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× Greenhouse Festival
A festival of creation at Tarragon Theatre

seeding new work
inspiring growth, risk, and innovation
a new incubator for theatrical experience



TICKETING
Festival Pass: $35
Provides unlimited access to both weeks of the Greenhouse Festival, including Greenhouse Resident sharings, Special Presentations, and micro performances.
Single-show tickets: $12


COLLECTIVES & SHOW DESCRIPTIONS
BadFox Performance creates work using shadow puppetry, overhead projectors, movement, and original composition and sound design to create immersive, sensory experiences. Their newest project, Mass Exodus, is a fairy-tale set on a dying planet. Tasked by The Government™ to "be the solution" and save their world, a lone worker wonders: do the animals have other plans?
Performances are:
Saturday, January 7 at 7pm
Sunday, January 8 at 4:15pm
Friday, January 13 at 8:15pm
Saturday, January 14 at 5:45pm

Pantheon Projects uses projection-based design to create an evocative landscape on the human body. Their project JANE is a speculative fiction drama about three college students caught up in a virtual reality deepfake pornography scandal, inspired by growing ethical concerns around digital consent and content regulation.
Performances are:
Friday, January 6 at 7pm
Saturday, January 7 at 8:15pm
Thursday, January 12 at 8:15pm
Saturday, January 14 at 4:30pm

The Benevolence Collective seeks to interrogate, expand, and complicate representations of Chinese-Canadians. Their project Benevolence shares and celebrates the little-known story of the Hakka (客家) Chinese, challenging audiences to think about their own journeys and relationships to Canada.
Performances are:
Friday, January 6 at 8:15pm
Saturday, January 7 at 5:45pm
Friday, January 13 at 7pm
Saturday, January 14 at 7pm

Award-winning puppeteer Adam F Proulx has been experimenting with all things sparkle, sequin, and glitter at Tarragon. Their project Emilio's A Million Chameleons is a family-friendly musical spectacular, about embracing what makes you special, and letting that inner sparkle shine.
Performances are:
Saturday, January 7 at 4:30pm
Sunday, January 8 at 3pm
Thursday, January 12 at 7pm
Saturday, January 14 at 8:15pm


SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Jane Miller's These Are the Songs That I Sing When I'm Sad
A Nightswimming Production
These are the Songs That I Sing When I’m Sad is an intimate and joyous performance that explores the songs people turn to when they’re sad, the songs that they play to soothe their blues or lift them up out of the depths. It’s a rare opportunity to hear a superb singer up close and personal as she delves into the link between deep emotions and the musical elements that make sad songs so addictive.
Performance is:
Friday, January 13 at 9:30pm

Stay tuned for even more artists, sharings, onsite activations, and building animations coming up in Greenhouse!

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