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

  • culturecapital

    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

    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, ES, FR, IT, PT, DE, TR, NL, CA, KO, JP, CN

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  • 2021

    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

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2027

Oct 24: asses.masses, TBA, Karlsruhe

May 22: asses.masses, TBA, Hanover

Apr 12-23 | DRAGONS, BC schools touring, Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)

Apr 10-11 | DRAGONS (premiere), Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)

Feb 22 - Mar 7 | 2021, ArtsEmerson, Boston, USA

Jan 31 + Feb 14 | asses.masses, TBA, Montreal, CA (EN/FR)

Jan 30 | asses.masses, Théâtre Le Grrranit Scène Nationale, Belfort, FR, (FR)

2026

Nov 16-22 | DRAGONS (work-in-progress), Victoria, CA

Nov 14 | asses.masses, Beta Festival, Dublin, IE (EN)

Nov 12-15 | 2021, Wirtz Theater/Northwestern, Chicago, USA

Nov 9 | Workshop with Albany Park Theater Project, Chicago, USA

Nov 8 | asses.masses, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (EN)

Nov 7 | asses.masses, VIERNULVIER Ghent, BE (NL)

Oct 31 - Nov 1 | asses.masses, TBA, Brasília, BR (PT)

Oct 24-25 | asses.masses, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Lisbon, PT (PT)

Sep 12-13 | asses.masses, ACT Festival , Shanghai, CN (CN)

Jun 3-4 | 2021, STAGES Festival, Dartmouth, CA

May 23 | asses.masses, Istanbul Fringe x Paribu Art, Istanbul, TR (TR)

May 22 | culturecapital, Globe Theatre, Regina, CA

May 16-17 | asses.masses, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Utrecht, NL (EN/NL)

May 8 – Jul 10 | culturecapital, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, CA

April 30 | Publication, culturecapital:barcelona, Santa Mònica, Barcelona, ES

Apr 11 | asses.masses, Inkonst, Malmö, SW (EN)

Apr 1 | Artist Talk w. Harold Hejazi, M-Cult, Helsinki, FI

Mar 28-29 | asses.masses, Espoo Theatre, Espoo, FI (EN)

Mar 28 | Artist Talk, w. Harold Hejazi, Espoo Theatre, Espoo, FI

Mar 21 | asses.masses, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK (EN)

Mar 20 | Onstage Gaming and the Future of Storytelling, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK

Feb 20 | Games & Performance for Social Transformation, EXCITE GAME Speaker Series, Northeastern University, Boston, US

Feb 14 + 21 | asses.masses, ICA Boston, USA (EN)

Feb 7 | asses.masses, Center for the Art of Performance @ UCLA, Los Angeles,USA (EN)

Jan 24-25 | asses.masses, Sydney Festival, Sydney, AUS (EN)

Jan 23-24 | 2021, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, CAN

Jan 22 | Cooperative Play for the Gameful Revolution (Workshop), Sydney Festival Summer School, Sydney AUS

Jan 9-17 | 2021, MITU580 x Under the Radar, New York City, USA

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • DRAGONS

    a performance game for young audiences about power, hierarchy, toxicity, and teenage dragons.

    by Milton Lim, Laurel Green, and Patrick Blenkarn
    commissioned by Green Thumb Theatre and Théâtre la Seizième

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  • alt-rhino

    a video game for the stage about resisting fascism; adapted from Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 play, it’s designed to be played and debated by an audience.

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  • dam.nation

    a game about the very real history of 20 Canadian beavers who were imported to Tierra del Fuego and are trying to colonialize Argentina.

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  • Factory: The Game

    a tabletop board game for strategic planning that balances artistic development with staff capacity.

    by Milton Lim Patrick Blenkarn, and Laurel Green
    initial development was commissioned by Factory Theatre

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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.

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