May 1, 2021
The Beloved Artist Residency
Want to know what an artist residency is and how to apply for it? Here are some stories from different residiences I've done across the world from Iceland to California to a tall ship in the Arctic.
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Writer. Creator. Producer.
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Adults speak children’s exact words about love, life, and the world in this fresh verbatim work. Drawn from interviews with over 40 whip-smart and brutally honest children, a dynamite adult cast allows an adult audience to hear kids’ ideas and experiences anew. The results are surprising, hilarious, and moving.
COMING SOON: June 22nd web series launch event!
Climate Change & Other Small Talk
A couple leaves outraged product reviews on Amazon while their home fills with flood water. A ship's passengers have their attention systematically hijacked into re-enacting the Titanic's "I'm Flying" scene instead of attending to their sinking ship… CLIMATE CHANGE & OTHER SMALL TALK is a season of short audio plays written by playwrights across the world in collaboration with Sunny Drake about the absurdness of our lives with climate chaos as a backdrop–and the bigger forces shaping our responses to climate change.
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Men Express Their Feelings Live show
A comedy about culture, hockey, relationships and sex. Two dads and their sons are sequestered to a hockey rink locker room to sort out a misunderstanding. In this comedic exploration of men’s emotional literacy, intimacy, and power, these fathers and sons get to know each other and themselves a whole lot better, while redefining what it means to WIN. MEN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS started as a play, and is now becoming a constellation of creative works including an upcoming audio play in 3 episodes (launching fall 2021).
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"One of Canada's brightest playwrights"
- Broadway World
Canada
“Theatrically sophisticated and accomplished"
- RealTime
Australia
“Dazzling, unique, creative and innovative”
- Calgary Sun
Canada
AboutSunny
Sunny's award-winning and inventive theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world and translated into 4 languages. His wide range of audiences have spanned international arts festivals, queers in underground warehouses, elderly ladies in regional theatres and young people in drop-in centres.
Photo credit: Luis Mora. Thanks to the Metcalf Foundation.
“Stories are the foundation of everything, including what we think is possible for ourselves and our planet. I aim to unmask the stories that keep us small and create new ones to call us into a different future”
- Sunny Drake
News
Men Express Their Feelings to become an audio series
Following on from its world premiere last year in Calgary with Downstage, Men Express Their Feelings is set to become a three-part audio series!
What does it mean to make an event or performance “accessible?”
Are you wanting to think through access for your event or show, but don't know where to start?
“An instant Canadian classic”
Check out this review in the Calgary Herald of the world premiere in March 2020 of my comedy: Men Express Their Feelings!
