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Wildside Remix

Confabulation

Good Date, Bad Date — Stories of Romance and Regret

Montreal’s showcase for true-life stories returns to the Wildside stage with Good Date, Bad Date: stories of romance, awkwardness, and surprise, as we navigate the wide world of dating!

March 4, 2022

9PM

90 minutes
We're thrilled to be returning to the Centaur! Autobiographical storytelling feels more important and relevant than ever. As we're trying to bring audiences back to the performing arts, it's such a joy to be hosting real people sharing their real stories... Isn't that what we've all been missing?
Matt Goldberg
"We're all in the same city, we're all in the world together and we recognize in each other similarities and differences. And having that experience, having other people recognize and connect with you, that's a really powerful thing."
Matt Goldberg, via CBC

Stories, true as we can tell them

Featuring stories from first-timers, as well as veterans, this show marks the return of live performances, and kicks off a brand new season of stories, true as we can tell them. For this edition of Wildside, Confabulation explores the theme of dating–the good, the bad, and the ugly. It is a night to celebrate romance, regret, and all the feelings in between with six true-life stories, shared by the people that lived them!

Cast

Matt Goldberg
Producer and Host
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Matt Goldberg

Matt Goldberg is a Montreal-based comedian, writer, actor and storyteller, as well as a founder and featured performer with Uncalled For — an award-winning Canadian sketch and improv comedy troupe, based in Montreal and Toronto. He is also the founder and executive director of Confabulation — a non-profit, dedicated to the art of true life storytelling, and has been the primary host of the Montreal Confabulation series since its founding in 2010. He hosts the Confabulation podcast, and has performed at Fringe Festivals and storytelling shows across Canada, as well as at special events with Centre Phi, CBC Books and Just for Laughs. Matt teaches English literature and storytelling at Vanier College, in Montreal.