Meet our three companies!
BIG KIDS
Bringing to the festival:
The Forest Ends With You
Created by
DYLAN CARTER, MATTHEW FINNIGAN, ZOE MARIGIAS,
ERIC TRUDELL, PAYTON OSWALD, MADELINE SADAI, MAKENAH WELSH
CONTENT WARNING:
Mentions of death, animal death, violence, and mature subject matter. If anything bothers you at any point feel free to step out, there will be ushers there to support and assist you.
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Set in your childhood basement, The Forest Ends With You, is a magical-realist exploration of suburbia and its pressures on the young people who inhabit it. The show follows a group of teenage friends through the night after they find the dead body of their former classmate, Elliott. As pieces of the puzzle of his death come out of the woodwork, their favourite video game begins to come alive in a grotesque way. Implicating its audience in its mystical world of Markham, Ontario, The Forest Ends With You is a Y2K multimedia explosion of what it means to grow up in an environment that presses for conformity.
Rick Roy Productions
Bringing to the festival:
Take me out to the ballgame
Created by: DEREK ROY
CONTENT WARNING:
Mentions of death and suicide, alcoholism and addiction, the use of profanity and loud noises in the space.
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Ah, a good old-fashioned ball game on a beautiful mild August evening. Make sure you’re paying attention to what’s happening on the field though, this is one game you want to stay focused during. Don’t get too distracted by the hot dog vendors in the bleachers, one of them in particular has a way with words. He really needs someone to listen.
SUGAR RUSH Collective
Bringing to the festival:
Candy Eyes
Created by:
MacKenzie Mamone, Julie Yiptong, Priscila Gonzolaz, Hannah Mcinnis, Maxwell Cowan
CONTENT WARNINGS:
Depictions of period-typical misogyny and sexism, domestic abuse, homophobia, and death of family members. If you do not wish to participate or witness certain scenes, please feel free to step out and take care of yourself. If you need any help, please let one of our assistant stage managers know.
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
What does a star hide when she has nothing to lose?
Immerse yourself into the story of Candy Eyes, the world-famous Hollywood starlet. By travelling to different rooms, representing different time periods and memories, you will piece together who this woman truly was in life. Was she a woman driven by passion for the arts? Did she abandon her family for stardom? What has she destroyed to keep her fame? The possibilities are open to you, but one thing is for certain: you will never see Candy Eyes the same way again.