Thursday, February 2 • 7:30 PM

Accessibility: Accessible venue and washrooms, audio assist system available for hard of hearing. To book an audio headset email admin@publicenergy.ca

All ages

Photo Credit: Dahlia Katz
Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale from $5 to $25.

Purchase tickets online now!

*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.*

You can also reserve tickets by email or phone (no credit card required). Please email your request to admin@publicenergy.ca or call 705-745-1788.

The Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows are resilient. They are stitching their fractured landscapes back together from the impact of mercury poisoning. Using dance, movement, sound, and storytelling, the Dora-award winning Waawaate Fobister embodies Omaagomaan, a two-spirit being, and a manifestation of the earth and man-made poisons that have seeped into the earth’s crust. A fierce shape-shifter inspired by Anishinaabeg worldview and cosmologies, Omaagomaan forces us to reckon with the ways the maanaadizi (ugly) and the onishishin (beautiful) collide.

“Fobister is a magnetic performer, and his storytelling and characterizations are richly textured.” -Kathleen Oliver, The Georgia Straight

“Fobister is a dynamic, engaging performer, and you owe it to yourself to listen to their story.” -Mooney on Theatre