NIGAMON/TUNAI

An immersive theatre experience 

By Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina 

Presented by Luminato Festival

Thursday, June 5 - Sunday, June 7
Ada Slaight Hall (Daniels Spectrum)

125 Minutes - 15 min water service

NIGAMON/TUNAI

An immersive theatre experience 

By Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina 

Presented by Luminato Festival

Thursday, June 5 - Sunday, June 7
Ada Slaight Hall (Daniels Spectrum)

1 hour 25 Minutes - 15 min water service

$45

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About The Show

A song, a breath, a call across continents. 

In Nigamon/Tunai, artists Émilie Monnet (Anishinaabe-French, Québec) and Waira Nina (Inga, Colombia) weave together sound, story, and ceremony in a powerful performance that bridges Indigenous worlds of the North and South. 

Both here and in Amazonian Colombia, the turtle is a sacred figure—one that holds the weight of the earth, carries the waters, and connects us to the stars. Through voice, movement, and immersive audio, Monnet and Nina explore the deep bonds between their communities, built over twelve years of friendship and resistance. 

Within an intimate space, audiences are surrounded by the resonant sounds of breath, song, and elemental rhythms. Deeply personal and profoundly political, Nigamon/Tunai is both an act of solidarity and a poetic manifesto against extractivism, land destruction, and displacement. 

This is an experience to be felt as much as heard—an invitation to listen to the water, to the land defenders and to each other.

*Seating options include floor cushions, benches, and traditional theatre seats.

 “a show that is both ritual and protest, a beautiful 90-minute evocation… a viscerally disturbing wakeup call”



The Scotsman

SUPPORTED BY:

About The Show

A song, a breath, a call across continents. 

 In Nigamon/Tunai, artists Émilie Monnet (Anishinaabe-French, Québec) and Waira Nina (Inga, Colombia) weave together sound, story, and ceremony in a powerful performance that bridges Indigenous worlds of the North and South.

 Both here and in Amazonian Colombia, the turtle is a sacred figure—one that holds the weight of the earth, carries the waters, and connects us to the stars. Through voice, movement, and immersive audio, Monnet and Nina explore the deep bonds between their communities, built over twelve years of friendship and resistance.

 Within an intimate space, audiences are surrounded by the resonant sounds of breath, song, and elemental rhythms. Deeply personal and profoundly political, Nigamon/Tunai is both an act of solidarity and a poetic manifesto against extractivism, land destruction, and displacement.

 This is an experience to be felt as much as heard—an invitation to listen to the water, to the land defenders and to each other.

 *Seating options include floor cushions, benches, and traditional theatre seats.