PRESENTS

There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You
Friday June 17th, 2022
Nightowl Toronto
Doors @ 7:30PM
Show @ 8:30PM
Sbiders From Marz Productions welcomes you to the world premiere of their production There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, live at Nightowl Toronto and streamed online. This original interdisciplinary performance features Aura Giles, Kelsey Cross and Maren Kathleen Elliott for an evocative evening of queer storytelling through movement, music, digital art, and visual culture.
Co-produced By
Maren Kathleen Elliott & Corinne Simpson
This performance is about resilience, self-expression, making beauty out of pain, and finding joy through life.
After performing and spearheading art shows in Toronto and Ottawa Pride over the last few years, co-creator/producer Maren Kathleen Elliott noticed a theme of biphobia and bi-erasure coming from within the Queer community. The irony of this experience has been painful.
Research suggests Bisexuals suffer worse mental health outcomes than heterosexuals, lesbians & gay men. This includes higher rates of anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders, higher reports of self harm and suicidal thoughts. Bi+ individuals are also far less likely to be out to the people in their lives (including friends, family, and healthcare providers) compared to gay or lesbian members of the LGBT+ umbrella. These outcomes are often linked with experiences of Bi-erasure and Bi+-antagonism (biphobia).
The inspiration for this show came from a desire to celebrate and showcase bisexual+ identity and to combat bi erasure. Since then, it has morphed into something very bi-driven but inclusive to all identities– propelled by the power of expression as a deeply human means to navigate the ups and downs of life. After all, we all have a story to tell. We would love to tell you ours.
June 17, 2022
Nightowl Toronto
647 College Street
Doors: 7:30PM , Show, 8:30PM
and streaming online (8:30PM EST)

Her work has employed non-traditional materials, the integration of multiple modes of expression, and other techniques into creative meditations that bridge her training in classical music (viola, voice), dance, and visual arts with her passions for social sciences and human connection.

I currently teach aerial hoop (Lyra) and pole dancing at 3Sixty Dance and Fitness in Ottawa, performing and competing when I can. Dancing brings me so much joy and helps me express myself and tell stories in ways I cannot convey with words.




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sbidersfrommarzproductions@gmail.com
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Sponsors
- Nightowl TO
- 3Sixty Dance and Fitness
- Dylan Rhys Howard / Truthful Work Films
- Enriched Bread Artists
Donors
- Meghan Odsen
- Janet McGeer
- Kyra Philbert
- Sheila Hart
- Dylan Hart
- John Elliott
- Annalyn Holmstrom
Volunteers
- Katie Strong
- Roxy Sunset
- Shaundon Holmstrom
- Shawn Zinyk
- Liam Cummings
- Charlie Cook
- Jillian Fulton-Melanson
- Jamie Hudson
- Maria Cherwick
- Zissou
- Calvin
- Stacey
- Lightning