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Teen Angst Night

Join us for Teen Angst Night: a comedic reading series where brave souls share from their most embarrassing teenage notebooks for your entertainment.

Doors 7:00pm
Show 8:00pm-10:00pm
Tickets: see below
19+/No Minors

Somewhere in the back of your closet gathering dust and turning yellow with age is comedic gold: those old journals, poems, and essays you wrote as a teenager when you thought you could do no wrong. If you were to read them today you’d probably cringe at your former feelings. Now, imagine sharing them in front of an audience. That’s exactly what happens at Teen Angst Night.

Teen Angst Night is a comedic reading series. Readers can share anything (poetry, songs, letters, journals, diaries, essays, stories, plays, lists, livejournals, Facebook status updates etc.) so long as it follows these rules:

1- The work must be your own.

2- You must have written it between the ages of 10-19.

3- You cannot be proud of the work you share. It’s best if you’re super embarrassed.

Want to be a part of the show? Sign up to read HERE

Readers get free entry for them plus a friend, plus a small honorarium. All readers will be confirmed by email before the show.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Hosted by Sara Bynoe, Teen Angst Night has been running since 2000 and has been featured on CBC Radio too many times to count, has been featured and mentioned as a notable event highlight in The Vancouver Sun/Province, The Georgia Straight, The Globe and Mail, The Daily Hive, and many more local and national media outlets. More info here: https://sarabynoe.com/shows/teen-angst/

MEDIA

“But is it real comedy? It most certainly is. People love to laugh and there are many routes to arrive at that destination. Is it traditional? It most certainly is not. It’s not what the average person envisions when they think of comedy. But regular shows would kill for these kinds of laughs.” Georgia Straight

“Teen Angst Night is a good time” CFOX Radio

“I like it when the definition of “theatre” gets stretched. That’s what Sara Bynoe’s doing.” … “I gut laughed the whole evening. So did the rest of the audience. It was a full house. It always is. – TJ Dawe in the Charlebois Post

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This event takes place on unceded Coast Salish land, the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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