Pastel’s Imaginarium (2025)

2025 / Performance, Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto

Pastel’s Imaginarium

By Andrew Gaboury with support from Frog in Hand

Pastel’s Imaginarium – a travelling theatre and curiosity collection – has returned! Piloted by the illustrious trio Pastel, Bebung and Mee, the Imaginarium brings colour, song and possibility everywhere it travels. Join the trio as they tell tales from near and far, introduce you to their favourite bits in the collection, and help you find the key to your imagination. Theirs is the realm of creativity: what sorts of things will you find when you visit the Imaginarium?

Filled with humour, music and non-verbal storytelling, Pastel’s Imaginarium will draw on techniques from clown, mime, dance and puppetry to animate whatever space they find themselves in, creating a site-specific spectacle for audiences of all ages.

The original production of Pastel’s Imaginarium in 2023 was made possible by the support of the Mississauga Arts Council & Rama Gaming House, Frog in Hand, the Wee Festival, the Guild Festival Theatre, the Port Credit BIA and Clay & Paper Theatre.

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Cast:

Andrew Gaboury
Ruy Nieves
Callahan Connor

Imaginarium Set Design:

Troy Hourie

Screen Printer:

Caroline Forde

Original Costume Designers:

Aibrean Glaister
Daniella Browne

Pastel’s Imaginarium @ PAMA’s Family Day

Pastel’s Imaginarium wandering and animating the Streetsville Bread & Honey Festival on June 7th & 8th, 2025.

  • Pastel holds a tiny white umbrella while balancing on one leg on a tree.
  • Pastel has his hands out towards the crowd and an expression on his face asking a question
  • The trio plays a fiddle, banjo and cheers while the crowd interacts.

Pastel, Bebung and Mee wandered the grounds of the 25th Toronto International Buskerfest on August 30th & 31st, making poetry with people, singing songs, and generally animating the grounds with joy and curiosity.