Common Monsters

Common Monsters is a playful study of how we twist difference to serve ourselves. This page is for purchasing tickets to the November 13, 7:30 performance. If you are looking for tickets to the November 12, 7:30 pm performance, please click here. If you are looking for tickets to the November 14, 7:30 pm performance, please click here. Content advisory: Profanity. Not suitable for children under 14 yrs old. This event is still a work in progress. Will update advisories if this changes. Annual Theatre as Performance Research Showcase. Led by faculty members James Long and Kyla Gardiner, featuring the work created by their students, we bring you Common Monsters. In the central square of a tiny town, everyone votes, everyone thrives, and everything is built on L.O.V.E. When a newcomer arrives, whose harmless habits don’t quite fit, divisions are drawn and factions form. Rooted in a year of research into theories of the monster, Common Monsters is a playful study of how we twist difference to serve ourselves. For audience members who own fur suits, wearing them to the event is encouraged. Latecomers will not be admitted. For purposes of documentation this event may be photographed, audio recorded, and/or filmed. By attending this event, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction. At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples.