"Call Me Bijoux" Streamed on YouTube Dec 8 - 10, 2023
This loosely autobiographical solo piece explores “Bijoux’s” coming-of-age journey in the world of nightlife. Thrust onstage at eighteen she discovered herself through the art of striptease - learning to simultaneously conceal and reveal what she wanted audiences to see.
A 'work-in-progress' or 'proof-of-concept' streaming version (screened online Dec 8 - 10, 2023) offered viewers a taste of the live show, currently being proposed for 2024 staging in various Canadian cities. Subscribe below to receive updates about future performances.
Written, created and performed by Jordan King
“Call Me Bijoux” was staged in Toronto (July 2023) and as part of The Edmonton International Fringe Festival (August 2023).
Choreography: Clarence Tang
Piano: J3M
Production support: Lana Nyuli (Toronto)
Lauchlin MacQuarrie (Toronto)
Sean Thompson (Edmonton)
Costumes: Jordan King
Lingerie: Gigi’s House of Frills
Video: Isaak Fong (Toronto)
Noah McCallum (Montreal)
Sean Thompson (Edmonton)
Special Thanks: TJ Beley
Gabby Moser
Erum Khan
Berend Mackenzie
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Raja Feather Kelly
Brandi Hoult
Nicholas + Tanner
Shannon Cochrane
EMILIA - AMALIA
Ontario Arts Council
Pink Light Stage (Toronto)
Grindstone Theatre (Edmonton)
Fruit Loop Society of Alberta
This work was created in the area now known as Tkaronto/Toronto. ancestral territories of many Indigenous Nations. This includes the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region of Turtle Island, known colonially as Canada.
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This project received a Theatre Recommender Grant from Buddies in Bad Times Theatre/Ontario Arts Council and a 2023 Edmonton Fringe Festival Grant from Fruit Loop Society of Alberta.