25/10/2022 – 25/10/2022

... is an experimental dance, theatre and installation performance, which presents a part-soap opera, part-murder mystery unfolding through six archetypal characters searching for Splenda in a world is built on the same principles as the eponymous artificial sweetener: “It starts with sugar. Tastes like sugar. But it’s not sugar.” The narrative follows the overlapping and contradicting accounts of the main character that emerge after her mysterious disappearance.

Written & visualized by
Olga Abeleva

Curated and produced by
Celine Bureau

Additional writing & dramaturgy by
Dolly Frank-Harry,
Sine Kundargi-Girard,
Lenore Claire Herrem

Directed by
Olga Abeleva
Lenore Claire Herrem

Costumes by
Olga Abeleva & Leon

Make-up & hair by
Leon

Soundtrack by
Claire Newton

Set building by
Nick Howe

Psychic drawings by
Elena Abeleva

Poster by
Andrea Lukic

Actors:
Alex Apostolodis as Damon
Amal Akil as Tamara
Anastassia Hypnose as Angelica
Aracely as Polly
Sine Kundargi-Girard as Penny
Talia Fuchs as the Manager

With Support from:
Canada Council for the Arts
Montreal Arts Council
Céline Bureau
Petite Maison des Arts
The Sala Rossa