Messiah with a new Handle

December 27, 2020 7:05 PM

Messiah/Complex..... is a "daring new interpretation of Handel’s Messiah, a truly cross-Canada performance — in Arabic, Dene, English, French, Inuktitut, and Southern Tutchone, and accompanied by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra." Streaming free from now until Jan. 7th. (Trailer). In collaboration with Against The Grain Theatre.
posted by storybored (3 comments total)

I want to watch and donate. Is it better to donate via ticketleap (with which I am signing up to view the livestream) or to donate on the Against The Grain Theatre page - in other words will the donation that is shared with ATGT the same either way? How can I find this out?
posted by seawallrunner at 8:11 PM on December 27, 2020

This was lovely - thank you!
posted by leslies at 4:29 PM on December 28, 2020

Based on some cursory investigation, Ticketleap collects $1 + 2% for themselves and 3% for card processing fees. AtG's general donation page uses CanadaHelps, which charges 4% that includes the card processing fees.

That seems to make it a no brainer to choose the direct donation, but CanadaHelps does event ticket thing too, and AtG has chosen not to use them for this and I can't guess why, so... unclear how to factor that in. I'd go with the direct donation based on having had positive experience with CanadaHelps in the past.
posted by bcd at 5:39 PM on December 28, 2020 [1 favorite]