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      • CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SEA
      • THE DAMNED GIRL
      • the dream collector(s)
      • molecular landscapes
      • THE PATH
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      • WOLF IN THE MIRROR
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WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
  • Friday, September 19 @ 7pm
  • Saturday, September 20 @ 2pm
Intrepid Studio (2-1609 Blanshard St) | PWYC
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​the soft spaces is a multi-disciplinary dance-theatre project created and performed by Andrew Barrett. Based in his experience growing up on Salt Spring island, Andrew investigates where the geography that raised him and his Queerness intersect and thrive. Using movement, video, music, and text, the work grapples with the spaces between islands and bodies; Queerness and conformity; care and self-deception.

This is a workshop presentation. It is the first public sharing after two years of redevelopment.
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CREATIVE TEAM
Created & performed by Andrew Barrett
Costumes, set & props by Patricia Reilly
Video & projection by Amber Downie-Back
Music & sound by Angus Steele-Gaffney
Lights by Nicole Malcolm
Dramaturgy by Adrienne Wong

Thank you to Halley Fulford, Stewart Legere, and Brian Postalian for contributions during development.
  • July 2025 - Salt Spring Island Content Capture
  • February 2025 - Dance Victoria Artist-in-Residence
  • November 2024 - Artist-in-Residence at Peek Fest
  • October 2024 - Joya Arte + Ecologia (Spain)
  • April 2024  - Leña Artist Research and Residency Centre (Galiano Island)
  • November 2023 - Artist-in-Residence at Peek Fest
  • April 2023 - Production Phase at Intrepid Theatre's Incoming Festival
  • July 2022 - Development Phase + Technical Residency
  • November 2021 - Development Phase
  • January 2021 - A work-in-progress excerpt was showcased digitally at the Belfry's SPARK 2021
  • August 2020 - Development Phase (digital)
  • May to June 2018 - Creation Phase

The project has been created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, the CRD Arts Support Service, and the generous support of the Belfry Theatre through the Belfry's New Incubator Projects program.​

Impulse Theatre lives and creates on the traditional and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples,.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • WHO IS IMPULSE?
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      • Collaboration Agreement
      • COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PLAN
      • SAFE(R) SPACES
    • EMPLOYMENT
    • MAILING LIST
    • CONTACT
  • PEEK FEST
    • PRESENTATION SERIES
    • GATHERINGS
    • MENTORSHIPS
      • Administrative Cohort
      • DANCE INCUBATOR
      • Elevators
      • PERFORMANCE LAB
    • RESIDENCIES
      • ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
      • PAST RESIDENCIES
        • WEE PEEKS RESIDENCY
    • WORKSHOPS
    • HISTORY
  • OUR ART
    • flight patterns
    • joy cuisine
    • the soft spaces
    • PAST WORKS
      • ana
      • CLAN RESILIENCE
      • CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SEA
      • THE DAMNED GIRL
      • the dream collector(s)
      • molecular landscapes
      • THE PATH
      • SHATTERED
      • WOLF IN THE MIRROR
      • WRATH
  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • SUPPORT