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Allergic To Water


  • Pumphouse Theatre 2140 Pumphouse Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB, T3C 3P5 Canada (map)
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About:

Allergic to Water, created by Jacqueline Russell and performed in collaboration with musician Jeremy Gignoux, tells the story of Melusina, a mermaid trapped in a human body. Melusina develops a mysterious chronic illness that leaves her unable to work or function. As she attempts to navigate the medical system to find answers, her attempts to be a credible witness for her body are dismissed, ignored and pathologized. The show explores the gendered implications of chronic illness, and the ways in which women struggle to be heard and believed by the medical system.  Allergic to Water explores how humour, parody, and ridiculousness can deconstruct expectations about the often-unwitnessed experience of chronic pain and tell a different story.

Credits:

  • Co-presenting: Inside Out Theatre & Wee Witches

  • Producing Company: Wee Witch

  • Producer for Wee Witches: Michelle Brandenburg

  • Producer for Inside Out Theatre: Camille Craig

Artists:

  • Melucine/Producer: Jacqueline Russell

  • Albatross / Musician: Jeremy Gignoux

Designers:

  • Director: Jessica Buchanan

  • Production Manager: Sarah Minor

  • Stage Manager: Emily Parkhouse

  • Set Designer: Dave Smith

  • Costume / Mask Designer: Hannah Fisher

  • Mask Builder: Thea Killen Smith

  • Accessibility Consultant: Mariah Russell

  • Marketing & Publicity: Aldona Barutowicz

Media Inquiries
For all media and press requests, please contact:
Aldona Barutowicz
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📧 aldonabpr@gmail.com
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