Speaker, actor, producer and writer extraordinaire Stuart Knight is scheduled to return to Toronto with his controversial new show, Shift, running from June 7 to 21, 2007 at The Theatre Centre in Toronto.

Shift is based on the idea that who we say we are is not, in fact, who we are. In the course of the 90-minute show, Knight takes the audience on an exploration of personal identity, challenging our assumptions about who we believe ourselves to be, while keeping the audience laughing throughout. Knight believes that it is time to rethink the way we live our lives, and Shift is the vehicle he is using to spread the word.

“Our society teaches people to bottle everything up and keep your problems to yourself,” said Knight. “It’s not healthy! I like to think of my show as therapy for people who are afraid of therapy.”

Shift is not strictly a play, and not strictly a musical. The show features song, sketches, film, beatboxing and slam poetry and deals with issues ranging from marriage, friendship and work to death, sex and religion.

“People have told me that after seeing my show, they’ve left their marriage, quit their job, quit school, gone back to school,” said Knight. “I want people to think about where they are in their lives, how they got there, and if they’re really where they want to be.”

Stuart Knight is an “out of the box” renegade entrepreneur, a true motivator who embraces any opportunity to change the world. Through his production company, KnightFlight Productions – which he started shortly after graduating from the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University – Knight has produced his previous shows, A Whole New Perspective and its follow-up, I DECIDE. His shows have been seen by over half a million people across North America.

Knight has also produced his life-changing workshop, The Art of Conversation, where he gives people the tools to have conversations they never imagined they could have. He is currently writing a book on the Art of Conversation that will be targeted to a youth audience. Knight’s self-titled CD, Stuart Knight – It’s Been Decided, is an urban conglomeration of slam poems, songs and sketches that are meant to inspire audiences and take them on a journey toward their dreams.

Knight is also the originator of the Friendship Slut Movement, an initiative to help men and women from the GTA meet up and connect with other like-minded individuals. Friendship Sluts wear t-shirts as beacons to other Friendship Sluts. There are also regular Friendship Slut events for people to meet, mingle and party.

His most recent endeavor is a weekly video broadcast entitled The Madness of My Mind, which is distributed to subscribers from around the world at StuartKnight.com.

In the past seven years, Knight has traveled across North America sharing his positive message with all age groups and ethnicities. To date, he has spoken to over half a million people, and has toured Canada three times in his National Discover What's Inside You Tour with Coca Cola.

Knight's accomplishments were recently acknowledged by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, where he won the National Young Entrepreneurs Award for Community Leadership. Since that time, he has keynoted many conferences, and has spoken to many corporate clients across Canada, sharing the stage with such notables as Pamela Wallin, Mike Harris, Brian Tobin, Kurt Harnett and Stephen Lewis.

Shift
June 7–21, 2007
The Theatre Centre,
1087 Queen Street West
Doors open: 7:30pm, performance: 8pm
Tickets $37

Tickets for Shift are available online at
www.stuartknight.com/tickets or by phoning 416.703.9696

For more information on Stuart Knight and Shift,
please visit: www.stuartknight.com

For more information on the Friendship Slut Movement, please visit: www.friendshipslut.com