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LEVEL UP

LEVEL UP
Oct 23
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Oct 31
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Date & Time

Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM - Sat, Oct 31, 12:00 AM

Description

Toronto Artists Launch Interactive Retro Video Game Themed Show

An immersive all-ages interactive music, dance, and visual show in the style of a retro video game where the audience determines the outcome!

AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE!

Planet Fabulon remounts their event, LEVEL UP, online via Zoom, Oct 23rd+30th @7pm, Oct 24th+31st @8pm. Four chances to play, four unique shows! with actors Johnnie Walker, Anna Douglas, musical acts with Maya Killitron, Dr. Draw, The Koopa Troop, Amanda Raygun and Kika! And Afterparty DJs Ticky Ty and Mark Falco.

Planet Fabulon, winners of a Canada Council for the Arts Digital Originals grant, is remastering and remounting LEVEL UP: their immersive, retro video game virtual experience. Over four nights, spanning two weekends and culminating on Halloween, Zoom audiences of all ages will choose-their-own-adventure through multiple levels of original 8-bit animation, stellar musicians, dazzling circus performers, evil bosses, real-time challenges with real-world prizes, and much more! It’s an online game, a concert, a visual art show, a piece of theatre, and a dance party all wrapped into one! Join once, twice, or all four nights to experience everything this 8-bit world has to offer! Ticket prices range from $15 for single players to $45 for a multiplayer COVID pod. A reduced income price of $5 is available for those experiencing hardship. Tickets go on sale October 2nd on www.planetfabulon.online and tiny.cc/levelup-remastered.

“People of Earth! We are relieved and excited to announce that your beloved Halloween is not cancelled. It has simply moved online…and thrown on a sparkly spacesuit!" enthuses the Planet Fabulon Bridge Crew. “Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, we will be beaming down four nights of LEVEL UP: an interactive music, dance, and visual show in the style of a retro video game where the audience determines the outcome. Each night, for just over one of your Earth hours, we invite you to join our hero on a quest to defeat three evil bosses across three different levels, each with their own musical and visual experience provided by stellar Toronto artists. With four chances to play and five unique levels to choose from, no two shows will be the same! All you need is a computer with a webcam, though costumes and decor are always encouraged. All galactic creatures are welcome!”

"Performers from all industries have been so devastated by COVID, both creatively and financially,” says actor, Anna Douglas, who plays “The Hero” of LEVEL UP. “As one of those artists, I can’t express how much joy working on this one-of-a-kind event has brought me, and how proud I am to be working with an organization that is using its funding from the CCA to support Toronto performers. And as an actor, I of course want to share that joy with our audiences! The energy of the silly, larger-than-life characters in LEVEL UP is so infectious that anyone - from kids to adults, music enthusiasts to gamers - can tune in for a respite from these challenging times and indulge in what we all love so much about Halloween: an escape into a costumed world of adventure!”

WHAT IS ‘LEVEL UP’?

LEVEL UP is a 1+ hour, live, interactive music, dance, and visual performance in the style of a retro video game where the audience determines the outcome. It’s like an online game, a concert, an art show, a piece of theatre, and a dance party all wrapped into one! 

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Every night, the audience will be sent on a quest through three different levels, each with its own musical and visual experience provided by stellar local artists. 

With 4 chances to play and 5 unique levels to choose from, no two shows will be the same!

Featuring: 

  • Themed DJs & live music from 5 different genres 
  • Surprise characters that will help our hero and dazzle our audience
  • Interactive challenges with real-world prizes

So join us once, twice, or all four nights to experience everything this 8-bit world has to offer!

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO PLAY?

Just a computer with a webcam, a smile, and a sense of adventure!

(though it IS Halloween and Planet Fabulon DOES love playing dress-up… so costumes and crazy decor are always welcome and encouraged!)

About Planet Fabulon

Planet Fabulon is a collective of Toronto artists who are passionate about using their skills in film, television, theatre, music, visual arts, and immersive technology to create new ways of engaging with audiences that are genuinely silly while promoting positive social change. Guided by five core values - playfulness, curiosity, kindness, inclusivity, and consent - each Planet Fabulon event transports its audience to a unique fantasy world filled with costumes, immersive storytelling, interactive art, dancing, and live performance. Creativity and playfulness are the focus. Community, connection, and a welcoming space for all who join us are the goals. Our events are queer friendly, body positive, consent-based, and inclusive. 

About Canada Council for the Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. The Council champions and invests in artistic excellence through a broad range of grants, services, prizes and payments to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations. Its work ensures that excellent, vibrant and diverse art and literature engages Canadians, enriches their communities and reaches markets around the world. The Council also raises public awareness and appreciation of the arts through its communications, research and arts promotion activities. It is responsible for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, which promotes the values and programs of UNESCO in Canada to contribute to a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable future. The Canada Council Art Bank operates art rental programs and helps further public engagement with contemporary arts.

Oct 23
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Oct 31
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Starting at $5
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