Broadleaf Creative makes fun, accessible, and contemporary artworks and performances about little-known and urgent topics.
Founded in 2014, Broadleaf Creative (formerly Broadleaf Theatre) creates multidisciplinary art works, films and performance based on local, national and global issues, making little-known topics entertaining and accessible. We also offer dramaturgy and artistic consultation for socially engaged artists and projects.
Our upcoming group of projects entitled Benevolence document the spirit, legacy and stories of the Hakka Chinese (guest families) in Canada. The Benevolence projects includes a theatre project supported by Tarragon Theatre, a documentary created and screened with the Reel Asian International Film Festival, and an upcoming museum installation Benevolence Hall, produced with Why Not Theatre premiering at the Market Gallery in Toronto’s historic St. Lawrence Market, May 16 - August 4, 2024.
Our on-going work, The Chemical Valley Project, documents the vital work of Indigenous Water Protectors and Land Defenders Vanessa Gray and Beze Gray for their community Aamjiwnaang First Nation. The project has toured to Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Germany.
Broadleaf Creative is led by Artistic Director Kevin Matthew Wong.
Benevolence Hall
Benevolence Hall is a free community space that invites visitors to reflect on their journeys and relationships to Canada, through the lens of the Hakka (客家 / guest families). This immersive installation includes a reading room, a short documentary film, and a custom video installation “Moon Gate,” created for Toronto’s Market Gallery.
Opens May 18 - August 4, 2024.
All welcome.
Inside of the “Moon Gate” installation at Benevolence Hall. Photo by Mary Anderson.
Creative Team
Benevolence Hall
Created by Kevin Matthew Wong
Presented by Toronto History Museums
Produced by Broadleaf Creative with Why Not Theatre
Lead Artist, Concept, Production Design -
Kevin Matthew Wong
Composer, Sound Design - Mandy Woo
Video Associate, Editor - Noel Pendawa
Production Manager - Crystal Lee
Exhibition Photography - Mary Anderson
Partners
Production History
Kevin Matthew Wong in The Chemical Valley Project, photo by Dahlia Katz.
BENEVOLENCE (2023 - PRESENT)
Benevolence HALL ( 2024)
What you Won’t Do For Love (2020 - 2022)
THE CHEMICAL VALLEY PROJECT (2017 - present)
CLIMATE FUTURES EXCHANGE (2020)
Bite-Sized (2017)
Climate Change Theatre Action (2017)
The Broadleaf Plays (2016)
Inquiries
For touring and media inquiries please contact Kevin at wongkevinmatthew@gmail.com
Banner video by Kevin Matthew Wong.
Theatre Photos by Dahlia Katz.