SUNDAY, JUNE 13

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.

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

JUNE 13 - HIGH SCHOOL RADIO PLAY LIFELINE

by Amanda Yim stage-managed by Will McIntosh Lifeline is a radio play about a teenage girl, Emilia, and a 911 operator, Lambert. Emilia has been kidnapped, and her only chance of survival is with the help of Lambert on the other side of the phone. However, as the night progresses, Emilia and Lambert discover that this is not the first time their fate crossed paths.

featuring Ella Raven-Jackson, Logan Bloedel, Mehmet Dede, Simone Gosselin, Kateline Narayan, and Kennedy Sembaliuk JUNE 13 - DANCE WIRES

choreography by Rumi Jeraj directed by Bobby Markov composed by Gareth Gilliland music by Holly Sangster, Zane Baker, and Kessler Douglas This work is an exploration of process and space. Inspired by the location it’s shot in, WIRES began with a curiosity to create architecture to be danced in. From here, the work took on the narratives of the dancers to become the final product.

featuring Ethan Kim, Moira Humana-Blaise, Rumi Jeraj, and Gareth Gilliland

JUNE 13 - DANCE EX DUCERE

choreographed by Jordan Samonas ex ducere, latin for "to lead out of," is an experimental, structured improvisation in contemporary rhythm tap dance and percussion on sand and water. space. silence. small, simple, sounds. tiny events, amplified. let's tune and turn our ears, finding and creating sounds we enjoy. let us become hyper listeners.

featuring Carmelle Cachero and Jordan Samonas JUNE 13 - SHOWCASE iHuman Studios presents THE TNT SESSIONS - TRE LA

performed by Trebla Trebla has been rapping since he was 13 - mostly free styling for fun - but really started taking it seriously around 16. Trebla's style matches catchy melodies and 'singalong' hooks with sarcastic/aggressive lyrics over boombap/poppin’ beats. His lyrics are filled with messages of accountability and owning your mistakes. TREBLA can be searched anywhere you stream music (iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Napster, deezer, tidal, etc.) or on YouTube = TREBLA_Music).

iHuman Studios is amped to present the first season of TNT with six episodes spotlighting the iHuman music artists: Valkyrie, Vntge, Mad John, FAVES, Jayden Paz, and Trebla. iHuman Studios is a collective of young multidisciplinary artists between the ages of 12 and 24 years who constitute the members of iHuman Youth Society. iHuman's mission is to invite young people to transform their experiences of personal and systemic trauma through acts of expression & creativity into experiences of Purpose, Self-worth, Identity, and Belonging.

JUNE 13 - VISUAL ART LOWLANDS GALLERY TOUR

A round-up of the 2021 Nextfest Visual Art exhibited at Lowlands Project Space.

featuring Heather Savard, Connor MacKinnon, Ryan Andrade, and Ambar Azcorra

JUNE 13 - HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE SMOKE IN MIRRORS

by Liam Witte directed by Erin Harvey Helen, a reclusive widow, cares about her daughter Phoebe's safety more than anything in the world. But when Phoebe brings home her new boyfriend Janus, who appears to be two entirely opposite men at once, Helen is faced with her own paranoia and trauma as she tries desperately to keep her daughter safe.

featuring Emily Brinco, Jayden Leung, Arthur Traynor, and Serejane Walls JUNE 13 - PODCAST Ghostlight Theatre Projects presents RUN AND HIDE

by Leila Raye-Crofton Beth meets Allie one night while writing her thesis on a new true crime podcast, Run and Hide. After listening to a new episode on local killer John Browne, they find he recently escaped from a nearby prison. Will Beth's love of the genre prepare her for what might await them outside? Run and Hide is an exploration of the true crime fascination sweeping the world. This is a play about a podcast, so we're very excited to be presenting it in radio play format during Nextfest!

featuring Priya Narine, Meegan Sweet, Jackson Card, and Daniela Fernandez

JUNE 13 - MUSIC ELECTRIC RELIGIOUS

Electric Religious is the project of Edmonton-based Métis singersongwriter, Brandon Baker, whose guitar-driven music has been described as “bursting with inspiration, insight, and hope.” Deeply influenced by the psychedelic sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Baker took his moniker from a Hendrix quote: “When I get up on stage, that’s my whole life. That’s my religion. My music is electric church music. I am electric religion.” Electric Religious recently received a nomination for Métis Artist of the Year from the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards, to be held in June 2021. His new full-length album, Tragic Lover, releases in September 2021. The previous Electric Religious album, Yeah, Yeah, No (2018) featured “Revolution,” which achieved a spot in CBC Searchlight's Top 100 (2019), and spent multiple weeks at #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown.

JUNE 13 - DJ MUSTAFA RAFIQ

Mustafa Rafiq, known under many aliases, will be presenting a mix of eclectic sounds of Turtle Island and Black Electronica. All music played will have been purchased or gifted.