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

Created and produced with the support of Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts