slightly open and there’s just enough space to sneak
through.
Then there are those artists who find themselves standing in front of a closed door, but
instead of waiting for it to open they kick it in to go through. In the rise of Spoken Word’s
popularity, that open door cannot be discussed without saying the name Shane Koyczan.
In 2010, the world caught a glimpse of Koyczan’s prodigious talent with his presentation
at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. This stand-out
performance helped shine a light on this street poet from Vancouver’s downtown east
side.
Shane had been an artist, inches away from living on the street, who even in those
troubled times was putting out work like To This Day, a video that’s garnered 24 million
views and is used worldwide in classrooms as a teaching tool, as well in speech and
forensic competitions. His second book, Stickboy, was adapted into an opera by
Vancouver Opera. His voice has been sought after by luminaries like George Miller, who
worked with Shane on Mad Max: Fury Road. Koyczan also created the piece, Shoulders,
which he toured with David Suzuki as part of The Blue Dot Tour, a movement to enshrine
environmental rights in the constitution.
Shane has been a collaborator with artists such as Ani DiFranco, Dan Mangan, Tanya Tagaq, and others.