Willilish'd

Wilillish'd is a new immersive production by Thule van den Dam and Hayley Sullivan McInerney, presented at DigiBC Creative Tech Studio. Willilish’d explores themes of memory, emotion, change, and motherhood through lullabies and nursery rhymes sung to Hayley by her mother. through a re-composed narrative soundscape. The title of the piece, Willilish’d, comes from a nursery rhyme that Hayley’s mother, Glad, was taught by her sisters, who made it up. Through creative design, quad sound, and archival elements, what was two-dimensional and in the past becomes four-dimensional and present. It lives at the intersections of design, music, and immersive theatre.

Two Performances:
Friday, Nov 21 | 7:30PM
Saturday, Nov 22 | 7:30PM 

Doors open at 6:30 PM.

The team:
Created and performed by Thule van den Dam and Hayley Sullivan
Dramaturgy: Melanie Yeats
Scenic/projection design: Avideh Saadatpajouh
Lighting design: Alexandra Caprara
Systems/sound design: Samira Banihashemi
Outside eye: Moya O’Connell

Getting There:

DigiBC Creative Tech Studio accessible by public transportation. It is an 18-minute walk from the Main Street-Science World and a 12-minute walk from VCC-Clark SkyTrain stations, as well as close to the 84 VCC/UBC, 3 Main, 8 Fraser, 19 Kingsway or the 22 Knight St. bus routes.

Parking: There are a dozen hourly/daily stalls available in front of Kafka’s Coffee. Paid hourly/daily/monthly underground parking is available at 565 Great Northern Way in the South Flatz Lot #119. There is very limited paid street parking on Great Northern Way, between Carolina and Thornton Streets.

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IndieFest 2025 is supported by the City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council, DigiBC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, and the Province of British Columbia. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Canada Council and we are funded by the Government of Canada - Financé par le Gouvernement du Canada⁠.