In a world where art often asks us to think, Red Corner dares us to feel.
The latest work from Nova Scotian multidisciplinary artist Dawn Web, this powerful theatrical adaptation transforms poetry into an immersive, multi-sensory journey. Blending spoken word, music, visual art, and movement, Red Corner doesn’t just explore themes like identity, trauma, and resilience, it pulls audiences directly into their emotional gravity. With limited seating and an intensity that lingers long after the lights fade, this is a Fringe Festival experience you won’t just watch, but live.
Red Corner: A Theatrical Adaptation by Nova Scotian Artist Dawn Web
Show Length: 60 minutes | Tickets: $30.00
Venue: Neptune Theatre’s Imperial Studio (30 seats)
Presented by: Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc.
In Red Corner, Nova Scotian multidisciplinary artist Dawn Web invites audiences into a visceral and transformative world where poetry, movement, and music converge. Adapted from Web’s published poetry collection of the same name, Red Corner is not simply a stage production, it’s an immersive, multi-sensory journey designed to provoke, unsettle, and inspire.
Through an intricate weaving of spoken word, musical compositions, visual art, and dance movement, the performance explores a network of deeply human themes: identity, sexual health, neurodiversity, queer and political issues, sexism, racism, illness, suicide, perseverance, and the navigation of intergenerational trauma. But rather than asking audiences to simply relate to these experiences, Web uses sensory manipulation that include flashing lights, sudden sounds, haze, and visual effects, to create an environment in which the weight of these realities can be felt on a visceral level.
This intimate production which is part installation, part drama, part multimedia experience, invites its audience into a space where connection and confrontation live side by side. The result is a rare opportunity to not just witness art, but to be moved by it in body, mind, and spirit.
Performance Details
Location: Neptune Theatre’s Imperial Studio
- Saturday, August 30, 2025 | 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM (Masks Mandatory)
- Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Masks Optional)
- Friday, September 5, 2025 | 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM (Masks Optional)
Content & Sensory Warnings
Red Corner addresses sensitive subject matter, including:
hospitalization, childhood trauma, domestic violence, self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, sexuality, police brutality, mature language, as well as sensory triggers such as flashing lights, darkness, sudden loud noises, smoke/haze, and intense visual effects.
Accessibility Measures
This production prioritizes accessibility through:
- Gender-neutral washrooms
- Wheelchair-accessible venue
- Capitalized text/lyrics in performance materials
- Spanish & French translations available
- ASL interpretation
- Land Acknowledgement performance piece
- Visual and auditory effects designed with audience experience in mind
About Dawn Web
Dawn Web (they/them) is a queer, mixed-race, emerging interdisciplinary artist living with disabilities. Based in Nova Scotia, Web is a BSc alumna currently completing a BA in Creative Writing and Inter-arts Entrepreneurship with a Minor in Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. This fall, they will embark on an intensive MA in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster in London, England.
Their creative practice is as expansive as it is intimate. A published author, multi-media artist, first-place award-winning dancer, multi-instrumentalist with the band Wool Sweater, and Creative Director for Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc., Web’s work spans poetry, music, visual art, dance, and performance. At the heart of their artistry lies a deep exploration of socio-political themes and the interplay between colour, emotion, and absence.
In addition to Red Corner, Web will soon release their debut album and audiobook, further solidifying their voice as one of Nova Scotia’s most dynamic and boundary-pushing emerging artists.
Their work has been featured in the League of Canadian Poets, The Dalhousie Gazette, Fathom Creative Writing Journal, Periodicities: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics, House of Eights Dance Studio, Voices Dance Project, and Wool Sweater Music.
About Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc.
Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc. is a Canadian multi-media agency, inter-arts production house, online art store, and networking platform dedicated to supporting artists in hosting and sharing their work. With a focus on projects that combine multiple mediums including dance, music, literature, and visual art, the organization aims to evoke social change through creativity. From spoken word events to multi-sensory installations, their work embodies the mantra:
“Bold & Radiant. Cultivate | Invigorate. Create your own reality.”
Red Corner is more than a performance, it’s an invitation to feel, confront, and connect. For those ready to step into its world, tickets are limited, and the experience is unforgettable.
