Confabulation

This week, we bring you a story from Michele Luchs that reminds us that, yeah: sometimes, you should just drop what you’re doing, and go see a doctor. Right away. Like now. And do your utmost from not letting anyone stop you. From October 2014’s Confabulation presents: Bad Medicine.

Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa shares the story of her family’s cottage and the people, the manners and the monsters that live there. Also, the best way to defend against the Pope. From April 2014’s Confabulation presents: Lies my Parents Told Me.

Comedian Asaf Gerchak tells a story about summer camp, pop music and the horrors that connect them. Also, raccoons. From October 2011’s Confabulation presents: Kids Stuff.

This week’s story is by Nisha Coleman, and was told at April 2014’s Lies My Parents Told Me. Both hilarious and deeply personal, this exploration of her relationship with her father is perhaps the most perfectly themed story ever, and a sober reflection on how our relationships transform.
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This week, we bring you a story from Al Lafrance, who is gearing up for the Canadian FRINGE Festival circuit, with his new show The Quitter! He’ll be kicking of his tour at the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival.
Al is also the founder of Bloody Underrated, and co-founder of Solos, an annual festival that celebrates solo creations in theatre.

Each year on Nuit Blanche in Montreal, Confabulation presents The Shortest Story, a night of two minute short stories. This year we brought you thirty-one short stories!
On this week’s podcast you’ll hear the second half of the night, with stories from:
Matt Goldberg, Andrew Zadel, Catherine Sargent, Stephen Trepanier, Cameryn Moore, Florian Prat-Vincent, Daniel Carin, Tessa Brown, Jennifer Ansell-Clarke, Joel Fishbane write-in story, Paul Van Den Boom, Gina Freeman, Marc Rowland, Tali Brady, Daniel Marcella, Nisha Coleman, Britt Dash, and Gerard Harris.

Each year on Nuit Blanche in Montreal, Confabulation presents The Shortest Story, a night of two minute short stories. This year we brought you thirty-one short stories!
On this week’s podcast you’ll hear the first half of the night, with stories from:
Matt Goldberg, Vance Gillis, Emily Carlstrom, Deborah Van Slet, Lorne Budman, Katherine Turnbull, Allison Anja, Josh Budman, Francois Messier, Cassandra Togliari, Vanessa Kneale, Kyle Allatt, Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa, Michele Luchs, and Sarah Deshaies.

Recorded in May 2013, this interview with storyteller, performer, writer and improvisor Jeff Gandell, who premiered is show The Balding at the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival, last summer.
This coming week, Jeff is remounting The Balding at MainLine Theatre in Montreal, so we resurrected this interview, where in which Confabulation‘s Matt Goldberg discusses the many aspects of storytelling with Jeff.

This week, Joe Conto shares a story of contrasts. Rich and poor. Good and evil. Chef and server. Decorative swans and butter ducks. From November 2011’s Confabulation presents: Turning Points.

Toronto storyteller Sage Tyrtle shares this story of the dangers just beyond the safe sounds of our streets.