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text that says iPhoto caption: Lester Trips duo headshot Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton. Photo by Helen Yung.

Lester Trips wants Toronto theatre creators to ‘make it nasty’

"It doesn’t matter how many reels of a hamster falling out of its cage set to the Requiem I see: The music still hits," says Lauren Gillis. "We joke that the logline for Honey I’m Home is 'normie drone has menty-b from VR Zoom with her own living room.'"

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Feb 1, 2026
Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton in 'Public Consumption.' iPhoto caption: Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton in 'Public Consumption.' Photo by Eden Graham.

REVIEW: Lester Trips’ stylish Public Consumption captures the internet’s profound emptiness

Rather than directly representing online life, Public Consumption speculates — with virtuosity — about how the digital world affects our bodies. And the show's findings are by no means comfortable.

By Liam Donovan / Dec 3, 2025

Show Announcements: RISER Project

Why Not Theatre has announced the four new shows for this year’s the RISER Project.

Mar 13, 2018