SATURDAY, JUNE 12

6:00 pm - 10:30 pm

NIGHTLY WELCOME

hosted by Dill Prusko

Night ten of Nextfest 2021 opens with a warm welcome from our host and some discussion of what to expect this evening. Ratings and content warnings will be shared.

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JUNE 12 - DIGITAL THEATRE THE INVISI LE PRACTICE: GRIEF ON THE HANDS

created and performed by Connor Yuzwenko-Martin A continuation of Connor’s Invisible Practice 2020, this improvised version digs deeper into the inherent magic of American Sign Language itself. Using various mediums on his hands, Connor attempts to map the paths of grief and reckoning across his own body. Are these contours signposts of our individual invisible practices?

JUNE 12 - WORKSHOP READING KIT AND LENA’S SENIOR YEAR

directed by Abigail LaForest written by Rae Organ Kit and Lena grew up as best friends and neighbours, and over time their friendship strengthened. Now in their senior year of high school, Kit feels something more… something different. Can they ever confess their feelings, or are they doomed to graduate and forget Lena and their small-town life? Audiences are invited to a Zoom room after the performance to join a talk back about the play.

featuring Rae Organ and Michelle Jolly

JUNE 12 - DIGITAL THEATRE PRAIRIE DYKES

created and performed by Spinelli Terleski Prairie Dykes is an ongoing collection of poems and pieces created during the pandemic as a way of coping with isolation. This is an autobiographical account, born out of necessity. Containing stories of the lives of prairie dykes, tales of borderline and bipolar, love and loss, nightlife, queer joy, drugs, Edmonton culture, and heartbreak.

featuring Rhiannon K. Levesque and Spinelli Terleski JUNE 12 - DIGITAL THEATRE The Hidden Neighbourhood presents UTTERFLIES:

A ROADCAST FROM THE DIGITAL NEON JUNGLE created and performed by Caitlin Kelly “So many digital butterflies visit us every day. It is up to us to listen”... Welcome to the Digital Neon Jungle. Tune into this one-person digital theatre broadcast and follow Fern, an intergalactic explorer and the caretaker of the Digital Neon Jungle. Learn about the wonders of the digital butterfly as Fern recounts the story of two young queer people who are influenced by the butterfly’s powers in ways they never expected.

featuring Caitlin Kelly and Matthew Cardinal

JUNE 12 - NITE CLUB Hot Girl Accounting presents HOT MUSTARD

A greasy yet delicious participatory Pride Nite Club. As the veil thins at the close of a night out, we find ourselves in booths and drive-thrus, in glitter and denim, or on the clock. Over the sumptuously deep fried, we reflect on our evenings' triumphs and disappointments and what awaits us in the morning. Join us on Zoom to see if the ice cream machine is finally running.