Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools

A dramatic meeting between two extraordinary artists, and between the northern and southern extremes of Canada. In the Inuktitut language, when a knife is dull, it is said to ‘have no face’. The word ‘kiinalik’ translates to mean the knife is sharp – or, ‘it has a face’. In Kiinalik, Evalyn Parry’s heartfelt personal anthems combine with Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s gripping uaajeerneq – a Greenlandic mask dance – to give voice to their intertwined histories, colonial legacies and the changing climate we all face.

Performed in English, Inuktitut and Kalaallisut (Greenlandic)

Edinburgh International Festival. This event takes place at The Studio, 22 Potterrow, Edinburgh, EH8 9BL