PEEK SHOW 12
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
until may 15, 2022

APPLY NOW

​ABOUT PEEK SHOW
Impulse Theatre brings its twelfth evening of new work back to in-person presentation at the Intrepid Studio! Peek Show is an informal and exciting experience between artists and patrons, all discovering new stories and worlds for the first time. Peek Show showcases new works from provincial performing artists, from text, to dance, to somewhere in-between. 

Peek Show 12 takes place at the Intrepid Studio (1609 Blanshard), a 40 seat venue with wheelchair accessibility with two gender neutral washrooms.

Impulse Theatre lives and creates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen Peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
 
THIS APPLICATION
We are seeking five to six in-development works from performing artists/companies/collectives based on Lekwungen Territory. 

Adjudication is based on your demonstration of ability to execute the project, artistic history, and available resources. Priority is granted to multidisciplinary projects. 

COVID POLICY: we currently require that all participating in-person artists are double-vaccinated.

Please note: due to the limited tech and performance time, technical requirements must be left to a minimum.

IMPULSE PROVIDES:

• a 7 minutes performance slot (scheduled at our discretion) during the 7:30pm performance
• 20 minutes of Tech
• a wall space for you to seek feedback or ask questions from audience members and other artists.
• NEW: a $50 per artist honorarium for accepted projects

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IMPORTANT DATES:

• May 15 - Application Deadline
• May 16 - Artist Notification
• June 11 - Tech (Afternoon/Early Evening) + Show (7:30pm)

​NOTE: We understand the precarious and risky place new work can occupy, especially personal material. We ask that you consider Content Warnings in advance of the performance. Impulse Theatre is attempting to create a safe space for both audience and artist to take risks, and requires transparency between its artists and audiences to ensure that each is supported.

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Questions? Email Andrew Barrett (Artistic Producer) at andrew@impulsetheatre.ca.

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PAST PARTICIPANTS

NOVEMBER 2021

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

MAY 2021

Hannah Mariko Bell - Meet the Snoofs
Amber Downie-Back - High Tide Low Tide
Impulse Theatre - the joy machine
Noble Riot Dance Theatre - Kayla Henry (bird lady solo)
SHIP - SHIP 2.2
Tricoz Productions - Remembering Reconciliation

NOVEMBER 2020

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 

MAY 2020

Back Pocket Theatre - Déja Vu Déja Mi
Hailee Friesen & Molly Beatrice - Home (Club Remix)
Impulse Theatre - the joy machine
Little Onion Puppet Co - Untitled Toy Theatre Experiment
SNAFU - Epidermis Circus: Excerpt

november 2019

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
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APRIL 2019

Bragi Theatre - Bedsprings
Hailee Friesen & Molly Mcdowell-Powlowski - why not eat candy? (or a millennial exorcism)
Jack Hayes - Bad Faith
Chase Hiebert - Forks
Impulse Theatre - how to pull your heart out through your throat
Paul, Lisette & George Shortt - Shortt Stories

november 2018

Bragi Theatre - Last Pick Nick
Christian Martin - It'll Come To Me
Collectivus Theatre - Summer Bucket List
Delaney Tesch - Songs About Love*
Emma Leck - The Speed of Falling
Holly M. Brinkman - A Very Pack Animals Christmas
Jess Amy Shead - He Comes With An Asterisk
Luciana Fernandes - Cassandra's Curse
Scantily Glad Theatre - Gitch
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*performance installation at PEEK-FEST Closing Night Reception

april 2018

Carolyn Moon - Horizontal Lines
Chasing Grace Productions - In Salt
Common Particles Theatre Projects - Behind Closed Doors
Company Vivo - Ducks in a Row
Delaney Tesch - Floriography
Embrace Arts Foundation - Bloom
Emma Leck - Original Sin
Janis La Couvée - Pivot
Madeleine Humeny - Waiting for the Beau
Véronique Emmett - I Didn't Know I Was Dancing
workingclasstheatre - Club: Tempest

SEPTEMBER 2017

Andrew Brimstone - Plan 9 From Outer Space
Holly M Brinkman - Untitled
Copper & Pickle
Elizabeth Martin - Naturals
La Palabra en el Tiempo
Emma Leck - The Plight of the Dung Beetle
Kat Taddei + Vino Buono - BOYS.

July 2017

Caitlin Holm - Nemo
Emma Leck - Speed of Light
Human Voltage Project + Vino Buono - Daddy Issues
Impulse Theatre - the soft spaces
Paul Shortt - The Social Monster

November 2016

Broken Rhythms - Universal Horrors
Caitlin Holm - Radius
Chase Hiebert - Blind Portrait
Impulse Theatre - Untitled Project
Janis La Couvée - West Coast Adventures
NickelPumperNickel - Lub Dub
Paperbag Collective - Awaken
Vino Buono - While You Sleep
​VSC Dance - Future Feminism