Content Note: some coarse language
Sensory Note: sudden loud or piercing sounds, overlapping sounds In a society that values youth, impermanence and novelty, aging is tantamount to becoming invisible. This piece explores body image, boldness and becoming the crone through spoken word and movement. ARTIST PROFILE: JANE BEE: A multidisciplinary performer and founding member of Levity Stilt Co., Jane has been delighting audiences with her theatrical, stilt-walking and spoken word performances for decades. She is a graduate of Toronto's Humber Theatre program, 3-time member of the Vic Slam Team, and has proudly represented Victoria at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Halifax, Calgary, and Victoria. Jane believes in community, joy, and the power of Art to heal the world. ARTISTS: Jane Bee (she/her), creator & performer Dyllsbury.Flowboy (he/him), Sound Design |
At the end of the anthropocene, how do we face the confusing task of adjusting to unexpected changes in season while trying to heal our friendships with the earth? We turn in, we turn toward. A conversation between artists and the seasons, a multi-modal dialogue between movement, sound, and acceptance. ARTISTS PROFILE: Drawn together by creativity and a love of vegetables, Véronique Emmett and Anna Bigland-Pritchard are a new interdisciplinary collective holding space for emotive exploration. Véronique is a dance artist and is a graduate of the School of Contemporary Dancers and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Professional Training Programs. Her work is influenced by our collective nature to find connection to the environment, each other, and ourselves. Anna is a multi-genre singer and musician whose creative practice resides at the intersection of climate, queerness, and community-building. She has a BMus and a Post-Bacc Diploma in vocal performance, and performs opera, musical theatre, jazz, indie-folk, and ecologically-guided vocal improvisation. She is the co-creator of Gay4Nature Collective, a local indie opera collective. ARTISTS: Anna Bigland-Pritchard (she/they), musician and sound designer Veronique Emmett (she/her), dancer LINKS: Instagram @itme.abp @frozencoastfarm Facebook: Frozen Coast Farm |
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Content Note: Though the work is improvised and cannot speak to specific content, the work is thematically centered around big life changes and emotional moments around anxiety, depression, and relationships. How do we bridge the gap between what we feel and what we say? The Two Body Problem blends movement and mime with improvised scenework and monologue, using audience-shared stories to explore empathy and the ways we strive to understand and be understood. ARTISTS PROFILE: Helen Burger and D'Arcy Briggs met in Paper Street Theatre's Masterclass and quickly bonded over a shared passion for art that explores emotion and vulnerability. With a background in improvisational theatre, and a breadth of experience in dance and production, their work is grounded in emotion, movement, and play. ARTISTS: Helen Burger (she/they) D'Arcy Briggs (he/they) LINKS: Instagram @burgerandbriggs |
Content Note: Mention of upsetting dream content Sensory Note: Dim lighting (but it's ok if you fall asleep) If you stop moving, you sleep. If you sleep, you dream. If you wake, you dream, you dream, you dream. You struggle. You are pulled back under. Let it pull you back under. An immersive theatre experience to lullaby your brain, caffeinate your heart, and manifest your dreams. Hopefully they're nice ones. ARTIST PROFILE: Paige Louter is a queer theatre creator and producer based in so-called Vancouver. She holds an MA in Drama and Theatre from the University of Galway, and is pursuing an intimacy direction practice alongside her work as a dramaturg, performer, and writer. Credits include producing The Café (ITSAZOO/Aphotic) and Sunrise Betties (ITSAZOO). Year-round, they work as ITSAZOO Productions’ Co-Artistic Producer and Currently Arts’ Operations Manager. Upcoming: solo show God Joke Play and assistant directing Meeting (ITSAZOO/Pacific Theatre/Neworld Theatre.) ARTIST: Paige Louter, Creator & Performer LINKS: Instagram @paigelouter |
Content Note: Partial nudity, gender dysphoria, sexual themes A nuanced visceral look at a version of the transgendered body. Through original spoken word, physical movement, and flora taxonomy, interdisciplinary artist Emmett MacMillen explores the revealing nature of transition, and the cycles of how we present and perform gender, from bulb to bloom. ARTIST PROFILE: Emmett MacMillen (they/them) is a trans nonbinary interdisciplinary artist, writer, and event producer and received their degree in Interdisciplinary Performance at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in 2016. In 2023, Emmett relocated to unceded Lekwungen territory (Victoria, BC) to work as the Producer for Intrepid Theatre and the Victoria Fringe Festival. Alongside their day job they continue reading at open mics, writing, and stage performing. ARTIST: Emmett MacMillen (they/them) - creator/performer LINKS: Instagram @emmett.hm |
Sensory Note: loud sounds, multiple sounds playing simultaneously
An Assistant Stage Manager with stage fright is responsible for saving the grand finale of the show when the leading actor goes missing. "Antxón Saves the Show" is a physical theatre comedy show where Antxón fights his own demons as the show must go on. This piece uses elements of full masks as storytelling devices. ARTISTS PROFILE: Pedro M. Siqueira is a Brazilian multi-skilled actor, dancer, musician and clown based in Victoria. Pedro has been connected to the Physical Theatre and Physical Performance World since graduating from CCPA. From performing with the WONDERHEADS, to playing characters for famous Video Games. This special number made for Peek Fest combines all that passion that Pedro has for this specific art form with his curiosity to create more in the genre. Welcome Antxón! Loreto Espinoza, Chilean actor, director and crafter, will be co-directing and devising this short piece made for Peek Show. ARTISTS: Pedro M. Siqueira (he/him) - Performer / Co-Director Loreto Espinoza (she/her) - Designer / Co-Director LINKS: Instagram @pedro.msiqueira @ruloreto |
Content Note: Language barriers Sensory Note: Repeated audio track This is looking to be a unique opportunity to hear an early learner's attempt at learning their language. COMPANY PROFILE: Tricoz(treecoz) Productions has been through now 8 years of evolution including a gender affirming journey for its sole proprietor. Going from nominal use of Nehayan to a majority use of this native language into a performance space. ARTIST: Mizz Rory Keewatin (Nîso, two, she, her), creator & performer |
River Bed is a movement/text performance about a trans Man who elects to a night of solo camping in the hopes of making peace with the choices of his past. It's a piece that explores the crossroads we arrive at when choosing to become a truer self. ARTIST PROFILE: August Winter (they/he) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose background includes extensive experience as an actor in film and television. Most notably, they are known for their role in Sarah Polley's Oscar winning film 'Women Talking'. August is revising their roots in movement, bridging their training as a dancer with their experience as a writer. He is looking forward to stepping back into the immersive magic of theatre. ARTIST: August Winter (they/he), Creator & Performer |