What Brings You In

By Leslie Ting Productions

 

Saturday, January 10 2026

8PM | Doors 7:30PM

 

Sunday, January 11 2026

***MASKED EVENT***

2PM | Doors 1:30PM

 

CSpace Theatre

1721 29 Ave SW

 

Tickets: $45 | $30 | $20

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PLEASE NOTE: The performance on Sunday, January 11th is a masked event, with the goal of supporting access for our immunocompromised community members. We request that all ticket-holders please wear a KN95 mask.  Performers will not be masked.  We will provide some masks at the event in case you forget yours!  

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What Brings You In is a different kind of concert. Violinist Leslie Ting invites you into an intimate performance exploring parallel relationships to her instrument, therapy, and the audience. She will try to play the perfect concert for you, but knows it’s not possible. What emerges instead is something more honest. Based on interview research and lived experiences of talk therapy, hypnotherapy, dreamwork, reiki, sandplay therapy, and somatics, What Brings You In is an exploration of when and where our truest selves emerge. Featuring 5 experimental new music compositions by Rose Bolton, Germaine Liu, Julia Mermelstein, Linda Catlin Smith and Leslie Ting. In this boundary-blurring experience, your listening is the transformative act.

 

“Vibrant [and] moving” — Peter Margasak, Best Contemporary Music on Bandcamp March 2024

 

“iconoclastic and inviting - 9/10” — Take Effect Reviews

 

“...a stasis of vulnerability & honesty, which we could all use a little more of in this moment…” —  Violet Tang, New Classical LA

 

“a unique and multilayered work” — Laura Nanni - Artistic Director Nuit Blanche Toronto

 

“With immersive sound design and an almost hypnotic energy, What Brings You In makes for an intriguing listening experience.”  — Haley Sarfeld, Kingston Theatre Alliance

 

 

Leslie Ting

With performances described as “breathtaking” (Onstage), and “eloquent” (Wholenote) artist and violinist Leslie Ting has been creating groundbreaking music-driven interdisciplinary performances since 2014. Leslie’s work combines her background as a classical musician with theatre, new media, and experience as a former practicing optometrist. Leslie Ting Productions (LTP) creates multimedia performances that explore new ways of engaging audiences in classical & new music.

Garnering multiple award nominations, Leslie’s first major production ‘Speculation’ (2014),  was presented by 7 festivals and theatre venues locally and internationally.

In 2025, Leslie was artist-in-residence at Eastern Front Theatre (Dartmouth, NS), MITU580 (NYC), and the Durham Art Gallery (ON). Collaborations have included Diane Borsato at the National Arts Centre SPHERE Festival (Ottawa), experimental publication Caddisfly Project (NYC), and Race Cards (in Two Acts), a co-production by Prime Mover Theatre Company and Selina Thompson LTD (UK).  Leslie currently leads an arts practice research project called Anchoring Accessibility and is a mentor for Why Not Theatre’s ThisGen Fellowship. 

 

Creative Team

Concept, Artistic Director, Producer, Performer (Violin and Host) - Leslie Ting

Performer (Percussion) - Germaine Liu

Composers - Linda Catlin Smith, Rose Bolton, Julia Mermelstein, Germaine Liu, Leslie Ting

Sound Designer and Electronics - Matt Smith

Blind and Disability Dramaturg - Jessica Watkin

Outside Eye and Dramaturgical Consultant - Lisa Cox

Lighting Designer - Theodore Belc

Producer - Laura Philipps

Production Manager - Erik Richards

Stage Manager - Sara Constant

 

Funders

Canada Council for the Arts

Ontario Arts Council

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund

Developed with support from Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the Buzz In-Development Series

Developed and presented as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER collaborative producing model