Confabulation

Stories, true as we can tell them 90min.

Produced by: Confabulation / Featuring: Matt Goldberg and five guest storytellers

Hosted by comedian and storyteller Matt Goldberg, Confabulation is an evening of curated true stories, told by the people who lived them. For Wildside, Confabulation is exploring the theme “Eye of the Storm – stories of the quiet and the chaos”.

IDIOT60min.

Concept and creation (in collaboration with the performers): Helen Simard / Written by: Helen Simard, Mathieu Leroux / Featuring: Stacey Désilier, Stephanie Fromentin, Jackie Gallant, Sébastien Provencher, Emmalie Ruest, Roger White, Ted Yates

Part dance show, part rock concert, and part hallucination, Idiot is the second of a trilogy of absurd creations inspired by the legendary American musician: Iggy Pop.

“It’s raw, it’s direct, it’s brutal, and it’s beautiful. Helen Simard manages to both move us and make us laugh with Idiot. It makes you want to fall back into Pop’s discography, and to reinvent the world in your own fashion.” 
- Le Canal Auditif

LET'S TRY THIS STANDING75min.

Presented By: Keep Good (Theatre) Company / Written By: Gillian Clark / Directed by: Anthony Black / Featuring: Gillian Clark / Produced by: Karen Gross

The story of Gillian Clark, who fought off an SUV and a brick wall at the same time.

“Everybody needs to see this” - The Slotkin Letter (Highly Recommended)

“Not everyone can maintain a sense of humour after enduring a near-death experience, but writer-performer Gillian Clark brings wit, optimism and honesty to her compelling show.” - NOW Magazine

PLUCK'D40min.

Presented by: B.A.A.P (Bald Angry Asian Productions / Written by: Kě Xīn Li / Directed by: Sophie Gee / Featuring: Kayo Yasuhara, Mercedeh Baroque, Edward Wong

A queer, non-binary, anarchist returns home to their Chinese immigrant family, torn apart by gaps of generation and language, reunited by Christmas magic and the protection of Saran Wrap.

“…at turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, definitively worth seeing." - Montreal Rampage

Nominated for Best English Production, MTL Fringe 2017

THE MORNING AFTER THE LIFE BEFORE62min.

Presented By: Guna Nua Theatre Company / Written By: Ann Blake / Directed by: Paul Meade / Featuring: Ann Blake and Lucia Smyth

May 24th 2015, 62% of Ireland is #hungoverforequality, Ann gets a text from her brother which brings reality into sharp focus. A personal tale, playfully told, of Ireland before and after Marriage Equality.

“Blake and Smyth’s timing is incredible... uproariously quick wit.”  – Theatre in London

Best Production, London Ontario Fringe 2017

TRAGIC QUEENS60min.

Presented By: CABAL theatre / Written by: Rhiannon Collett / Directed by:

Anthony Kennedy / Featuring: Jillian Harris, Alex Petrachuk, Meagan Schroeder

Part frenetic, part melancholic, follow the capricious and passionate power games of three time-travellers stuck in a perpetual state of girlhood. Alienating and deeply intimate, Tragic Queens is a relentless maelstrom of eras, emotions and mirrors.

“Very impressive moments in CABAL’s Tragic Queens, an experimental look at sad girls in culture & history”

– Montreal Gazette

“Fine performances ... beyond reproach.” – Westmount Mag