PEEk-SHOW #4
Carolyn moon - horizontal lines
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Horizontal Lines tells Carolyn's story and experience with her older brother's addiction to drugs, alcohol, and crime, while exploring her own mental illnesses through storytelling and projection. ARTIST PROFILE: Carolyn Moon is a local theatre technician, designer, and director. She has worked with various theatre companies, including Impulse Theatre, William Head on Stage, and Theatre SKAM. Two years ago, Carolyn co-wrote and directed The Quiet Environmentalist for the Victoria Fringe with SJ Valiquette. Carolyn has recently been working with Camosun College's Live Event and Audio Visual Technician Program. |
chasing grace productions - in salt
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Weaving together elements of the biblical stories of Samson and Delilah, the destruction of Sodom, and Jacob and Esau, "In Salt" explores incest, regret, blame, and the love between siblings. And there's a bathtub on stage. ARTIST PROFILE: Chase Hiebert, Anna Anderson, and Mary Van Den Bossche have been itching to collaborate throughout their education. Anna has worked as a performer, director, and stage manager with the Phoenix Theatre, Caravan Theatre, and in the Victoria Fringe. Mary has been seen on stage at the Phoenix Theatre and the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Chase’s writing has been produced by SATCo and Vino Buono. |
Common particles theatre projects - Behind closed doors
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Bathrooms are a space where we are our most vulnerable and often, the most ourselves. They can be place of discovery, a place of fear or trauma, and a place of goofy 2 AM snapchats. Behind Closed Doors unpacks what is often the only room with a locking door. COMPANY PROFILE: Victoria Simpson has been active in the Victoria Theatre community for the past few years, most notably as a founding member of Vino Buono as their marketing manager. She is a jack of all trades who has a love for collective creation, and interdisciplinary work. Victoria holds performance, directing, sound design, and graphic design credits with several local Victoria companies including Vino Buono, POV, Bragi Theatre, Patronus Theatre, Hawk Mom Productions, SATCo, and more. |
Company Vivo - Ducks in a row
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A place for everything and everything in it's place! COMPANY PROFILE: Victoria School of Contemporary Dance is one of the leading centers for contemporary dance training in Western Canada and offers a fresh, innovative and non-competitive atmosphere. We are an open-minded centre for movement innovation that celebrates the joy of dance in each and every one of us. |
Delaney tesch - floriography
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Floriography is a triptych of stories surrounding flowers, their meanings, and their influence on our lives. Through movement, dialogue, and plant based existential pondering, this piece explores the language of symbolism, the symbolism of language, and our fractured understanding of visual communication. ARTIST PROFILE: Delaney Tesch is a queer visual artist and designer based in Victoria BC, who specializes in concept creation and production design. She is a graduate of UVic's Theatre Design Program, the designer-in-residence for local company Vino Buono, and recently participated in the Banff Centre's "Designing for Dance" program. Her most recent work, open face beholding, was produced for Intrepid Theatre’s YOUshow Series, and explores the ideas of ritual, religious imagery, and liminal space. |
embrace arts foundation - bloom
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Embrace Arts Foundation is sharing an excerpt from the first phases of exploration in their new mixed ability dance/ physical theatre production Bloom. It is a magic realism story that explores the role of community in mental health. COMPANY PROFILE: Embrace Arts Foundation is an organization devoted to creating meaningful artistic opportunities for all abilities. Our focus in the last year since incorporating as a non-profit has been providing accessible dance training to artists of all ages. |
emma leck - original sin
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A family of three stands before you, asking for your forgiveness. Together they piece together the details of their past, attempting to unearth the truth behind a singular tragic event. Memory is faulty, blame is hard to pin, and the stranglehold of old ideas seeps through every interaction. This is their story. ARTIST PROFILE: Emma Leck is a writing and theatre student at the University of Victoria. Previous plays include 'Just Like That,' 'Drops in a Broken Fountain' (SATCo), and 'How to Want' (Vino Buono). Her play 'The Speed of Falling' was workshopped in a previous Peek Show and is now published in This Side of West. 'Drops in a Broken Fountain' won the Winnipeg Fringe New Play Contest and will be produced this summer in the Winnipeg Fringe. |
JANIS LA COUVéE - PIVOT
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Life is NOT a straight line. Part solo storytelling, part poem, part tarot reading, PIVOT seeks to explore the life moments when personal paths shift. Think Robert Frost's poem "Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening". How many of these moments are unique? How many--universal? ARTIST PROFILE: Janis La Couvée is a writer, playwright and poet with a love for the arts and the wild and green spaces of the West Coast. She met her husband on Twitter--a definite pivot. |
Madeleine Humeny - waiting for the beau
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Just talk. Don't make excuses. Don't try to let me down easy. Just tell me what you want, and stick to it. Otherwise I'll go nuts, and not even nice roasted, salted almonds. Just shitty, bottom of the bulk bin nuts. ARTIST PROFILE: Madeleine Humeny is a performer based in Victoria. She falls in love regularly, which makes her more compassionate, and also makes her feel like shit sometimes. Luckily most times she falls in love with the nutella toast she eats for breakfast, and it never does her wrong. She sings, acts, dances, does puppet work, and writes. You have probably seen her around. |
véronique emmett - I didn't know I was dancing
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This project explores what it means to be true to oneself and the embodiment of truth. I believe when one is true to themselves, their movement and body is just as invested as they are. My goal is to tap into the energy created by truth, and to see where we can take it. ARTIST PROFILE: Véronique Emmett is a dance artist from Victoria, BC. She graduated from the Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers in 2016. She holds a BA (Honors) in Dance. Since graduating Véronique has worked with various companies and choreographers across Canada. Most recently, touring with Koba Entertainment, interning for MascallDance, and performing her own improv-based work at the 2017 Integrate Arts Festival. Véronique is excited to keep exploring her passion for movement and creation. |
WORKINGCLASSTHEATRE - CLUB: TEMPEST
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Club: Tempest reimagines Shakespeare's last work for the theatre as a summer music festival. COMPANY PROFILE: workingclasstheatre has been producing work since 2009. WCT works within a mandate of reimagining classic works, building community and providing training opportunities to emerging artists. Since 2012, WCT has made its home in Victoria, with shows such as Hedda Gabler (Craigdarroch Castle), Burn This (Market Square), and Cafe Soap Operas! (Fringe Festival). |