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Impulse Theatre presentsDouble Bill: Cobalt by Shion Skye Carter & Fruit/Seed/Bear by Kerri Flannigan
Thursday, November 19 + Friday, November 20 | 7pm
Open Space (510 Fort St)
$40, $25, $20, or $10
Cobalt reflects a bold lusciousness craved in a queer body at odds with the rigid expectations of a Japanese upbringing. Traversing aesthetic minimalism, gentle provocation, and oscillating portraits of identity, Cobalt is an intimate, vibrant solo work that can strike a chord with anyone on a journey of radical self-acceptance.
CREDITS
Creation/performance: Shion Skye Carter
Music: Jo Hirabayashi
Fruit/Seed/Bear is a multi-media animation that shares a story of queer family-making. Through interviews and conversations with Oren, Kerri, and Brett, the film explores their perspectives as friends, partners, and "sperm donor", as they navigate the tender, awkward, and intimate journey of a DIY pregnancy together.
CREDITS
Creator and Animator – Kerri Flannigan
Featuring Recorded Conversations with Brett, Kerri , Oren
Audio Engineering and Original Scores - Tanya Semple
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Shion Skye Carter (they/she) is a choreographer from Gifu, Japan, based in Vancouver, BC. Through a movement language of sensitive intensity and a choreographic practice of embodied calligraphy, Shion's work invokes memory as heirloom, dance as respite, and performance as imperfect artifact. They've performed across Canada, Berlin, and Paris, with ‘Cobalt’ shortlisted for the 2027 Bloom International Dance Prize (Sadler's Wells, London UK).
Kerri Flannigan (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist based on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Territories (Victoria), who experiments with deeply researched storytelling that collages drawing, video, print, and performance. With a background in DIY animation and zines, Flannigan creates frameworks that connect the personal to wider historical and cultural spheres of context.
DURATION
Both works are approximately 40 minutes, with one intermission in-between
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
For ages 14+.
ACCESSIBILITY
Content Note
Colbalt: Partial nudity, however the performer is facing away from the audience during this portion.
Fruit/Seed/Bear: frank discussion of sexual acts, pregnancy, mental health.
Scent-Reduced Space Policy
As some attendees experience severe scent sensitivities we ask that individuals attend these events as scent free as possible. This means where possible no perfumes, colognes, hairspray, scented creams and deodorants, or essential oils.
VENUE INFORMATION
There is an automatic door to enter the building. The presentation at Open Space will take place on the second floor. It can be accessed by either a flight of 23 stairs or by the elevator located just behind the stairwell. The front entrance has an automatic door with a ramp leading back to the elevator.
Washrooms: There are four gender-inclusive washroom stalls. One of these is an accessible stall with an automatic door, emergency button and child change table.
Parking & Transit: Pay parking at on-street meters is in effect from 8am-8pm. Parking is free after 8pm and all day on statutory holidays. Payment can be made by credit card, app, or at an on-street pay station within your zone.There is also a Robbins pay parking lot adjacent to the Open Space building, on the corner of Fort St. and Langley St.
It is located directly across the street from a BC Transit bus stop servicing the Eastbound #14 and #15 routes.
If you are choosing to come via bike, the Fort St bike lane goes directly in front of the building.
For more information about accessibility, please visit: www.impulsetheatre.ca/accessibility
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of BC, the Victoria Foundation, the Government of Canada, City of Victoria, Hamber Foundation, and the CRD Arts Development Service.
Sponsors include Braem Accountancy Ltd and Theatre SKAM.
Impulse Theatre lives and creates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen Peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
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Open Space, 510 Fort Street, 2nd floor,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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