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MT Space kicks off a I Bou-Matar. born and raised in tour of the play in Edmonton next 1 Lebanon but who has called week. 1 Waterloo home since 2004. is artis- CBC Radio critic and theatre . tic director of Waterloo Region's blogger Lynn Slotkin. who also } MT Space. a unique inter-cultural included the MT Space work on 1 theatre collective that spent the her Best of 2011 list. said her law 1 last two years wowing audiences in dropped when she saw the play. 1 the Middle East and hosting the “The imagination involved in ' v sold out IMPACT theatre 'l‘estival. this work was astonishing,‘ she I But his new work is also catching said. “Sogoodwasitthatlwiilseek M'l'SpaceAnistlc Director whimmmommmmdmuaismmm 1 the eye of theatre critics in Toron- out MT Space whenever and wher- for the play that has readied the top oftheatre am last year. ‘ I to. everlcanpossiblyfindthem." m"”""m""°""'°mm ‘ , The Last ’5 5“?"315- an MT h was high praisefor Mantrand Toronto. 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