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UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre - 2016 |
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Written & Directed by John Dibben. Performed by Lindsay Grisebach
& Gregg Allen SM & Lights Chris Lapoint Sound & Stuff Jayne Simpson Do you know who's on the other end of
the chat line? |
Variation by Kristian Hallberg A 'Boy Meets Girl' Production Directed by Camilla Bouchet Performed by : Matt White Gary Kirkham Nada Humsi Kathleen Sheehy Gabriel Long What do you see when
you look in the mirror? A good
person? Maybe not. |
Four playwrights were sent to disturbing locations. They had
22 hours to write and hone a short play. The plays were performed during the festival, and all of them were
performed during UnHinged. PLAYWRIGHTS Katharine Mills (EXSULARE) Bryan Boodhoo
(FULL OF POSIES) Rosemary Doyle (DAMN, YOU'RE PRETTY) Paddy Gillard-Bentley (*FAIT ACCOMPLI) *Music by Ian Ring ACTORS Nike Abbott * Nicholas Cumming Annalee Flint * Amanda Lowry Samantha Polzin *
Dan Sanderson Arlene Thomas How does your
environment affect your writing? |
UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre - 2015 |
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A Rose Upon the Blood Written & Directed by Paddy
Gillard-Bentley Performed by Juli Krauss & Kathleen Sheehy With Bruce Wolff, Zack Parsons And Jack Cole as 'The Musician' What could you say to the love of your life in ten minutes –
hours before his execution? |
Write or Flight DEPARTURES At around midnight on March 27th – these playwrights were sent to disturbing
locations where they were Isolated with 22 hours to write and hone a short play. The playwrights
have a little liquid courage L>R –n John,
Katharine, Arlene, Terre & Nada Write or Flight ARRIVALS March 28th
- 22 hours later – they've survived. Back –
Katharine Arlene & Nada Front –
John & Terre |
Write or Flight REPONSE LIFE IS BUT A DREAM by Arlene Thomas & Nicholas Cumming by John Dibben by Nada Humsi by Terre Chartrand & Mike E.
Mike by Bryan Boodhoo by Rosemary Doyle |
UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre - 2013 |
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Bennett Productions Presents PERCEPTION PLAY By Deborah Yarchin Directed by Robin Bennett Performed by Liz Dennis Directed by Robin Bennett |
Surrender
Dorothy Productions Presents Way Beyond the Looking Glass Written &
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by Maddy Kane, Sasha Gruetzmacher, Abigail Slinger, Katharine Mills & Julia Krauss |
Without (A) Production Company Presents ZAHRA AND SHAE A
new play written
& directed by Terre Chartrand Developed in Urban Scrawlers Performed
by: Arlene
Thomas & Caitlyn
Derderian |
ON THE
PEAK OF MOUNT REGRET A New
Play by Dave Ruetz Developed
in Urban Scrawlers Directed
by Ben Steele Featuring
the talent of Douglas
Morton & Oriane Abrahamse Thanks to Big Rude
Jake for the loan of his son, Swing Baby |
Presented by Be Right Back Productions Written & Directed by Bryan Boodhoo Developed in Urban Scrawlers |
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UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre - 2012 |
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A CLEAN BREAST by David Copeland Presented by What'sInThere?Productions Directed by Nicholas Cumming Performed by Katharine Mills Tamara Morgan is having a mastectomy tomorrow. Tonight, though, she
wants to talk—about her life, her loves, and her fears. |
And Then She Tasted Cerulean Blue A Surrender Dorothy Production Written & Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by Caitlyn Derderian,
Arlene Thomas & Derrick Ruberthge
Experiment #42 in fear. As an integral part of this
production, we needed very brave souls who wished to purchase advance tickets
to sign a waiver – just to, you know, cover our bottoms. The waiver
stated that they acknowledged they may be gently stalked and bits and pieces
of their world became part of the play. |
A new play written & directed by Terre Chartrand Developed in Urban Scrawlers Performed by Nada Humsi & Meesha Reilly When pure intentions failÉ |
Presented by Puttin' on the Ruetz
Productions Developed in
Urban Scrawlers Directed
by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed
by: Samuel Liam Bentley, Sasha Gruetzmacher,
Amelia Hankins, Jesse TenHoopen, Arlene Thomas & Bruce Wolff War does not determine who is right - only who is left. ~ Bertrand
Russell A new play by Nada Humsi Performed by Nada Humsi & Andrew Frey SheÕs from over there. HeÕs from here. TheyÕve never met, but they are about to. We all know internet dating lacks some nuances. Sometimes a language
barrier is the least of your worries. |
Write or Flight DEPARTURE At midnight on
Friday, Nov 16, Isolated.
Haunted. Creepy. Uneasy. Frightening. Write or Flight ARRIVALS We met at a pub. The plays were read. Directors were assigned. Plays were
cast. Now there was only six days to get these brank new plays
ready for the stage. How did it
affect the writing? Write or Flight RESPONSE On Saturday November 24, the plays were produced A talk-back
followed the performance, where the audience asked a slew of questions and we
all found out what it was like to write
throughout the night, in spite of fright. |
The Plays & the Players Bryan Boodhoo
wrote CONVERSATIONS IN FRENCH ARITHMETIC Directed by
Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by
Nicholas Cumming & Paddy Terre Chartrand wrote VENISON & FOG It was directed
by Stephen Gregg Performed by
Kate Gregg & Bruce Wolff Terre also wrote The CUMMING OUT It was directed
by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by
Sasha Gruetzmacher, Katharine Mills
& Arlene Thomas Nicholas Cumming wrote THE NIGHT OF THE ORGY AT JUDITH THOMPSONÕS HOUSE It was directed
by Terre Chartrand Performed by
Arlene Thomas Rosemary Doyle wrote PORCELAIN FACE in an unfinished
room at Bonnie Stuart. It was directed
by Paddy GB Performed by
Nicholas Cumming & Katharine
Mills Shantell Powell wrote STUPID EPIC LAUNDRY DAY While sitting in
an abandoned publishing place. It was directed
by Nicholas Cumming Performed by
Nicholas Cumming and Arlene Thomas DAVINCIÕS SHADOW in a haunted hotel
room to write, It was directed
by Terre Chartrand Performed by
Sasha Gruetzmacher, Bruce Wolff, et
al. |
UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre - 2011 |
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THE FEAR PROJECT A collective creation. Produced by The Studio Players in partnership with The MT Space and
Flush Ink Productions. Cast Krista Hovespian Janice Lee "How does fear inhibit our ability to connect?" Social expectations of physical attractiveness, heterosexuality, and
motherhood are so prevalent in a culture wrought with conservative ideology;
it is only when the fear of adhering to these social expectations is
identified within and later embraced, that we can truly feel what it means to
be free. Featuring a cast of six women, 'The Fear Project' is at times very
real, at others surreal – but above all, call
it theatre for social change. |
HAUNTING THE PENUMBRA A Surrender Dorothy Production
With Lindsay Stewart Performed by Jeff Ulrich
PSYCHO'S CROSS Written and Directed by Nicholas Cumming With Katharine Mills Performed by Nicholas Cumming A piece of epic theatre weaving in and out of and against a backdrop of
the high moral standards, economic policies, and ethical abuses practised in
semi and fully privatized heath care organizations in the US and Canada
— cross pollinated with the shooting / projection of an adult version
of Snow White. |
Write or Flight How did it affect the writing? The first crazy writing experiment was a success!
by Terre Chartrand
by Bryan Boodhoo
by Nicholas Cumming
by Nicholas Cumming THREE STRIKES by Rosemary Doyle THE TIME FOR DOLLS By Shantell Powell CALLBACK by James Purcell blink. stare. at
my sick face. by Miroki Tong |
UnHinged Festival of
Disturbing Theatre – 2010 Readings to
investigate moving from site-specific to disturbing theatre |
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PSYCHO'S CROSS The inside and disturbing aspects of mental health care Written, directed and performed by Nicholas Cumming |
ANOTHER LIFE A new dramatic poem Written by Karen Malpede Directed by Jenni
Mundy Performed by Tracey Kenyon, Abigail Slinger Brian Kelly Robin Bennett |
HAUNTING THE PENUMBRA A dark journey inside the mind of a psychopath Written by Paddy Gillard-Bentley With Lindsay Stewart Performed by Paul Stafford
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UnHinged Festival of
Site-Specific Theatre - 2009 |
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Written & Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley A Surrender Dorothy Production Performed in an empty store downtown we affectionately called 56. An original comedic piece by Miss Ruby Jones Performed at a craft store. An Ironic Curtain Medeo
presentation |
A new play by Nicholas Cumming Developed in Urban Scrawlers A What'sInThere?Production Performed by Nicholas Cumming & Katharine Mills At Exhibit CafŽ |
WOMANÉWOMEN Written & Directed by Muhamed Karesly A Mosaic Art Production Performed by Nada Humsi In the Registry Theatre Basement |
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Kitchen Sync A co-production of Friends of the Floor & WiT Productions Performed & Developed by Tanya Williams & Nicholas
Cumming Collaberators Emma Dines & Adam Euerby |
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UnHinged Festival of
Site-Specific Theatre – 2008 |
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NONAÕS PARTY Written/Directed/Performed by Ashley Burton At the Victoria Park Gazebo |
QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Directed by Robin Bennett Performed by Jennifer Cornish and Will Kernohan Performed at The Art Bar |
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Rock 'em Dead Written & Directed by Tracey Kenyon Performed by Tracey Kenyon, Cameron Wood, Bernie Roehl, Kevin Magri, Denise Gismondi, Lindsay Quinn, Tracy Bigger. |
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Dead Cat Bounce Written by Catherine Frid Directed by Nicole Lee Quesnel Performed by Athena Guy, Noah Hicks & Brendan Schaefer Original music by Ana Mulrooney Band Performed at One-Eyed JackÕs |