WORKS-IN-PROGRESS AT GHOST RIVER THEATRE

The following productions are currently in different stages of development. We look forward to sharing their progress with you and ultimately, their world premieres!

She’s alone in space.
So she starts making things.

Soft Squishy Things is a lo-fi scifi odyssey in miniature: an intimate performance where a lone trans-fem astronaut survives isolation by transforming everyday objects into companions, worlds, and pop-culture rituals.

Inside this part object-theatre, part cosmic universe, nothing is wasted, everything and everybody is transformed into a friend,  a first contact… a reason to keep going.

A Kleenex becomes an alien pet and marshmallows terraform new worlds.

Balancing humour, tenderness, and existential absurdity, Soft Squishy Things asks what happens to soft bodies and vulnerable hearts when they are propelled into the vast machinery of space, and how we continue to search for connection, even in the void.

Come for the DIY sci-fi. Stay for the soft squishy feelings.

An Avant Premiere at Summerworks Festival in Toronto Aug 13-15 at Factory Theatre Studio in collaboration with Macromatter, Berlin.

World Premiere will be in Berlin Nov 9-15 at Schaubude Berlin, the world’s premiere puppetry and object theatre haus.

Due to the short notice of this premiere opportunity we are currently raising $10, 595 to get our artists in the sky and off to Berlin. Donate today to help us achieve this once in a lifetime opportunity and put Calgary on the world stage!