Blowfish Theatre Co.

04/28/2022

The news is out! Our very own Rana Liu will be headed back to !

Rana will be directing A Little Bit Pregnant, written by Kate Lavut. The show is premiering at this June! 🐝

07/23/2021

Thank YOU! “Generations” TV Pilot fundraiser ended today by reaching 132% of our final goal!

Thanks to you, we raised $2,655! Absolutely mind blowing!

Thank you for supporting the development of "Generations," a show about family, highlighting the immigrant parent-child relationship.

Thank you for championing a creative team composed of BIPOC, q***r and 1st generation immigrant artists.

Thank you for promoting representation, visibility and opportunity to BIPOC voices in media.

This is only intermission… see you soon 🥰

07/13/2021

How we feel now that we’ve hit 112% of our goal! Thanks to YOU we’ve raised $2,255 🥰 Thank you!

Only 10 days left for you to grab a digital copy of “Generations” and to donate to our Indiegogo fundraiser.

Again, thank you so much for your love and support of “Generations”! More coming soon… 🎬

06/27/2021

Want to know what the *twist* is for “Generations”?

Click the link in our bio to get your tickets for our digital show and contribute to our fundraiser to our TV Pilot!

06/25/2021

“The scenes portray the complexity of the relationship between an immigrant mother and her Canadian daughter with striking accuracy, perfectly embodying the generational and cultural gaps between them.”

Thank you so much Shi Tao Zhang for the lovely review in the Montreal Rampage!

Read the whole review: https://montrealrampage.com/fringe-review-generations/

Grab your tickets today on our Indiegogo “Generations” TV Pilot fundraiser! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/generations-tv-pilot/x/16597611?create_edit=true #/

Comedic spoken word piece about mother and daughter deftly showcases the complexity between first and second generation immigrants.

06/23/2021

Missed your chance to watch "Generations" at the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal? No worries! We filmed our play for you in a studio!

All the proceeds from our Indiegogo campaign will be going to the creators of "Generations" to help develop *drum roll please* a TV Pilot! Check out our Indiegogo page for more information. And please do not hesitate to message us if you have any questions :)

Generations premiered at the 2021 Montreal Fringe Festival - now in development of its own TV Pilot. | Check out 'Generations - TV Pilot' on Indiegogo.

06/22/2021

We’re cooking up something special… 🍜

06/16/2021

Tune in tonight at 6PM on CKUT 90.3FM and ckut.ca to hear the cast and crew of “Generations” be interviewed by host Robyn Fadden of CKUT- In The Motherhood -.

Big thank you to Robyn for reaching out and talking with us about our creative process for “Generations” playing at Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal. 🐝

“Have you eaten yet? Here, I made you food. Come sit down, grab a bowl. Eat some more. You’ll be hungry later.” - How do you thank your immigrant parent for all their sacrifices?

06/14/2021

Our very own Playwright and Director Rana Liu was interviewed by CBC! Read more about our show “Generations” below! Big thank you to Marilla Steuter-Martin for writing this article. 🙂

Haven’t got your ticket yet because we sold out? NO WORRIES!

An additional showtime has been added: June 20th at 6PM.

Also, now that Montreal is in Yellow Zone, 3 additional seats have been added to each of our performances. Grab your tickets today: https://montrealfringe.online.red61.ca/event/2030:10/

The festival, which runs until June 20, has both in-person and online shows.

06/14/2021

Did you spot some familiar faces in the news? 🗞

“Generations” was featured in CBC! Big thank you to Marilla Steuter-Martin for interviewing our Playwright and Director Rana Liu for this article.

You can read about us here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-fringe-festival-2021-1.6064419

06/09/2021

The last ingredient to our cast, our Playwright and Director Rana Liu! 🍓

Rana Liu is an Asian Canadian multidisciplinary arts creator, manager and lover of bagels. Rana co-created Blowfish Theatre Company in 2016, founded out of a passion for theatre and a need to present stories. Her principle goal is to (re)vitalize diversity and cultural understanding through shared perspectives. To not just tell these stories, but to celebrate them. Telling stories using the composing of many different elements so as to appear variegated. "Generations" will mark her debut as Director and Playwright, and fourth year at the Montreal St-Ambroise de Fringe Festival.

Rana Liu earned her BA at McGill University in 2017, double majoring in Political Science and English: Drama & Theatre, and completed her MA at Columbia College Chicago in Arts Management in 2019. As a patchwork storyteller, her mission is to provide a platform for people to tell their stories.

Buy your tickets for “Generations” premiering June 13 at the 🐝 Tickets on sale at montrealfringe.ca @ Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal

06/07/2021

Meet our Production Manager, Keeper of the Book, human extraordinaire Emily or Em 🥰

Emily (Em) Sheeran is an actor and producer with life-long love and experience in theatre. And they are very excited to be back in the production manager chair again on such a wonderful project!

Past work includes acting as Production Manager on Khaos Labs’ film American Dreamers, and Director of The Sweetest Swing in Baseball at Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre. Acting credits include roles such as Imogen in Cymbeline (McGill), Bérenger in Rhinoceros (Players’ Theatre), Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (METG Best Actress Award), and Amanda in Moon Over the Brewery (DASH Award Winner).

Em would like to give a huge thanks to Rana Liu for bringing them onto this project, and to the lovely Uzzy and Andrea as well for making this such an enjoyable experience! ❤️

Get your tickets for “Generations” premiering at at the Balustrade, Monument National from June 13-20.