The FEAR Hotline

416.352.1315 - the place to share your fears.

What scared you as a child? What scares you now? Images – thoughts - moments in your life. By leaving your message, you consent to your fear being used in the up-coming production of Static. We will also share your fear with others around the world via the Static Podcast. The first step to conquering your fear is to admit what scares you...

In Static, diverse artists use light, sound, visual art, dance, and video to explore man’s deepest fears: death, rejection, intimacy, loss and the unknown. A series of theatrical vignettes and interactive installations tell the story of Max and how he loses his ability to fear. Not only does this profoundly change his life, but also the lives of those around him. Audiences will be challenged to explore what it is like to live without fear. Or is fear a necessary emotion to really live?

* here's what i called in?
"I must put my faith in the benevolent universe. What else can I do? I imagine Canadians that have had to walk down the street, civilians in neighbourhoods where bombs are going off in mailboxes. How can I live without ignoring my fear? I will exorcize it on the fear hotline:
1) I am afraid that the lawn mower my new apartment neighbours won’t seem to store inside the shared garage is related to the suspicious boxes she was putting together in there (that she called “luggage”) for her trip to turkey that starts tonight... a shady sounding trip of many delays already. How can I overcome my racist fears about these persons from the middle east, neighbours in the place I ran to feel safe?
2) I am afraid that the guy I am meeting tonight is a stalker or a rapist or abuser that I will be stuck with, or running from for the rest of my life. And, he SEEMS nice enough. Furthermore, how can I learn what signals I am giving out that contribute to the demented patterns I find myself struggling with again and again? This whole fear ties in with my terror that my former landlord is a gangster/biker thug who is now officially out to get me because first I stood up to a sexual predator of a ttc officer he is in cahoots with and then tried to report his wrongdoing to corrupt local cops... and then, fled the area, sneaking off early on my lease. I am afraid I am still in danger of them now. See what I mean? So much to fear. So much fear about it." * * *

More information at Expect
Project Leads:
Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley of Expect Theatre and Spark Productions
Supported by:
Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation and Harbourfront Centre