who will save the night sky?
Philip Geller
INDIGENOUS THEATRE
Co-presented with Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
Curated by Indigenous Performance Initiatives
With tail swishes, tall tales, and celestial mischief, who will save the night sky? whisks audiences into a starry boardroom where the fate of Earth (and the two-leggeds!) hangs in the balance.
Venue: Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space (1 Gzowski Way Peterborough) Nozhem venue guide
Date: November 9th, 2025, 2:00pm
Tickets available now through eventbrite
Pricing*: Pay what you can
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
Philip Geller (Red River Métis, Ashkenazi)
Allow me to take you on a celestial journey to a big board room in the sky. Plleeeaaassee, allow me to whisk my tail and weave you a tale on the tell tale signs of a GOOD STORY! A long time ago, in the future, an important group of star beings got together to discuss the fate of earth and the two-leggeds… and the party begins!
Blending bouffon, clown, storytelling, and spectacle, who will save the night sky? is an interactive solo performance reminding us of the importance of our relationship to the stars and sky world.
Philip Jonah Logan Geller (they/them) is Jewish (Ashkenazi) and Red River Michif (Métis) with Logan, Dupuis, Vandal ancestors, and roots to the historic Métis community of Rooster Town. Philip is currently based in Winnipeg/Wînipêk (Treaty 1).
They are a theatre/performance artist, educator, and scholar who is focused on decolonizing their process by listening to and dialoguing with ancestral and cultural knowledge. Their practice includes trickster methodologies, land-based creation, circular storytelling, and destabilizing hierarchical power structures in the rehearsal process, with a focus on anti-oppressive/anti-racist modalities. They are a SSHRC funded Master of Fine Arts Directing graduate from York University, a top 30 under 30 York University Alumni, and a Ken McDougall Award recipient for promising emerging director. Philip is currently the Associate Producer for #ReconcileThis at the National Arts Centre and Co-Artistic Producer for Kiyanaan Indigenous Theatre Festival in Winnipeg, MB. They are creating new works in residency at The Theatre Centre and Theatre Passe Muraille.
As a storyteller they have worked across Turtle Island as an actor, director, dramaturg, producer, clown, creator, and community worker with companies and festivals including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, Indigenous Arts Knowledge Exchange, Stratford Festival, Theatre YES, Gwaandak Theatre, Toronto Metropolitan University, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Made in Exile, Citadel Theatre, Nextfest, Play the Fool Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, and Paprika Theatre Festival. They are a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta. Although, more importantly, they learn from all the incredible relations – human and more than human – they have the fortune of visiting with.
