Inès Chiha is a self-taught Franco-Tunisian performer based in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal. With a background in martial arts (judo, karate, MMA), she discovered street theatre and later, dance as tools of expression rooted in resilience. In 2024, she began creating her first solo through the Big-Bang program, with support from Danse à la Carte, mentorship by Alexandra “Spicey” Landé, and residencies at Circuit-Est. Her artistic approach is rooted in the relationship we maintain with different forms of discourse and our constructions of identity. She specifically explores the dynamics between discourse and rumor, as well as our desire for free will. She co-founded the Molokhia Squad with Bashir Almahayni (aka Beasho) to explore collective practices through dance and movement. Since 2018, she has also worked in youth intervention and peer support. Her goal is to develop community-rooted art and education projects with and for marginalized youth.

Elizabeth Fehr (she/her) is a performer, director, and writer residing on the unceded territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations (also known as Victoria, BC). With a Performing Arts Diploma and Certificate from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Elizabeth has spent the past few years immersed in the local theatre, film, and choral scene. Her first short play, Rose Petals, received the Fowler Family Award for Playwriting (Runner-Up) in 2021, and, under her direction, the award for Outstanding Production at the Victoria One Act Play Festival (2023). Her numerous written works for stage and screen highlight societal issues and accountability through passionate and vibrant language, and she hopes that her past, present, and future works open audience’s eyes to what is ignored or unnoticed.

Samantha Walters is an emerging interdisciplinary performer, writer, and arts administrator based in Vancouver. She mostly works between experimental theatre, installation, and directing. Their most recent works examine ecological relationships and post-human spiritualities, with a heavy favour towards the weird, the dark, and the camp. She grew up in England and Hong Kong and holds a BFA honours in Theatre Performance from Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Her work has been featured by companies such as Rumble Theatre, UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness, Vines Art Festival, the Evergreen Cultural Centre, What Lab, and IGNITE! Youth-Driven Arts Festival.