Never Walk Alone
T'was the night before Christmas at a strip club in Montreal when Honey is phoned by her long-estranged mother at the start of her shift: how will she get through the rest of her shift while juggling the memories, angst and wacky scenarios that get stirred up?
Never Walk Alone is a solo-live performance piece at the intersections of pole dance and theatre around identification, connection and expectations: it's a strange attempt at a heartwarming Christmas tale in the only way creator Julie Phan knows how.
Production History:
PNSNV Creative Studio and fu-GEN theatre company co-production, in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - 2025 - genrefuck. (presented with Reina by Augusto Bitter) - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Chamber
Supported by Ontario Arts Council - Theatre Projects Grant (2024), and Canadian Council for the Arts - Explore and Create - Concept to Realization Grant (2024)
Development History:
Supported by the Toronto Arts Council - Dance Projects Grant (2023), and Canadian Council for the Arts - Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant (2024)
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Spring 2023 - dramaturgy by Matt McGeachy, movement coaching by Nate Gerber, in partnership with fu-GEN theatre company
Supported by the Wuchien Michael Than Fund at the Ontario Arts Foundation.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Fall 2021 - Seeding Work, directed by Tawiah Ben M’Carthy, movement coaching by Nate Gerber, dramaturgy by Gillian Clark
OAC Recommender Grant (2020-2021) - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, fu-GEN theatre company and Tarragon Theatre
OAC Recommender Grant (2019-2020) - Theatre Passe Muraille
Paprika Festival (2019-2020) - dramaturgy by Bilal Baig, artistic mentorship under Andrew Tay
Promotional Photos by FELICE TRINIDAD
Production Photos by JEREMY MIMNAUGH
Never Walk Alone: Phung Hoang
Concept and promotional video.
Never Walk Alone: A Guy Walks Into A Bar
Concept and promotional video.
