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Allergic to Water

June 10, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Allergic to Water

A dark comedy about the world’s most famous mermaid

 A special presentation by

Inside Out Theatre & Wee Witches

 JUNE 8th & 9th @ 7:30 pm, JUNE 10th @ 2:00 pm

@ cSPACE Marda Loop (1721 29th St SW)

Discussion Panel June 10th after 2pm Show. The post-show discussion panel aims to offer an opportunity for our audience to engage in a conversation that extends beyond the show. It will offer a space to foster both an artistic conversation and a social conversation about the realities of chronic illness.

Allergic to Water, created by Jacqueline Russell and performed in collaboration with musician Jeremy Gignoux, tells the story of Melusina, a mermaid trapped in a human body. Melusina develops a mysterious chronic illness that leaves her unable to work or function. As she attempts to navigate the medical system to find answers, her attempts to be a credible witness for her body are dismissed, ignored and pathologized. The show explores the gendered implications of chronic illness, and the ways in which women struggle to be heard and believed by the medical system.  Allergic to Water explores how humour, parody, and ridiculousness can deconstruct expectations about the often-unwitnessed experience of chronic pain and tell a different story.

Mature Content Warnings: Top half nudity with “pasties”, foul language
Trigger Warnings: Discussion of chronic illness and medical trauma

Details

Date:
June 10, 2023
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Website:
https://www.insideouttheatre.com/in-performance

Venue

cSPACE Marda Loop
1721 29 Avenue Southwest
Calgary, AB T2T 6T7 Canada
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