Viral website PostSecret comes to the Firehall stage in Vancouver
Vancouver artists have teamed up with Frank Warren, creator of one of the most popular blogs in the world, to bring to life the unheard voices of his blog PostSecret.com.
The Firehall Arts Centre production of PostSecret: The Show makes its Canadian premiere on January 20, starring BC-based performers Kahlil Ashanti, Nicolle Nattrass & Ming Hudson.
PostSecret: The Show is a visual, auditory, and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions, and confessions. With original music performed by Mario Vaira, recorded voices, projected images, and video, PostSecret: The Show becomes an immersive experience as three performers guide the audience through a crowd-sourced narrative of the stories behind some of the most sexual, sad, funny, controversial, hopeful and inspiring secrets – many of which have never been seen before.
The show made its world premiere at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (North Carolina) in April 2014. The Vancouver production features two new BC performers – Ming Hudson and Nicolle Nattrass, plus Vancouver’s Kahlil Ashanti from the original run. The production is slated to tour the US next year.
“We all have secrets…This show uncovers those memories from our emotional past… touching and real” – Broadway World
Jan 20–Feb 7, 2015 | Tickets: $16-32 (Half-price preview: Jan 20, 8pm)
ABOUT POSTSECRET.COM
In November of 2004, Frank Warren handed out 3,000 self-addressed postcards to strangers, prompting them to share their secrets. It went viral, with thousands of shocking, silly and soulful secrets flooding in from around the world. PostSecret has become a global movement and an important community for millions of unheard voices, raising over $1,000,000 for suicide prevention. PostSecret.com is the most visited advertisement-free blog in the world, with nearly 700 million visits. There have been six PostSecret books, one of which reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. A 2011 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art included 300 postcard images.