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All remaining 2020 Confabulation events are on hold at present while we await best practices for dealing with the Coronavirus situation. Please stay tuned for updates — and catch up with the podcast for your true-life story needs!
Fans of great stories and great radio rejoice!
CBC Literary Prizes and Confabulation — Montreal’s original monthly, all-true storytelling showcase — are joining forces! The CBC is launching a three city storytelling project called All Told — True Stories from the True North. They’ll be in Toronto, working with Raconteurs Storytelling. They’ll be in Vancouver, sharing the stage with The Flame. And they’ll be in Montreal, having a drink with Confabulation.
Join us for six stories, shared by the people that lived them. Every city has it’s own theme. For the Montreal show, we’ll be exploring the theme of Crossing the Line: stories of Deviance, Defiance, and Damning the Consequences. Expect stories of bold choices, selfishness, stepping out into the great unknown — any and all crossings of all sorts of lines, be they personal, professional, political, or moral.
Featuring stories from:
Nantali Indongo (CBC Radio, Nomadic Massive)
Matt Goldberg (Confabulation, Uncalled For)
and more
Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm
Advance tickets can be purchased here: https://www.lfttckt.com/
It’s that time of year again!
Confabulation is ready to kick it in to high gear for one wild and frenetic evening of two-minute tales. Our mission: jam a whole slew of these little pip-squeaks into one night! Last year we managed a whopping thirty-seven stories, and this year we’re looking for a solid thirty-five. Can we do it? Well, we’ve done it before and we’ll do it again! So if you’ve got a bold and beautiful tale that can be told in 120 seconds or less, a snapshot of human existence you might say, then sign up for Confabulation Presents: The Shortest Story VI to become a part of our living scrapbook.
(Photo Credit:https://iheartthemaninthemoon.wordpress.com/tag/polaroid/)
We’re spreading our wings, and heading down the 401.
That’s right friends, like all good Montrealers, we’re moving to Toronto! (Well some of us did…) Join us the first Wednesday of every month at The Burdock Music Hall, starting on March 2, 2016.
With our first show in Toronto it only seems fitting to return to the very beginning of Confabulation with the theme that started it all — Firsts! Expect true stories, told by the people that lived them, about first: kisses, crushes, punches, cigarettes, high fives, halloweens, dances, votes, days of school, friends, enemies, casual acquaintances, jobs, firings, firings out of a cannon, encounters with the Western Canon, marriages, divorces, babies, camping trips, explosions, performances, brushes with the law… anything and everything!
Full line-up of storytellers to come.
Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door. (You can buy advance tickets here)
Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 7:30pm
Do you have a story you want to share? Submit yours here.
(Photo credit: Jamie McCaffrey)
With all the sinkholes, email hacks, and haunted houses lying around, the world is a terrifying place, and Confabulation wants to provide a little comfort in times like these. Let’s meet on February 6th at Mainline Theatre for Confabulation Presents: Danger! Stories of weak knees, triumph, and tenacity in the face of great peril.
Whether it’s the sound of sirens, a super secret spidey sense, or simply someone screaming, “Danger!” we all have our own alert systems. Let us know how you deal with the sense of impending doom by submitting your stories here. We provide one-on-one workshops, friendship, and support in this crazy mixed up world, so join us! There’s strength in numbers.
(Photo cred: Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa)
Between all the toenails, elbows, and veins, bodies are weird. Some of us are totally in sync with all our moving bits, while others are completely disconnected. However you interact with that crazy mess of limbs that transports you through your day, it’s with you 100% of the time, so you’re bound to relate to Confabulation’s January theme: The Body.
Featuring:
Carole Tenbrink
John Cotrocois
Jeff Gandell
Raeven Geist-Deschamps
Vadim Gran
and Gina Granter
With host Matt Goldberg
(Photo cred: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/feature/a610413/an-evening-with-arnold-schwarzenegger-8-highlights-from-london-qa.html#~prkkyyw1KKzeOt)
December: the most famliest month of the year! Every year, around this time, we get all squishy for our relatives, and we have to make a big thing about it, invite all our friends, and have a good ol’ fashioned “my dad is better than your dad” contest. But this is Confabulation, and we’re on a never-ending quest for truth (or the closest we can get to it), so even if you’re not into matching sweaters and rosy cheeks by the fireplace, join us for an evening of family lore and household secrets at Mainline Theatre on December 5th at 8 pm.
(Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vivalfuego/3527425098)
Open up and get ready for a big spoonful of storytelling medicine! Trust us. It’s good for you. No really.
On November 7th Confabulation presents: It’s Good for You (and other lies we tell ourselves). Join us as we pinch our nose, take our medicine, and wait to see what happens.
We’re still accepting stories for this event, so send in your tales of quacks, wackadoos, and placebos. Workshops, friendship, and handshakes provided!
From foot fetishes to swinger’s clubs to hoarding and Bronies, Confabulation is spending October getting dirty and strange as we delve deep into the theme of Taboo: Stories we shouldn’t be telling.
Featuring:
Jane Amro, Marika Hirtle-Lewis, Natalie Willett, Gerard Harris, and more!
Join us at 8pm on October 3rd at Mainline Theatre for an evening of the naughtiest stories we’ve ever told.