What You Won’t Do for Love

Experience a special evening with internationally – renowned environmentalists David Suzuki and Tara Cullis in What You Won’t Do for Love, a unique and intimate theatre experience that asks whether the love we have for each other can inspire us to take action for the planet. Actors and real-life couple Miriam Fernandes and Sturla Alvsvaag navigate a poetic and playful dialogue on stage with David and Tara, who have been a couple for 5 decades. Through honest reflection and lively conversation, David and Tara share powerful insights and captivating stories garnered over a lifetime of environmental activism and the deep bond of their partnership.

Directed by Why Not Theatre Founder and Co-Artistic Director Ravi Jain with Associate Director Miriam Fernandes and dramaturgy by Broadleaf Creative Artistic Director Kevin Matthew Wong, What You Won’t Do for Love asks us to consider love’s capacity to inspire action and propel us all towards a healthier, sustainable planet.

“A deeply personal, totally enchanting love story. David and Tara take us on a magical journey into the heart of commitment – to one another, to family, to community, to justice and to the planet. A testament to hope.”

– Maude Barlow (Author and activist, founding member of the Council of Canadians, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project.)

“Warm, wise and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder of how blessed we are to be in the struggle with elders like David and Tara.”

– Naomi Klein (author, journalist, social activist, and filmmaker) and Avi Lewis (filmmaker, climate activist, educator)