past production

CHARISMA FURS

 

Photo by Sly Feiticeira. Production still from Charisma Furs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

Created by:
Mx. Sly and Jonathan Seinen

Performed:
Mx. Sly

Directed:
Jonathan Seinen

Stage Manager:
Kjell Cawsey

“Sly has an eerily effective presence that at times makes the show feel like a waking dream.” — Glenn Sumi, Now Magazine

Shared in a small space with a small audience, Charisma Furs is an intimate look at self-worth in a life lived with hunger.

Episodic, bizarre, nostalgic, and candid, it is a solo performance that visits everything from a first time submitting to a dominatrix, a surprise win in a schoolyard soccer game, a barely-attended poetry reading that changes everything, and a party that plays Ginuwine’s Pony every hour, on the hour.

Charisma Furs blurs forms, moving from storytelling to dance to standup comedy. The aesthetics are low-fi and the text is raw. Expect adult language and subject matter, nudity, and origami.

DEVELOPMENT:

Created with the financial support of:

  • Ontario Arts Council

  • Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

Developed through residencies and workshops presentations with:

  • lemonTree creations

  • Videofag

PRODUCTION HISTORY:

Charisma Furs opened at:

  • SummerWorks Performance Festival (2015)
    Factory Theatre - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Charisma Furs has since been programmed at:

  • rEvolver Festival (2016)
    The Cultch - Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • HOT! Festival - excerpt only (2016)
    Dixon Place - New York City, New York, US

  • Solo Sessions (2016)
    Storefront Theatre - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • UNO Fest (2017)
    Intrepid Theatre - Victoria, BC, Canada