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.

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

Header photo

Photography - DYLAN MITRO (instagram: @meetdylan)
Wardrobe & Styling - CAT CALICA (instagram: @yunguava)
Hair & Makeup - ROBERT WEIR (instagram: @robertweirbeauty)
Assistant to Photography - WYATT LOWRY (insta: @wyatt_lowry)
Assistant to Wardrobe & Styling KAI JACKMAN (insta: @garconnnne)
Assistant to Hair & Makeup - TORU MIYAKE GALLARDO (insta: @facesbytoru)