games for performance
collective experiences
+ social transformation
STUDIO FUNFUG is a Canadian interdisciplinary art studio dedicated to supporting work at the forefront and intersection of performance, multimedia, interactive design, and games. We support the creation of playful experiences that challenge formal notions of what is and is not defined as art. Our projects are diverse in scale, ambitious in form, and invite national and international dialogue on contemporary social and political issues.
currently on tour
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culturecapital
by Milton Lim + Patrick Blenkarn
a competitive card game for 2-4 players about how value is determined within the arts economy—featuring everything from public archive to informal game nights and tournaments, to showdowns between key members of your cultural landscape. -
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asses.masses
by Patrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim
an 8-hour video game designed to be played live by an audience from beginning to end — about a Herd of donkeys on a farm who stage their first protest to try and get their jobs back.Touring in multiple languages including: EN, FR, NL, TR, PT, ES, DE, IT, CA, KO
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2021
by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson
a live narrated video game about the bureaucracy of dying in our digital age, the data we leave behind, and caring for those we fundamentally disagree with.
produced by Guilty by Association
co-produced by STUDIO FUNFUG
2027
Jan 30-31 | asses.masses, TBA, Belfort, FR, (FR)
Jan 31 + Feb 14 | asses.masse, TBA, Montreal, CA (EN/FR)
Feb 22 - Mar 7 | 2021, TBA, Boston, USA
Apr 10 | DRAGONS (premiere), Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)
Apr 12-23 | DRAGONS, BC schools touring, Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)
2026
Jan 9-17 | 2021, MITU580 x Under the Radar, New York City, USA
Jan 22 | Cooperative Play for the Gameful Revolution (Workshop), Sydney Festival Summer School, Sydney AUS
Jan 23-24 | 2021, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, CAN
Jan 24-25 | asses.masses, Sydney Festival, Sydney, AUS (EN)
Feb 7 | asses.masses, Center for the Art of Performance @ UCLA, Los Angeles,USA (EN)
Feb 14 + 21 | asses.masses, ICA Boston, USA (EN)
Feb 20 | Games & Performance for Social Transformation, EXCITE GAME Speaker Series, Northeastern University, Boston, US
Mar 4-9 | DRAGONS (Development Workshop), Montréal, CA
Mar 20 | Onstage Gaming and the Future of Storytelling, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK
Mar 21 | asses.masses, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK (EN)
Mar 28 | Artist Talk, w. Harold Hejazi, Espoo Theatre, Espoo, FI
Mar 28-29 | asses.masses, Espoo Theatre, Espoo, FI (EN)
Apr 1 | Artist Talk w. Harold Hejazi, M-Cult, Helsinki, FI
Apr 11 | asses.masses, Inkonst, Malmö, SW (EN)
April 30 | Publication, culturecapital:barcelona, Santa Mònica, Barcelona, ES
May 8 – Jul 10 | culturecapital, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, CA
May 16-17 | asses.masses, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Utrecht, NL (EN/NL)
May 23- 24 | culturecapital, Globe Theatre, Regina, CA
May 23-24 | asses.masses, Istanbul Fringe x Paribu Art, Istanbul, TR (TR)
Jun 3-4 | 2021, STAGES Festival, Dartmouth, CA
Sep 12-13 | asses.masses, TBA, Shanghai, CN (CN)
Oct 24-25 | asses.masses, TBA, Lisbon, PT (PT)
Nov 7 | asses.masses, TBA, Ghent, BE (NL)
Nov 8 | asses.masses, TBA, Chicago, USA (EN)
Nov 9 | Workshop with Albany Park Theater Project, Chicago, USA
Nov 12-15 | 2021, TBA, Chicago, USA
Nov 16-22 | DRAGONS (work-in-progress), Victoria, CA
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Nov 15-16 | asses.masses, Peek Fest, Victoria, CA (EN)
Nov 7-8 | asses.masses, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Seoul, KO (KO) — Korean language premiere
Nov 1-2 | asses.masses, IF Barcelona x Fundació Joan Brossa, Barcelona, ES (CA) — Catalan premiere
Oct 26 | asses.masses, Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow, UK (EN)
Oct 4 | asses.masses, NYU Skirball, New York City, USA (EN)
Sep 28 | asses.masses, IMPACT Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo, CA (EN)
Sep 27 | asses.masses, Teatro Municipal, Porto, PT (PT) — Portuguese language premiere
Sep 20 + 21 | asses.masses, Istanbul Fringe Festival, Istanbul, TR (TR) — Turkish language premiere
Sep 13 | asses.masses, Zones Théâtrales, Ottawa, CA (FR)
Sep 7 | asses.masses, FringeArts, Philadelphia, USA (EN)
May 24-25 | asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, CA (EN+ES)
May 18 | asses.masses, auawirleben, Bern, CH (EN)
Apr 12-13 | asses.masses, Battersea Arts Centre + London Games Festival, London, UK (EN)
Apr 5 | asses.masses, Bradford UK City of Culture, Bradford, UK (EN)
Mar 29 | asses.masses, PAMCUT + Risk/Reward, Portland, USA (EN)
Feb 15-16 | asses.masses, UMS (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, USA (EN)
Feb 2 | asses.masses, Mois Multi, Québec City, CA (FR)
Jan 12 | asses.masses, Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster, DE (DE)
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Nov 17 | asses.masses, Campania Teatro Festival, Naples, IT (IT)
Nov 10 | asses.masses, Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster, DE (DE)
Oct 26 | asses.masses, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, DE (DE) — German language premiere
Jun 18 + 20 | asses.masses, INTEATRO Festival, Ancona, IT (IT) — Italian language premiere
May 25 + Jun 2 | asses.masses, Festival TransAmériques + Centaur Theatre, Montréal, CA (FR+EN) — French language premiere
May 18-19 | asses.masses, Mayfest, Bristol, UK (EN)
Jan 20, 27, + Feb 3 | asses.masses, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, CA (EN)
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Sep 22-24 | asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, CA (EN)
Sep 12-16: FARCE, Zones Théâtrales, Ottawa
Jun 6 + 9 | asses.masses, International University Theater Festival (FITU)/UNAM, Mexico City, MX [ES]
Jun 9 | asses.masses, STAGES Festival, Halifax, CA (EN)
Jun 8 | asses.masses, FOLDA, Kingston, CA (EN)
Mar 2-4 | asses.masses, Buenos Aires International Festival (FIBA), Buenos Aires, AR (ES) — Spanish language premiere
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Nov 18: Workshop: culturecapital, Queen’s University, Kingston
Jun 5-11: Residency: FUNFUG FORUM, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
May 12-14: asses.masses Episodes 1-4, Hybrid by Design, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
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Nov 17-24: FARCE, CAPACOA Conference
Aug 23 - Sep 12: Residency: asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
Aug 23: Spotlight Canada, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh
Jul 1-31: Residency: asses.masses, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver
Jun 18: Artist Talk, LMDA 2021, Mexico City
Jun 1: “Dramaturgy—from the Bottom Up: exploring strategies for bridging videos games and live performance in asses.masses”, LMDA 2021, Mexico City
Mar 2-4: asses.masses Episode 1+2, Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA), Buenos Aires
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Oct 27: culturecapital:online, Match 4, HowlRound.tv
Sep 30: culturecapital:online, Match 3, HowlRound.tv
Sep 2: culturecapital:online, Match 2, HowlRound.tv
May 20: culturecapital:online, Match 1, National Theatre School of Canada + HowlRound
Feb 28: asses.masses Episode 1+2, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
Feb 9-13: culturecapital, Expanse Festival/Chinook Series, Edmonton
Jan 21: Workshop: culturecapital, Concordia University
Jan 15-16: Workshop: culturecapital, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary
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Nov 25-30: Residency: culturecapital, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton/Calgary
Nov 22-24: asses.masses Episode 1, Digital Summit, Banff
Nov 20: asses.masses Episode 1, to the AWE #6, Calgary
Nov 1-10: Residency: culturecapital, SummerWorks, Toronto
Aug 12-14: culturecapital, SummerWorks, Toronto
July 31: asses.masses Episode 1, soft/WALL/studs, Singapore
Jun 28-30: asses.masses, Risk-Reward Festival, Portland
Jun 6: culturecapital, Magnetic North Festival, Vancouver
Jun 3: culturecapital, Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2019 @ UBC, Vancouver
past and present projects
future projects (in development)
RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT
STUDIO FUNFUG travels the world leading workshops in game design, performance creation, and collaboration.
Our workshops are custom-designed across all ages and experience levels to activate communities in game design as playful modes of systems thinking and storytelling.
our team
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Milton Lim
Creative Director
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Laurel Green
Creative Director
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Patrick Blenkarn
Creative Director
