Director Taliesin McEnaney’s grandmother was a ‘script mentalist medium’ who channeled written messages from the spirit realm.  One of her spirit guides was Dr. Wilder Penfield.  Fast- forward 40 years and Taliesin is dealing with a major brain injury within her own family and struggling with many of the questions that Penfield devoted his work to: sensory perception, epileptic seizures, and cognitive changes.  Using the scripts from her grandmother’s writings as a textual resource, and translating them into a physical and visual style, BRAIN STORM is Taliesin’s metabolization of these decade-spanning events which asks the question: are our brains magic, machines – or both?

Winner of the Toshi Knife Cutting Edge Award at the Toronto Fringe 2017

 “OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION + OUTSTANDING DIRECTION + OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE.    The visually striking and thoughtful Brain Storm was one of the best shows at the festival.”  - NOW Magazine

“Visually arresting and intellectually compelling creation…ingenious”     - Mooney on Theatre (‘Rave’ Review)

Brain Storm was written and directed by Taliesin McEnaney in collaboration with: 

Actor/Creators: Hayley Carr, Maïza Dubhé, Alexandra Montagnese, Shayna Virginillo

Set and Costumes: William Bezek

Lighting: Claire Hill

Sound Design: by Julia Carrano and Zach Kale

Stage Management: Julian Iacob

Brain Storm was created with the support of the Ontario Arts Council through the Theatre Creator's Reserve Program.

A LUCID LUDIC PRODUCTION