April 2026
Replay Story Fest Opening Night: Taken by Surprise
In 2016 we started Replay Storytelling… and ten years later we've grown in ways we couldn't have possibly imagined.
Join us for the opening night of Replay Story Fest with true stories of curveballs, chaos, and coincidences.
Featuring stories from Michael Salvatore, Madhu Aurora, Justin Shaw, Michelle Marie, Johanne Pelletier, Paul de Tourreil, and Ava Val!
Between Us, with Christel Bartelse and Joanne O’Sullivan
What happens when two veteran storytellers who barely knew each other keep getting invited onto the same stages, and keep telling eerily similar stories from their lives?
What began as a bit of side-eye and a quiet “who is that, anyway?” has evolved into a shared story told between them.
Between Us brings together two seasoned storytellers and queens of the solo show who, after developing a friendship over the years, compare notes on womanhood, fertility struggles, loss, and life’s adventures. Sometimes they agree. Sometimes they don’t.
It’s funny, honest, and just a little bit scrappy—in the best way.
InnerGenerational: Aligned ArtiFacts
Through spoken word poetry, music, comedy and narrative stories, we explore the artifacts passed down through familial bloodlines, complicated silence and ancestral memory. InnerGenerational: Aligned ArtiFacts is a multidisciplinary storytelling showcase featuring Anto Chan, Janice Jo Lee and Hannia Cheng.
Aligned ArtiFacts examines the emotional heirlooms we inherit; resilience, survival strategies, unspoken grief, tenderness, discipline, expectations, humour and asks…what happens when we consciously align with our healing and release what no longer serves?
Blending wit, vulnerability, and lyrical depth, our showcase invites audiences into an intimate excavation of intergenerational trauma, cultural identity, and reclamation.
9 Lives, 8 Near-Misses: Life Lessons from Near-Death Events by Paul De Tourreil
A car crash full of kids.A knife-wielding madman.True love, pernicious patriarchy, and the perils of both.
Swiss-Indian ninja Paul Shanker De Tourreil is a kung fu cat with nine lives, but after decades spent careening through bizarre, often comical misadventures, he’s down to his last life…
BEST of True Stories Told Live!
For over 13 years, True Stories Told Live Toronto has been delighting audiences. Now, our city's largest and longest-running true storytelling show brings five of the best true stories they've ever had.
Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com, expect to laugh, cry, and do that thing where someone says something that moves you and so you put your hand on your chest and go, "Mmmmm"
Featuring stories from Erin Rogers, Lamia Gibson, Micha Happie Edwards, and more!
The Story Collider: Searching
For over 13 years, True Stories Told Live Toronto has been delighting audiences. Now, our city's largest and longest-running true storytelling show brings five of the best true stories they've ever had.
Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com, expect to laugh, cry, and do that thing where someone says something that moves you and so you put your hand on your chest and go, "Mmmmm"
Featuring stories from Erin Rogers, Lamia Gibson, Micha Happie Edwards, and more!
What’s Your Story? a Student Showcase
After a six -week workshop, 11 storytellers will take the stage sharing moments from their lives—giving you a glimpse of who each of them are.
Featuring stories from Carsen Cassell, Kate Cohen, Steve Austin, Joy Aziza, Cam Garbutt, Diane Janisse, Kriti Jindal, Glaister Leslie, John Lueck, and Karin Fekko!
Replay Storytelling: Unexpected Moment
Our stories, much like us, evolve has we grow. What one story meant years ago, can find a whole new meaning today.
Join us for Unexpected Moments—true stories of tangles, twists, and turns.
Featuring stories from Ronit Rubinstein, Kalpesh Phodkar, Leslie Hetherington, Aditya Tawde, and more!
Is This Yours? by Al Lafrance
Is This Yours? Is a tale about seeking out unusual heroes, reconnecting strangers with their past, and the search for meaning in other people’s garbage. It’s a storytelling show that takes us deep into the brain of an optimistic board game inventor, and reveals all the ups and downs of creative life in a capitalist state. Simultaneously, life-altering human interactions experienced by the narrator are weaved throughout, emphasizing the need for human connection.
Funny Stories Only with Listen to This!
Finding the humour in every story is what this show is all about. Encouraging storytellers and comedians to step out of their comfort zone and deliver truly funny and entertaining stories in a unique mash-up of styles.
Storytellers will embrace the funnier aspects of their stories, while comedians will present their story in a structure quite different from what they're used to, for a unique showcase of surprising, personal, and hilarious stories.
Featuring stories from Phoebe Taylor, Asaf Gerchak, Pooja Joshi, Jonathan Barrie, Ritisha Laungani, and Carlos from Scarborough!
In Progress: Keith Brown is Magic / Paul Hutcheson is a Nice Guy
In Progress gives you a sneak peek into the makings of a new solo storytelling show, working through process of creation.
Keith Brown explores what lead him to becoming a magician and storyteller, touring shows around the world.
Paul Hutcheson is a Nice Guy. At least thats what he's been told. Find out if it's true in this work-in-progress.
Musical Musings: Stories behind the song
Join us for true stories behind the song, an evening where each song has a backstory. This electrifying storytelling experience invites musicians to take you on an intimate journey through the stories behind their songs.
From heartwarming to hilarious, each tale uncovers the profound connections between their music and themselves, leaving you moved, inspired, and yearning to learn more!
Queers In Your Ears: Halos for Horns
Do you remember those magical moments when your grandmother told you fairy tales, transporting you to a world of wonder?
Join Queers In Your Ears as they trade halos for horns, indulge in the seven deadly sins—and wickedly add a few of our own. After all, QIYE has always proven that a little sin never hurt anyone… much.
A Lover Improper…Still by Arianne Shaffer
In four acts - body, sex, love, pleasure -- veteran storytelling Arianne Shaffer (CBC, TEDx, True Stories Told Live, Replay Storytelling, The Moth), offers an authentic recounting of things lost and (re)discovered: minds, longing, body parts, hope, confidence, mojo… "A Lover Improper… Still" is one woman's global pursuit for big love and tiny spoons.
The Perp, The Victim, and The Witness by Zebulon Pike
It's almost certain that many of Zebulon Pike's teachers thought his life would be full of interactions with the police. As a misunderstood child, Zebulon very early on embraced the life of a scofflaw. Not an outright criminal, but someone who never felt the rules applied to him. His teachers were right, but not in any way they imagined, or could have prepared him for. The Perp, the Victim and the Witness is a show about how the rules of society will alter your life whether you want to have anything to do with them or not.
Spontaneous True Tales
Five storytellers, each with a wealth of experience in improv, take the stage to share true, personal tales—completely unprepared and off the cuff. What could go wrong?
Featuring performances from Chantal Lim, Sachin Sharma, Marcel St. Pierre, and more!
Replay Story Fest Closing with Replay’s Believe It or Not!?
Celebrate Replay Storytelling's 10th Anniversary with an evening of true… well, maybe true stories… Can you weed out the tall tales?
Featuring stories from Asaf Gerchak, Christel Bartelse, Paul Hutcheson, Andrew Wong, Zebulon Pike, and more!
