LuminoCity
Welcome to LuminoCity, a Luminato Festival podcast. LuminoCity enhances your festival experience in surprising ways with artist interviews, live-from-location coverage with rich audio description, behind-the-scenes content, and deep dives into festival themes and experiences. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
Music by Ty Simon.
Episodes
111 episodes
521: You're All in the Band
Hundreds of students. 45 minutes. One stage transformed into a musical playground of ukuleles, harps, cellos, turntables, melodicas, guitars, steel pans, and voices raised in collective, youthful joy. this isn't your typical music recital – it’...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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48:01
520: Rainbow Dreams, Part Two
One of LuminoCity’s describers, JJ Hunt, tags along with Ramya Amuthan as they explore, appreciate, goof off, and run around in a human hamster wheel. The Rainbow Dreams series of public installations in downtown Toronto are pitched as immersiv...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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44:54
519: Last Words: Talking in Cemeteries
In this episode, you’ll hear JJ Hunt’s vivid primer description for Last Words: Talking in Cemeteries, a unique show that features honest conversations about the taboo subject of death, all under nightfall in Toronto’s most historic cemeteries....
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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36:03
518: A Day at the Hub
In this episode, Ramya Amuthan and JJ Hunt share with Christine their experience of visiting the 2025 Luminato Hub at Harboufront Centre. They also share on-location audio of the events they visited, featuring JJ’s always excellent description....
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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30:17
517: Terceradix Luminarium
Like a cross between a womb and a cathedral, join JJ Hunt, Ramya Amuthan, and Christine Malec as they experience the one-of-a-kind installation, Terceradix Luminarium.More information on the Luminato Festival website:
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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39:55
516: Immersed Debrief
LuminoCity hosts Christine Malec, Ramya Amuthan, J.J. Hunt and technical producer Jacob Shymanski were all in attendance on June 7th for Immersed by Justin Gray. The show was an album release like none other, featuring a top-of-the-line and one...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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35:35
515: THAW
A colossal block of ice hangs suspended above Sankofa Square. On it, a solitary figure fights against time and heat, scrambling to protect what's already melting away. As sunset approaches, what will be left? LuminoCity's J.J. Hunt ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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51:59
514: Night/Shifts
When the city sleeps, Toronto comes alive in unexpected ways. Award-winning photographer Nadya Kwandibens captures the hidden world of the people who keep our city running through the night - transit workers, healthcare staff, entertainers, and...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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50:10
513: Rainbow Dreams, Part One
What does a Rainbow sound like? Sonifications can help us with that question. Christine Malec interviews the creator of the Rainbow Dreams installations displayed in Downtown Toronto.Music by Ty Simon.
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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34:47
512: Celebrating Women: Curator Heidi Reitmaier Discusses Making History and Getting to Know The 52 Live
Rebecca Singh connects with Heidi Reitmaier, curator at the Museum of Toronto, to discuss the fascinating show taking place at the usually closed to the public, but beautiful Toronto City Archives. It’s opening its doors for The 52 Live. <...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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50:07
511: Immersed Pre-Show Primer
LuminoCity’s Christine Malec and JJ Hunt combine in this episode to provide a primer for Immersed by Justin Gray. First, JJ gives us a detailed description of the many non-western instruments found in Justin’s compositions, then, {12:25}, Chris...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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48:03
510: Dandyism
In this episode, Rebecca Singh learns about the fascinating history behind Dandyism with Theodore Walker Robinson, who himself is a dandyism connoisseur. Flamboyant, defiant, and timelessly cool - dandyism transformed resistance int...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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41:07
509: LuminoCity Sits Down with Larnell Lewis to Catch A Glimpse of Quincy
Rebecca Singh sits down with award winning and prolific musician Larnell Lewis. He shares his inspirations and experiences that have led him to his upcoming show, “A Glimpse of Quincy”. The show features world class musicians along with Larnell...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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41:07
508: An Oak Tree
Is theatre supposed to be believable? Playwright and actor Tim Crouch fearlessly tackles that question in what some describe as his “experimental storytelling”. LuminoCity host, Ramya Amuthan, sat down with Tim to better understand his un...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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30:57
507: Nigamon/Tunai
Rebecca Singh sits down with the artists behind the instillation performance, Nigamon/Tunai, which is featuring at this year’s Luminato Festival. Nigamon/Tunai Is described as an act of solidarity and a poetic manifesto against extractivism, la...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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35:51
506: Where Do Stories Come From?
In a quest to better understand the origins of stories, Rebecca Singh connects with her mother, Josefine, to look back at the folk tales of her home country, Germany.Music by Ty Simon.
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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31:21
505: What the Day Owes to the Night
How can someone who’s blind or low vision come to appreciate dance? It’s a complicated question but the panel Christine Malec assembled for this episode to tackle it is well equipped to answer it. We have professional dancers, a ballet expert, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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51:01
504: Tapping into Hans Christian Andersen: An interview with Rick Miller, co-creator of HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales
Luminocity’s Rebecca Singh sits down with award winning writer, director and performer, Rick Miller. He’s also a co-writer of HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales, a performance featured at this year’s Luminato Festival that celebrates the ongoing infl...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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31:25
503: Red Like Fruit: Interview with Director Christian Barry
In Red Like Fruit, Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch crafts a gripping, provocative new work that unpacks power, memory, and complicity in the post-#MeToo era.Rebecca Singh sits down with Christian Barry, the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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27:30
502: Queen of the Night Communion: The Value of Venue
How often do you question the link between a performance and the venue in which it's taking place? Christine Malec, JJ Hunt, and Ramya Amuthan break down the undeniable importance of venue. To illustrate their point, throughout the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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43:49
501: Welcome to Luminato 2025
The same podcast you know and love is back as LuminoCity! In the first episode of season 5, Rebecca Singh leads the hosts in a reflection of land acknowledgements and what they mean to them, followed by an interview with Luminato Festival’s new...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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38:00
427: The R.A.V.E. Experience
One of the most intriguing, high-energy performances in Toronto’s early summer season was R.A.V.E., produced by Outside the March in association with Luminato Festival Toronto. As an immersive, participatory experience merging narrative and dan...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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48:39
426: SPACED Audio Tour
This year Luminato is heading underground with a series of murals, paintings, and photographs adorning the walls of Toronto subway stations. SPACED, curated by Branded Purple, celebrates the notion that art can be found in every corner of our l...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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58:28
425: LIVE at 360 ALLSTARS
Radio Lumi goes back on location to David Pecaut square for an amazing display of acrobatic skill and circus swagger with the internationally acclaimed 360 Allstars. To help describe the troupe’s outrageous BMX, breakdancing, and basketball tri...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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48:20
424: LIVE at I Am From Reykjavik with Sonia Hughes
In I Am From Reykjavik, artist Sonia Hughes invites us to forge meaningful connections in unexpected places, and examine our relationship with time and space, by building and dismantling a small home in public places. To capture the da...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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46:32