A Burnaby-based performer is helping to bring one of the world's most popular blogs to the stage.
PostSecret: The Show makes its Canadian premiere at the Firehall Arts Centre this month, with a run from Jan. 20 to Feb. 7.
Burnaby's Kahlil Ashanti teamed up with T.J. Dawe and Justin Sudds to create the show alongside Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com.
The site has received more than a million anonymous secrets since Warren started it in 2004 by handing out 3,000 self-addressed postcards to strangers, prompting them to share their secrets. Since then, PostSecret has become a global phenomenon, with people sending in their own postcards containing secrets from the shocking to the silly to the soulful and the sexual.
The stage production is described as a "visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions and confessions."
With original music performed by Mario Vaira, recorded voices, projected images and video, three performers lead the audience through a crowd-sourced narrative of the stories behind some of the most memorable secrets.
The show made its world premiere at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Centre in North Carolina in April of last year.
For the new Vancouver production, Ashanti is joined by B.C. performers Nicolle Nattrass and Ming Hudson.
It's directed by T.J. Dawe.
PostSecret: The Show is onstage at the Firehall Arts Centre from Jan. 20 to Feb. 7. Tickets range from $16 to $32. See www.firehallartscentre.ca for the full schedule and details, or call 604-689-0926 to buy tickets.
