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Nextfest 2022 Content Warnings
Below please find the content warnings for our festival listed by event. Once you have looked at this document, please replace it back into the envelope so others can read it! If you have any other additional questions about Nextfest Content Warnings please feel free to email hello@nextfest.ca or speak to a staff member.
| Opening Ceremonies | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Christina Hollingworth | Thursday, June 2 at 6:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| Stem Champ | Thursday, June 2 at 6:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| Ronald Morrera | Thursday, June 2 at 6:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo | Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 pm | No age restrictions | Mention of (MMIWG2) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirits |
| Casual Friday, Performance Review | Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| 坐月子 Sitting the Month | Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| MacEwan Youth Jazz Orchestra | Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 pm | No age restrictions | Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music |
| Theatre- Mainstage | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Chuckle Ruckus | Various dates throughout festival | Recommended 14+ | Adult Language / Adult Content, Sexual Content, Drug use, Cartoonish Violence |
| THE SHADOW AND THE FOOL; a progress showing for a process growing | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Mental Illness, Racism/ Racial slurs, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation, Bright Lights, Complete darkness, Extended periods of dim lights, Language of psychology and the institution of mental healthcare |
| Stone and Soil | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Bullying / Derogatory Language, Emotional Abuse, Mental Illness, Miscarriages/ Abortion, Sexism / Misogyny, Sexual Content, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation |
| Moonie and Maybee Dig Up a Grave | Various dates throughout festival | Recommended 14+ | Blood, Death / Dying, Strobe Lights, Sudden Loud Noises, Strobe Lights, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Bright Lights, Violence, Cartoonish Violence, Smoke / Fog |
| Host Town | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Lyrics have references to Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying, Violence |
| OMISIMAWIW | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Political Content |
| Theatre – Progress Showings | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Fantomina | Friday, June 3 at 5:00 pm | 14+ event | Adult Language / Adult Content, Pregnancy/ Childbirth, Sexual Assault, Sexual Content, Sexual Assault |
| interWEBBED | Sunday, June 5 at 4:00 pm | 14+ event | Clown, Strobe Lights, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Bright Lights, Cartoonish Violence |
| QUEER CHORDS: Journeys of Resilience Across Generations | Friday, June 10 at 5:00 pm | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content |
| Theatre- Workshop Readings | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Pressure | Saturday, June 4 at 6:00 pm | Recommended 14+ | Adult Language / Adult Content, Mental Illness, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation |
| Strathcona Retold | Sunday, June 5 at 10:00 am | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying, Violence |
| One Last Kiss | Saturday, June 11 at 12:00 pm (noon) | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Animal Cruelty / Animal Death, Bullying / Derogatory Language, Death / Dying, Sexism / Misogyny, Sexual Assault |
| 7×12 | Sunday, June 12 at 12:00 pm (noon) | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Mental Illness, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation |
| One Night Only Events (Showcases and Nite Clubs) | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Well-Versed (Poetry Showcase) | Sunday, June 5 at 8:00 pm | Recommended 14+ | Adult Language / Adult Content |
| You Might Notice Something Different About Me (Comedy Showcase) with JusJordan | Wednesday, June 8 at 9:00 pm | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Comedy: Some adult themes. No vulgar language or overt sexual. Mostly innuendo or allusion. JusJordan: Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying |
| iHuman Showcase | Thursday, June 9 at 9:00 pm | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Bullying / Derogatory Language, Emotional Abuse, Mental Illness, Racism/ Racial slurs, Self-Harm, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation, Verbal Abuse |
| Electrik (Burlesque Showcase) | Friday, June 10 at 9:00 pm | 18+ event | Nudity and partial nudity. Sexual and sensual themes. Adult language/content. |
| Dollhouse After Dark (Drag Showcase) | Saturday, June 11 at 9:00 pm | 18+ event | Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying, Mental Illness, Transphobia / Trans Misogyny, Cartoonish Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity |
| From the Valleys to the Alley… it’s SIC! (Sublime Intervention Collective Nite Club) | Friday, June 3 at 9:30 pm | 14+ event | Adult Language / Adult Content, Strobe Lights, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Bright Lights, Smoke / Fog |
| For the Gaze (Fear the Festival Nite Club) | Saturday, June 4 at 9:30 pm | 18+ event | You may experience feelings of being watched. Nudity, Adult Language / Adult Content, Political Content, War, Adult Language / Adult Content, Sexual Violence, Flashing Lights and Strobe Lights |
| HellBent for Leather (SMUT Nite Club) | Friday, June 10 at 9:30 pm | 18+ event | Adult Language / Adult Content, Nudity, Political Content, Religious Content, Sexual Content, Strobe Lights, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Bright Lights, Smoke / Fog, Deliberately provocative use of Christian/Catholic symbolism, pieces that address kink, BDSM, and consensual power exchange dynamics |
| Touching You I Catch Midnight (Pride Nite Club) | Saturday, June 11 at 9:30 pm | 14+ event | Adult Language / Adult Content, Sexual Content, Trauma / PTSD |
| Digital Projects (Online) | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| A Score for Daydreams | Accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Blood, Death / Dying, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Trauma / PTSD |
| One With | Accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| Improvisations in Dance and Music | Accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Ableism, Adult Language / Adult Content, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music |
| What’s Next? A-Choose-Your-Own-Audio-Journey | Accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying |
| EMI LAARA: Little Stories to Dream | Accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| Dance | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| WANDER Program (Through Threads, The Dusty Rose, TRUE COLOUR: A CHAMELEON JOURNEY) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Mental Illness, Trauma / PTSD, Topic of Addiction |
| WHIRL Program (Slip Through the Fog, Pivot, ESPARTANÆ) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| WITHSTAND Program (Direct Sunlight Only: A Solo, Departure, Minutes, Hours, Days, Years) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Trauma / PTSD |
| Nextfest High School | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| THE FUTURE IS NOW Program (Songs for Robots, The Second AmendmAAAGHHH, The Dirge of 2038) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Off stage audible comical death, Adult Language / Adult Content |
| The Power of Four | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| WHAT BONDS US Program (What Would She Say? The End of Us) | Various dates throughout festival | Recommended 14+ | Adult Language / Adult Content, Emotional Abuse, Homophobia/ Hetrosexism, Miscarriages/ Abortion, Pregnancy/ Childbirth, Sexism / Misogyny, Trauma / PTSD, Verbal Abuse, Violence, Grooming |
| High School Cabaret (Hide and Seek, Kat Krys’ Songwriter Showcase, The Road to Finding Yourself, The False King, Cutting Ties, Kaiya Gamble, Doesn’t Matter) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Mental Illness, Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying, Homophobia/ Hetrosexism, Religious Content, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation |
| IN THEIR SHOES Program (The Modern-Day Muse, One Last Note, The Issue at Hand) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Emotional Abuse, Mental Illness, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation, Transphobia / Trans Misogyny, Sexism / Misogyny |
| WRITES OF PASSAGE Program (The Mine, The Law of Universal Gravitation) | Various dates throughout festival | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult Language / Adult Content, Death / Dying, Political Content, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Violence |
| Film | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| Program A (Kite Fest, Nurturing Solstice Sweetness, Miles Behind: A Spider-man fan film, frost light, I Am A Lizard – Dogman Dean, Teewick: Know Thyself) | In theatre: Sunday, June 12 at 2:00 pm And accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Religious Content, Adult Language / Adult Content, Racism/ Racial slurs, Violence, Strobe Lights, BLM movement content, police, guns shown, Religious Content |
| Program B (Power Moves, GTFO, Shouldering Intervals of Desire, The Last Song, Lemons, Valet) | In theatre: Sunday, June 12 at 3:30 pm And accessible anytime online at www.nextfest.ca | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Adult language/ Adult Conent, Mental Illness, Sexual Content, Trauma / PTSD, Verbal Abuse, Discusses sex work and failure of adequate care in the mental health system, Sudden Loud Noises, Loud Sounds or Loud Music, Adult Language Bright Lights, Implied child death, implied violence, |
| Music | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| THE LOT SHOWCASE 1 – KAELEY JADE & GOOD INFORMATION | Saturday, June 4 at 2:00 pm | No age restrictions | Loud Music |
| THE LOT SHOWCASE 2- EMMET MICHAEL & HOMOFONIK | Saturday, June 11 at 2:00 pm | No age restrictions, but please see Content Warnings | Loud Music, Mental Illness, Religious Content, Suicide/ Suicide Ideation, Transphobia / Trans Misogyny |
| DJs | |||
| ARTIST/ TITLE OF PIECE | PERFORMANCE DATE | AGE RESTRICTION | CONTENT WARNINGS |
| DJ Wr4k3r | Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| DJ ExStepMom | Sunday, June 5 at 9:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |
| DJ Jay Slay | Wednesday, June 8 at 10:00 pm Thursday, June 9 at 10:00 pm | No age restrictions | No content warnings |