Project Description
The Ex-Boyfriend
Yard Sale
The Ex-Boyfriend
Yard Sale
The Ex-Boyfriend
Yard Sale
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale
February 5–9, 2019
Single Tickets: $25 | PURCHASE TICKETS
3-Show Progress Pass: $60 | PURCHASE PASS
Box Office: 416-538-0988
Can we turn sentimental value into cold, hard cash?
Haley McGee was on the phone with Visa, promising to pay off her bill by having a yard sale, when she realized all the things she could sell were gifts from her exes. Inspired by this call, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale is a hilarious and daring show about the cost of love… or what love costs us.
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale smashes together personal divulgences, math, recorded interviews with Haley’s exes and economics in a quest to determine what our romantic relationships are actually worth. This autobiographical show features eight objects — all gifts from Haley’s exes — and introduces audiences to a mathematical formula (created by mathematician Melanie Phillips) for the cost of love.
The Progress run will also include several bonus events that expand to conversation around love, money and what it’s all worth. Join us for Haley’s interactive Cost of Love installation, a financial literacy crash-course in partnership with Generator, and a post-show Q&A on Fri Feb 6.
“★★★★ Joyful, funny, excruciating … A powerhouse performance.”
– The Stage
With support from:
COUNTRY
UK / Canada
CURATED AND PRESENTED BY
the red light district in collaboration with Outside the March
SCHEDULE
Tues / Feb. 5 / 9:00pm
Wed / Feb. 6 / 9:00pm
Thurs / Feb. 7 /9:00pm
Fri / Feb. 8 /9:00pm
Sat / Feb. 9 / 1:30pm
Sat / Feb. 9 / 7:30pm (followed by post show Q&A at 9:15pm)
Sun / Feb. 10 / 4:00pm
Installation Hours:
Feb 5 – Fri Feb 8, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Feb 9, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Financial literacy crash course:
Feb 8, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
DURATION
90 minutes
CREDITS
Haley McGee: writer & performer
Melanie Phillips: mathematics collaborator
Mitchell Cushman: director
Zoe Robinson: producer (UK)
Anna Reid: scenic design
Kieran Lucas: sound design
Lucy Adams: lighting design
Eliza Cass: additional production & creative support
ted witzel: producer (Canada)
Nick Blais: production manager and relights
Griffin McInnes: production support (Canada)
This performance was developed in Camden People’s Theatre’s Starting Blocks scheme in 2017. In August 2017, it won the Wilderness Festival commission. The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale premiered at Camden People’s Theatre in November 2018. Partner venues include Battersea Arts Centre and The Albany with additional support from Arts Council England, The Theatre Centre (Toronto), and Ontario Arts Council (Canada).
LANGUAGE
Performed in English
VENUE
BMO Incubator for Live Arts
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St W
TICKETS
$25
Photo: Matt Peberdy
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale
February 5–9, 2019
Single Tickets: $25 | PURCHASE TICKETS
3-Show Progress Pass: $60 | PURCHASE PASS
Box Office: 416-538-0988
Can we turn sentimental value into cold, hard cash?
Haley McGee was on the phone with Visa, promising to pay off her bill by having a yard sale, when she realized all the things she could sell were gifts from her exes. Inspired by this call, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale is a hilarious and daring show about the cost of love… or what love costs us.
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale smashes together personal divulgences, math, recorded interviews with Haley’s exes and economics in a quest to determine what our romantic relationships are actually worth. This autobiographical show features eight objects — all gifts from Haley’s exes — and introduces audiences to a mathematical formula (created by mathematician Melanie Phillips) for the cost of love.
The Progress run will also include several bonus events that expand to conversation around love, money and what it’s all worth. Join us for Haley’s interactive Cost of Love installation, a financial literacy crash-course in partnership with Generator, and a post-show Q&A on Fri Feb 6.
“★★★★ Joyful, funny, excruciating … A powerhouse performance.”
– The Stage
With support from:
COUNTRY
UK / Canada
CURATED AND PRESENTED BY
the red light district in collaboration with Outside the March
SCHEDULE
Tues / Feb. 5 / 9:00pm
Wed / Feb. 6 / 9:00pm
Thurs / Feb. 7 /9:00pm
Fri / Feb. 8 /9:00pm
Sat / Feb. 9 / 1:30pm
Sat / Feb. 9 / 7:30pm (followed by post show Q&A at 9:15pm)
Sun / Feb. 10 / 4:00pm
Installation Hours:
Feb 5 – Fri Feb 8, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Feb 9, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Financial literacy crash course:
Feb 8, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
DURATION
90 minutes
CREDITS
Haley McGee: writer & performer
Melanie Phillips: mathematics collaborator
Mitchell Cushman: director
Zoe Robinson: producer (UK)
Anna Reid: scenic design
Kieran Lucas: sound design
Lucy Adams: lighting design
Eliza Cass: additional production & creative support
ted witzel: producer (Canada)
Nick Blais: production manager and relights
Griffin McInnes: production support (Canada)
This performance was developed in Camden People’s Theatre’s Starting Blocks scheme in 2017. In August 2017, it won the Wilderness Festival commission. The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale premiered at Camden People’s Theatre in November 2018. Partner venues include Battersea Arts Centre and The Albany with additional support from Arts Council England, The Theatre Centre (Toronto), and Ontario Arts Council (Canada).
LANGUAGE
Performed in English
VENUE
BMO Incubator for Live Arts
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St W
TICKETS
$25
Photo: Matt Peberdy