Sex Worker Diaries… Spoken and Sung

"Sex Worker Diaries… Spoken and Sung" is a new production created in collaboration with Canadian sex workers. Funded by a SSHRC IDG grant, and drawing on in-depth interviews with 52 sex workers across Canada, this project explores how stigma shapes occupational health & safety, social relationships, and everyday life. Their words have become the lyrics. Their experiences have become the narrative. Their realities are presented on stage. We invite you to listen, witness, and engage. Join us for an evening that centers lived experience, challenges assumptions, and reimagines how stories about sex work are told and heard.

The Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) is fully compliant with Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005) legislation. Reserved seating is available for attendees requiring accessible seating. There will be moments of high sensory intensity (including sound and lighting changes), which may not be suitable for all audiences, including those with photosensitivity, sensory sensitivities, or certain medical conditions. Adults only (18+) will be admitted, as the musical play contains adult themes and language.

Producers………………………………..Thérèse Bernier and Mandy Goodhandy
Book………………………………………..Thérèse Bernier and Mandy Goodhandy
Co-directors…………………………….Mandy Goodhandy and Cat Nimmo
Production manager………………….Sky Gilbert
Music & Lyrics…………………………..Ori Dagan and Jesse Whiteley
Musical director/Pianist…………….Jesse Whiteley
Saxophone……………………………….Carrie Chesnutt

Cast
N.L. Lee……………………………………your_instantcrush
Jay Richard……………………………….Vienna
Cris Alva…………………………………..Fallon
Olivia Varma……………………………..Piper
Amanda Taylor………………………….Mandy Goodhandy

Community collaborator
Jelena Vermilion……………………….SWAP Hamilton

Research team
Project director…………………………Thérèse Bernier
Co-applicant…………………………….Michelle Lesley Annett
Co-applicant…………………………….Lauren Spring
Research assistant……………………Kathleen Cherrington

Social Media Manager
Rachit Gupta