AGIT-POP! Pearle Harbour at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines

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Presented in English + French Surtitling

Recommended for ages 16 and up

Award-winning drag comedienne Pearle Harbour presents Agit-Pop!, a hilarious and heartbreaking cabaret for the end times. Think Judy Garland at Carnegie, on acid. Weaving her signature wit and demented storytelling through the headlines, Pearle takes on the world, from climate catastrophes, to nuclear anxiety, the lust for housing, the dark web, fake news and real history. Accompanied by musical director Stella Conway, Agit-Pop! reimagines the number-one hits of David Bowie, Britney Spears, The Beach Boys, and more, as you've never heard them before.

Award-winning drag comedienne Pearle Harbour presents Agit-Pop!, a hilarious and heartbreaking cabaret for the end times. Think Judy Garland at Carnegie, on acid.

Weaving her signature wit and demented storytelling through the headlines, Pearle takes on the world, from climate catastrophes, to nuclear anxiety, the lust for housing, the dark web, fake news and real history.

Accompanied by musical director Stella Conway, Agit-Pop! reimagines the number-one hits of David Bowie, Britney Spears, The Beach Boys, and more, as you've never heard them before.

Pearle Harbour is an award-winning performance artist, theatre creator, and Fool. She's been called “one of the most engaging and thoughtful performance artists around” by NOW Magazine, "like Greek tragedy's Cassandra, as played by Eve Arden."

Her gonzo original works – Chautauqua, Agit-Pop!, and Distant Early Warning – have been presented to rave critical and audience response, from coast to coast to coast across Canada. She's been published in Canadian Theatre Review, featured on the CBC (Canadian Screen Award nomination: Outstanding Variety Special), and has developed work for Peacock (NBC).

As a performance dramaturge, Pearle is a returning presence at the Stratford Festival (RENT, Chicago). She's shared her singular take on drag and bouffon in masterclasses and lectures at Queens University, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Toronto, Randolph College for the Performing Arts, and the University of New Brunswick. Selected accolades include Audience Choice Award (SummerWorks), Outstanding Solo Performance (My Entertainment World), 3x Dora Mavor-Moore Award nominations (Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Costume Design), and the Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund Award for A Canadian Theatre Performer. pearleharbour.com

Director Rebecca Ballarin | Writer/performer Justin Miller | Musical Director Steven Conway | Lighting Designer Logan Raju Cracknell | Projection Designer Adam Miller

Presented as part of theWILDSIDE Festival in partnership withthe Centaur Theatre and La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines.