The Human Cat Experience | The rEvolver Festival 2026

From award-winning weirdos Hilary Fillier (ParaNorma PI) and ira cooper (Everything Is Super Wow) comes The Human Cat Experience, a brand-new comedic tail that’s truly the cat’s meow.

Meet Tom & Pickles: two best fur-iends, high on catnip and suddenly catapulted into an emergency road trip to Catsco for kitty litter. What starts as a simple errand spirals into a fur-midable fever dream of serial-killer sex dolls, rotisserie-chicken burlesque, and a claw-fully unhinged Log Driver’s Waltz starring a dancing poop.

Think Cheech and Chong, but fluffier – purr-formed with handmade puppets, original songs, and an un-fur-gettable avalanche of cat puns.

Content Advisory:
Partial nudity, depictions of catnip use, sudden loud noises

Venue
C-Lab
60 minutes

Dates
May 22 @ 9:15 pm
May 23 @ 7:10 pm Talkback
May 24 @ 5:00 pm

Hilary Fillier: Creator, Performer
ira cooper: Creator, Performer
Ruby Arnold: Designer
Andrew Wade: Stage Manager
Produced by Spec Theatre & Catsco

The Human Cat Experience: @catsco420 (instagram)
Spec Theatre: @spectheatre (instagram. Facebook, Tiktok), www.spectheatre.com
Hilary Fillier: @paranormapi (instagram, Tiktok, Facebook)

PAST CRITICAL REVIEW for The Human Cat Experience

“The cat-nippiest, cat-trippiest show you will see at the Fringe. Delightful puppets. And a chicken winning dance you won’t soon forget.” – What The Fringe
“Holy hairballs! The Human Cat Experience is a Fringey meowsterpiece.” – The Post Horn
“Aptly described as “Cheech and Chong, but with Cats,” The Human Cat Experience is non-stop laughter, you’d be suspect of coughing up a hairball.” – YEG Fringe Recs
“Genuinely almost falling out of my seat laughing so hard, the acting was hilarious the script was insane but in the best way and so so so insanely funny.” – Edmonton Fringe Patron Review
“Fillier’s talent for physical comedy shines; her willingness to ‘go there’ is truly unmatched. Truly a riot of a performer.” ParaNorma PI, ★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press
★★★★– “It’s a solid showcase for Cooper’s talent for physical theatre . . . Wacky, trippy and surreal” Janice Sawka, Winnipeg Free Press
★★★★– “Fillier’s talent for physical comedy shines; her willingness to ‘go there’ is truly unmatched. Truly a riot of a performer.” Winnipeg Free Press

AWARDS:
ParaNorma PI, Winner: Artistic Risk Award, Vancouver Fringe 2023
Winner – Artistic Risk Award – Vancouver Fringe – ParaNorma PI
Winner – Best Actor – About Love Festival – Hilary Fillier
Nominee – Prix de la Créativité Mainline – Montréal Fringe – ParaNorma PI
Nominee – Oustanding Clown Show – Montréal Fringe – Everything is Super Wow