Bystanders: An Enviro-Cabaret
Thursday, October 28, 2021 7:30PM ET | Tom Lips with Bystanders: An Enviro-Cabaret (Blackbox Studio, Arts Court and Live stream broadcast)
Bystanders: An Enviro-Cabaret is a musical exploration of environmental issues and our all-too-human response to them. The show features original stories and songs, with a little history and science thrown in. A brand-new entertaining and thought-provoking show from one of Canada’s best storytellers, Tom Lips.
An active member of Ottawa StoryTellers for three decades, Tom shares traditional folk tales and legends, literary stories, poetry, and his own original stories. He has appeared frequently in Ottawa StoryTellers’ “Speaking Out/Speaking In” series, for which he co-created and performed in such shows as A House Divided (2011), And Tell Laura I Love Her (2014 & 2015), and That Delightful Strain (2015). A veteran of Ottawa’s “Stories from the Ages” series, he has presented stories from ancient epics such as the Odyssey, the Iliad, the Mabinogion, the Kalevala, and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Tom is also a poet and an accomplished singer-songwriter whose recordings of original, eclectic songs have made many friends. He has been living in Whitehorse, Yukon since September 2019.
Note for those attending in-person: Doors open at 7:00PM ET. All Public Health regulations will apply, including masks and social distancing. Patrons must show proof of their vaccination status with a photo ID. All ticket holders will be provided with a link to watch the show live-streamed. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home, and enjoy the show virtually.
Live stream ticket holders will receive a link to the performance two hours before showtime. Can’t watch during the live stream? That’s okay. The recording will be available for one week to ticket holders.
Listen to Tom Lips tell the story “Re-Wilding the Farm” from his upcoming show Bystanders: An Enviro-Cabaret