HISTORY

PEEK FEST 2025

ADMINISTRATIVE COHORT

Hayley Fulford
Thomas Moore
Victoria Association of Mask and Puppetry (VAMP)

PERFORMANCE LAB

Alynne Sinnema & Zane Allison

DANCE INCUBATOR

Dyana Sonik-Henderson
Veronique Emmett

ELEVATORS

Hannah Mariko Bell
Corina Fischer
Luka Garvin
Emily MacFarlane

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Embrace Arts Foundation
Electric Theatre Company
Plastic Orchid Factory
Kyle & Marlys Loven
Laurel Green & Milton Lim

PRESENTATION SERIES

SmartSmart by Adrienne Wong
assess.masses by Patrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim
Test Kitchen: Joy Cuisine by Impulse Theatre

MENTORS

Dance Incubator / Administrative Cohort - Andrew Barrett
Elevators - Tiffany Tjosvold, Tom Arthur Davis and Adrienne Wong
Performance Lab - The WonderHeads

WORKSHOP SERIES

Designing Cooperative Play for The Gameful Revolution with Laurel Green and Milton Lim
Feeling, Seeing, and Adjusting: Using Memory as a Tool for Composition with James Gnam and Natalie LeFebvre Gnam
Functioning Dialogue: Techniques and Strategies to Boost Dramatic Writing with Kevin Kerr
Making Immersive Theatre from Personal Stories with Kyle Loven

GATHERINGS

Community Gaherings with Andrew Barrett & Administrative Cohort Members
Dance Community Gathering with Dyana Sonik-Henderson and Veronique Emmett

PEEK FEST 2024

DANCE INCUBATOR

Dyana Sonik-Henderson
Kiera Shaw
Sarah Rose

ELEVATORS

Hannah Mariko Bell
Corina Fischer
Luka Garvin
Eevan Hocking

PERFORMANCE LAB

Julian Legere / Cocksure Productions
Cheyenne Scott

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Embrace Arts Foundation
Kerri Flannigan
Robin Love
Melissa Taylor
Impulse Theatre
Adrienne Wong

ADMINISTRATIVE COHORT

Amber Downie-Back
COWBOY
Plastik Chaskilla

PEEK SHOW #17 PARTICIPANTS:

Jane Bee - Becoming Invisible
Anna Bigland-Pritchard and Véronique Emmett - Seasonal Shift
Burger & Briggs - The Two Body Problem
Paige Louter - Nod
Emmett MacMillen - Iridaceae
Pedro M. Siqueira - Antxón Saves the Show
Tricoz (Treecoz) Productions - Reckoning
August Winter - River Bed

WORKSHOP SERIES

What's in the Room? with Maiko Yamamoto
Research Methodologies and Performance with Kerri Flannigan
Devising Participatory Theatre with Adrienne Wong
Gender-Affirming Voice: You Already Have What You Need with Robin Love

GATHERINGS

Peek Fest Community Meals with Andrew Barrett & Administrative Cohort Members
Dance Community Gathering with Amber Downie-Back & Kiera Shaw

MENTORS

Dance Incubator / Administrative Cohort - Andrew Barrett
Elevators - Tiffany Tjosvold
Performance Lab - Adrienne Wong

PEEK FEST 2023

DANCE INCUBATOR
Sarah Hin Ching U

ELEVATORS

Adam Irwin-Gunn's Galaxy of Moons
Claire Bruce's Jump Around

PERFORMANCE LAB
Lee Ingram

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Amber Downie-Back & Sierra Megas
Impulse Theatre
Pam Tzeng
Pandemic Theatre

PEEK SHOW #15
PARTICIPANTS:

Alex del Angel - Body Knows
Isabella Derilo - Scrambled Eggs
Molly Jamin - The Dog Child
Sophia Radford - Famous Last Words
Secret Shark Collective - Game:Play
Kiera Shaw - Untitled
timetheft theatre - Carving Knife
Ciarán Volke - sibling

WORKSHOP SERIES

being, sensing, holding choice with Pam Tzeng
Bringing Care into Your Practice with Regan Shrumm
Indie Producing 101 with Tom Arthur Davis
Introduction to AI Digital Dance Creation with Sarah Ching Hin U

MENTORS

Dance Incubator Andrew Barrett
Elevators Tiffany Tjosvold
Performance Lab Pam Tzeng

PEEK FEST 2022

DANCE INCUBATOR
Amber Downie-Back's'on the nature of...'

ELEVATORS

Green Violet Productions' Isabella Blue and the Legend of the Rowan Witch
Luka Garvin's Colours of Restricted Access
Noelle Theobald's Snapshot

PERFORMANCE LAB

Sierra Megas' beach studies
Hilary Ho's The Beckoning

WEE PEEKS RESIDENCY

Erica Petty's Sound Garden
Nicole & Geoff Malcolm's Untitled Fairy Tales & Complementary Creation Workshop*

PEEK SHOW #13
PARTICIPANTS:

COWBOY - Hair Funeral
El Newell - Our Lady, Star of the Sea
Holly M. Brinkman - My Body of Work
Kerri Flannigan - Wild Flame
Lee Ingram - Crawling to the Other Side of Centre
Miriam Dumitra - How to Be a Man (for eight hours a day)
Tiffany Hannan - A Voyage / A Destination
Trick Pony Theatre - Nana

WORKSHOP SERIES

Set Design with Shizuka Kai
Interdisciplinary Creation & Collaboration with Amber Downie-Back and Angus Gaffney
Creative Administration with Nicole Malcolm

CONVERSATION SERIES guest curator Kayleigh Sandomirsky

Playwrighting Support Kayleigh Sandomirsky and Davey Samuel Calderon.
Conversation: Arts Marketing 101 Kayleigh Sandomirsky and Linda Pitt

MENTORS

Dance Incubator & Performance Lab Andrew Barett
Elevators Tiffany Tjosvold
*Wee Peeks Story Theatre

PEEK FEST 2021

DANCE INCUBATOR
Noble Riot Dance Theatre (Kayla Henry and Finley Rose)'s Luminaries

ELEVATORS

Joanne Cuffe's 47 Steps
Claire Bruce's Joy and All It’s Friends
Regan Shrumm's 50 Shades of Grief: A Neurotic Erotica

PEEK FEST RESIDENCY

Sophie Underwood (Victoria, BC)'s In Motion
Colette Habel (Vancouver, BC)'s Sensitive Content
Ryan Wilcox (Halifax, NS)'s i think i loved you (and it scares me)

PEEK SHOW #11 DIGITIZED
PARTICIPANTS:

Claire Bruce - Joy and All It’s Friends
Joanne Cuffe - 47 Steps
June Yeo - C
Regan Shrumm - 50 Shades of Grief: A Neurotic Erotica
Sarah Shepherd - Modern Narcissus
Veronique Emmett - Untitled

WORKSHOP SERIES

The Ins and Outs of a Successful Application with Kayleigh Sandomirsky
Movement For All Bodies with Tiffany Tjosvold
Exploring Accessibility In Movement Practices with Tiffany Tjosvold
The Performing Body with Alex Thompson
SYNCHRONICITY: seeking happy accidents in performance creation with Stewart Legere

MENTORS

Dance Incubator Andrew Barrett
Elevators Tiffany Tjosvold
Peek Fest Residency Stewart Legere

PEEK FEST 2020

ELEVATORS PROGRAM

Rachael Buchanan
Luka Garvin
Adam Irwin-Gunn
Andrew Jones
Janelle Resendes

PEEK FEST RESDIENCY

happy/accidents (Vancouver, BC)'s a place once called home
Howard Dai (Vancouver, BC)'s The Rex Project
FromTheCorner Productions (Vancouver, BC)'s Selective Memory

CONVERSATION SERIES

Elaf Alkanzy
Angele Galea
Erica McCalman
Fuyuko Mezawa
Rosette Nteyafas

PEEK SHOW #9
PARTICIPANTS:

Collectivus Theatre - Tomorrow’s Day
Corina Fischer - The Wilds Within
Jared Middleton - Work from Home
Melissa Taylor - The Hunter
Over the Moon Puppet Company - What's Cooking?
Sarah U - Puzzle
SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles - Kepler
Veronique Emmett - Holding True

WEE PEEKS: A VARIETY SHOW FOR WEE ONES
PARTICIPANTS:

Arthi Chandra & Bella Halladay's Arthi & Bella's Musical Storytime Adventure
Julia Siedlanowska & Kanon Hewitt's Sen・Nemuri
SNAFU (Ingrid Hansen & Kathleen Greenfield)'s NumNums

WORKSHOP SERIES

Sound Design 101 with Carolyn Moon
QLab for Artists with Carolyn Moon
Using Digital Tools To Tell Stories with Adrienne Wong
Movement for Camera with Sophia Wolfe

MENTORS
Peek Fest Residency Adrienne Wong

GUEST CURATORS

Conversation Series Heather Lindsay
Wee Peeks Jess Amy Shead

PEEK FEST 2019

PEEK FEST RESIDENCY

Embrace Arts (Victoria, BC)'s S_ _ _Pace
Re:Current Theatre (Vancouver & Toronto, BC)'s 100 bad plays about the environment and one red balloon
SNAFU (Victoria, BC)'s SNAFU Shorts: Epidermis Circus and Today you, Tomorrow me

VISUAL ARTS GALLERY
States of Play curated by Laura Gildner featuring:

Laura Dutton - Untitled Light Piece
Laura Gildner - Siamese Dreams
Bronwyn von Niessen - Brazilian Ju Jitsu Drawings

PEEK SHOW #7
PARTICIPANTS:

Bluejaye Productions - Old World New
Collectivus Theatre - Fossils
common particles theatre projects - the yet untitled romeo and juliet project
Company Vivo - Section 2. Pg. 3 What Remains of Chelsea Jane
Devon Sereda Goldie - Enemy Aliens
Impulse Theatre - Jitterations
Sophie Underwood - Milton's Mystical Moment*

*performance installation at the Closing Reception

WORKSHOP SERIES
360 Producing with Clayton Baraniuk
Dance/Theatre with Andrew Barrett
Taxes for Arts Workers with Jen Braem
Devising Theatrical Performance with Ingrid Hansen

MENTOR
Peek Fest Residency Clayton Baraniuk