A site-specific performance created by transmedia storytelling artist Henri Fabergé in collaboration with Kayla Lorette and Miguel Rivas.

Synopsis: You are invited to attend a reception at Boyce Naval Academy in honour of their historic win at the annual Regatta, their first in over thirty five years. General Headmaster Lorette is celebrating the defeat of his own alma mater – Grey Naval Academy, widely considered the créme of the nation’s military might. But rumours swirl amidst the festivities, as the Headmaster of Grey has not been sighted since the racing vessels set sail…

DURATIONAL PERFORMANCES (6pm-7:15pm)

Guests are greeted by Instructor Rivas at the door, a nervous and weedy member of the Boyce staff who ceremoniously ass-kisses those with a powerful name while deflecting questions from Grey cadets who are holding a vigil nearby for their missing Headmaster.

As you step into the Boyce’s Boys tavern, Henri Fabergé and several fellow cadets are boisterously singing a selection of classic naval shanties around a pianist at a keyboard+amp. Grab a drink at the bar and join in the singalong.

In the main gallery, Headmaster General Lorette is gleefully holding court in front of his ship, draped in the regatta banner and retelling the tale of his regatta victory to anyone who will listen while drowning himself in chardonnay. The Regatta Judge is in attendance, acquiescing to Lorette’s win but terribly worried about the missing Headmaster from Grey.

DENOUEMENT (approx 7:30pm)
Lorette calls everyone to the main gallery, and introduces Fabergé to sing a tune written especially for the occasion. Much to his horror, the song is titled “We Cheated.” As Lorette and Rivas furiously “shhh” him, the cadets from Grey have managed to get in and open the ship’s cabin: out comes the Headmaster of Grey, bound and gagged. They remove a Boyce insignia (stuck to the bow? a flag? whatever the artist is ok with), revealing that Lorette did in fact board the Grey vessel mid-sea and sail the superior ship to victory. The reception continues with Fabergé and his Grey counterpart (possibly Carmen Elle from the band DIANA) sing some duets, as the Boyce and Grey characters argue theatrically with the regatta judge stuck in the middle.