Trip the Light Theatre

Congratulations to the Polygraph team for our sweeping nominations! It’s been such a pleasure to work on this show together, thank you to everyone who has came to see our premiere at the this summer 💖

Outstanding New Creation - Polygraph
Outstanding Ensemble Performance -
Outstanding Performance -
Outstanding Direction -
Behind the Rideau, Stage Manager -
Outstanding Design, Lighting -
Emerging Artist, Director -

Thank you 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟 see you at the award ceremony!

Thank you for the incredible time we had at your Fringe 🌟 what a great way to end our run of Nuit, we’ve loved partying with you!

Also big big big thank you to our amazing tech Nuit would not have been the same without you here 💖

We hope to come back in the future with a new show!!

Winnipeg!! Have you ever wanted to yell, scream, cry, and laugh with the performers? Then join us for our very first and very last HECKLE NIGHT 🔥🔥🔥

If you have a cheeky lil drink before hand we won’t tell on you 😉

Friday July 26th, 10pm Venue 8 (Rachel Browne Theatre)

Winnipeg, come get your laughs in at Nuit 🎉 our fast-paced disco dance show is the perfect place to relive your best clubbing memories, so bring a friend, have a cheeky drink before, and get ready for a partyyyyyy 🪩

Catch Nuit at Rachel Browne Theatre before the end of

Winnipeg, you’ve got five more chances to experience the joy of fringing by seeing Nuit 💖 grab your best friend and your funkiest fit and bring them to have the gayest clubbing time of your life (you’ll be sitting comfortable in your seat the whole time and it’ll still be light outside when you leave) 🎉

Thank you for the lovely review 💕

Join us at Rachel Browne Theatre Wed-Sun for our last five shows!

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A BIG THANK YOU to for the wonderful time we had these past two weeks 🪩 We’ve loved shaking our booties at club Nuit for you all, if you missed us find us at July 17-28!

A huge shoutout to our powerhouse of a tech 🌟

Lots of love, the Nuit team 💖

🎥⏱️📈 Meet the team 📈⏱️🎥

Sophie Goyette-Hamels (she/her) is the director and choreographer for Polygraph. A dynamic mover and creator from Ottawa, she is passionate about devised and collaborative creation processes. She graduated from York University’s dance program and went on exchange to the University of Chichester, in England for a year. Sophie has created a number of works, including Nuit and CTRL, both performed at the Youth Infringement Festival, and is excited that Polygraph will have its world premiere at Ottawa Fringe.

As someone who loves working on devised projects, my big inspiration for this show was to try out a new process with the team! After giving Harley some parameters for the text and having a long conversation with them about the things they were interested in at the time, I gave them full artistic freedom to create up to 20 pages of a script. We then took that incredible script (thank you !) and started ripping it apart, putting it back together, adding more text and movement, and finally we have the end result. As always this is a first draft, but I’m really proud of the whole team for what we were able to make!

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Tamara Laplante (she/her) is an Ottawa-based, GTA-born stage manager. Once upon a time she tried on all the hats of theatre and found that stage managing fits her best. Tamara made a return to the arts during the Covid-19 pandemic in search of community and creativity. She has stage managed at the Youth Infringement festival, Ottawa Fringe, Guelph Fringe and undercurrents festival. Tamara is excited to bring Nuit to new cities and hopes the audiences feel as much joy as she does while working on this show. Her favourite night to get dressed up and go out is always New Year’s Eve.

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Sarah Ivanco (she/they) is a producer, performer, and creator for Polygraph. In her artistic practice they have a large focus on theatre, dance, and visual arts. Her personal artistic mandate is about building a supportive community through collective creation and vulnerability. Sarah is also the co-artistic director and founder of the Lighter Touch Art Collective and the curator and editor of Zine R.A.C.K.

Polygraph is a project that is very close to my heart. In Canada alone, two-thirds of people know a woman who has faced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. As a femme-presenting individual I am no stranger to misogynistic behaviour and the abuse that men are capable of. Polygraph may be about violence and misogyny in the music and film industry but it is just as important in our own day to day lives. We need to continue to stand against the heteropatriarchy and believe, support, and show kindness to the women in our lives.

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Glenys Marshall (she/her) is a performer and creator for Nuit. She is a comedian based in Ottawa, where she co-produces and stars in Small Fish, a variety show that spotlights marginalized performers in her city. A graduate from Humber’s Comedy Writing and Performance program, she’s explored many mirth-y mediums, including sketch (The Second City Conservatory), clown (Salford University) and improv (anywhere and everywhere). She works with the Canadian Improv Games as a referee, judge, and head trainer in her region. After bringing Nuit to Montreal and Winnipeg this summer, she’ll be releasing her first full length musical comedy album, Glenys. Her ideal clubbing playlist would consist of yacht rock, kpop, and sped-up Chappel Roan!

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Harley Wegner (they/them) is a Métis Two-Spirit artist, creating on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. Mainly working in theatre, their artistic career has spanned the last 6 years through acting, writing, directing, designing lights, producing and curating. They are pretty much constantly working on a project.They are beyond excited to make waves in the arts scene with Faerie Goblin Productions as a producer and emerging curator. Harley seeks to make projects that embrace Wahkohtowin while exploring q***r and trans eroticism, leftist politics, the avant-garde, silliness, seriousness, camp, intimacy, and all things strange!

I wrote the text for Polygraph because the conversation on violent misogyny is ongoing and will continue to be ongoing until we end the abuse of women and girls. The Me Too Movement opened conversation about the rampant abuse of women and children in Hollywood, but eventually the conversations stopped, life carried on as normal, and now Harvey Weinstein has had charges against him dropped halving his prison sentence. Abuse does not stop because we stop talking about it. I wrote Polygraph because I am a feminist dedicated to toppling heteropatriarchy, and conversations like the ones had in this show are a small step forward.

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💖🌟🪩 Meet the team 🪩🌟💖

Meghan Burns (she/they) is a performer for Nuit this season. They toured Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton Fringe festivals last year with the show “Always Because: The Adventures of Maggie and Meghan”, co-produced, performed and directed with her partner Maggie May Harder. They also perform as drag king Morgan Mercury, recently competing on Ottawa’s Next Drag Superstar, as well as leading q***r history walking tours of Ottawa in drag. She is looking forward to performing in Montreal for the first time and returning to Winnipeg Fringe, this time with a whole group of creators that inspire her! They always carry an extra juice box and granola bar to the club to stay hydrated and energized on the dance floor (plus it’s a foolproof move to offer a juice box to cuties).

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🎥⏱️📈 Meet the team 📈⏱️🎥

Tamara Laplante (she/her) is an Ottawa-based, GTA-born stage manager. Once upon a time she tried on all the hats of theatre and found that stage managing fits her best. Tamara made a return to the arts during the Covid-19 pandemic in search of community and creativity. She has stage managed at the Youth Infringement festival, Ottawa Fringe, Guelph Fringe and undercurrents festival. 
 
Polygraph touches on some heavy, but necessary themes about abuse, the abuse of power, and how our overarching systems work against women. For most of her life, Tamara has worked in male-dominated fields, and she is rather familiar with the double-standards that exist across industries. Her experiences have helped guide her discoveries on this project and she hopes that shows like Polygraph can help support the change that is needed to a future that is fair and just.

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💖🌟🪩 Meet the team 🪩🌟💖

Sophie Goyette-Hamels (she/her) is the director and choreographer for Nuit. A dynamic mover and creator from Ottawa, she is passionate about devised and collaborative creation processes. She graduated from York University’s dance program and went on exchange to the University of Chichester, in England for a year. Sophie has created a number of works, including Nuit and CTRL, both performed at the Youth Infringement Festival, and Polygraph, which will have its world premiere at Ottawa Fringe. She knows it’s going to be a great night out when her drinks match her outfit.

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Mirana Rambelo (she/they) is shimmering with glee to be a performer in Nuit, her first Fringe show ever! You may have seen her recently in Dreamgirls ‘Michelle’ (Orpheus Musical Theatre) or just a lil’ whiles back in Mamma Mia! ‘Rosie’ (Canterbury High School). Offstage, they like singing ol’ wistful jazz tunes and dancin’ and shimmy-shimmying to salsa, bachata, and afro-cuban. They are also dabbling in choreographing, trying to bring vintage moves to modern stages. All in all, Mirana hopes to dedicate her life to making imaginative and expansive art that makes people feel deeply and get a sense of renewed inspiration. That’s why, in their purse, they always carry extra tissues and an asthma inhaler!

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Jon Dickey (he/him) is a performer and creator for Polygraph who currently resides in Ottawa. He studied Theatre at the University of Ottawa and has appeared on stage in Ottawa for a variety of theatre companies including: A Company of Fools, Theatre 4.669, Dead Unicorn Ink, Allen Key Kollektiv, and Leaping Mammal. 
 
He believes Polygraph continues to shine a light on how our society’s patriarchal systems are used by people with power and influence to perpetrate various patterns of abusive behaviour against women. These same systems are then often used to shield abusers and invalidate victims. He hopes Polygraph is a reminder to everyone to believe women and understand that there is still personal, communal , and cultural work to be done to create a safe and uplifting space for women.

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💖🌟🪩 Meet the team 🪩🌟💖

Sarah Ivanco (she/they) is a producer, performer, and creator for Nuit. In her artistic practice they have a large focus on theatre, dance, and visual arts. Her personal artistic mandate is about building a supportive community through collective creation and vulnerability. Sarah is also the co-artistic director and founder of the Lighter Touch Art Collective and the curator and editor of Zine R.A.C.K. They are thrilled to be bringing Nuit to Montreal and Winnipeg this summer and hopes to meet all the q***r cuties in each city! Her most embarrassing night clubbing moment is when she spit champagne down the back of a famous DJ.

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