

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Test Kitchen: Joy Machine (workshop presentation)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Impulse Theatre's
Joy Cuisine: a workshop presentation
Friday, November 7 - seatings between 6pm &amp; 8pm
Saturday, November 8 - seatings between 12pm &amp; 2pm + 6pm to 7:30pm
Intrepid Studio (2-1609 Blansard St)
PWYC (at the end of the show) + $5 table Reservation Fee


Treat yourself – joy is on the menu!

Joy Cuisine is an experiential and tactile “meal” centred around joy. Enjoyed by a table of two to four patrons, Impulse serves a set menu of immersive activities for the audience to savour and enjoy. You’ll still leave full, even without any real food.

The project is a culmination of five years of development between Impulse and a group of disabled/chronically ill creators. The work is grounded in those smaller moments of joy in our daily lives and the ability to share in communal delight.

Conceived and co-created by Andrew Barrett
Menu co-created with Amber Downie-Back, Angus Steele-Gaffney, and Jess Amy Shead
Maître D’: Andrew Barrett
Servers: Amber Downie-Back, Douglas Ennenberg, and Jess Amy Shead
TEST KITCHEN is a place for artists to test new work-in-development with audiences.



About the artist:
Impulse Theatre is based on Lekwungen Territory (the territory of the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations). Impulse creates and presents contemporary interdisciplinary theatre and dance performance; cultivates a community of artists; and empowers artists, emerging creative producers, and arts workers as leaders.

Impulse has created over 20 works of embodied interdisciplinary contemporary theatre and dance performance. Along with the artistic projects, the company is a mainstay in Victoria as an incubator and instigator, and supports the development of performing arts workers, both their process and new work.

www.impulsetheatre.ca



Duration
Approximately 45 to 60 minutes

Practical Information
Patrons book by table! Reservation is for 2 to 4 patrons. We can't accommodate parties of 5 or more at this time.

Joy Cuisine is a participatory experience that invites the audience to work with the content provided. The work is still in-development and this version is focusing on audience arrival and flow. No meal is provided.



Accessibility
Intrepid Studio (1609 Blanshard St #2)
Intrepid Studio has level access to the building with a slight lip to go over when passing through the door. It also has two single user, all gender washrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. The lobby is fully wheelchair accessible. The stage is on one level and is wheelchair accessible.

More details about the venue are available here: https://intrepidtheatre.com/venues/intrepid-theatre-club/itc-accessibility/​

Parking &amp; Transit:There is a small, free parking lot in front of Intrepid. Some of the BC transit bus routes that run near Intrepid Theatre are: #6 along Quadra St, #2, 27 &amp; 28 along Pandora Ave, #4, 11, 30, 31, 50, 70, and others along Douglas St.

For more information about accessibility, please visit: www.impulsetheatre.ca/accessibility



Acknowledgements
Presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of BC, the BC Arts Council, the Victoria Foundation, City of Victoria, and the CRD Arts &amp; Culture Support Service.

Sponsors include Theatre SKAM, Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts and Braem Accountancy Ltd.



Impulse Theatre lives and creates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen Peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/victoria/test-kitchen-joy-machine-workshop-presentation/200029139886729
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, workshops, food-drinks, entertainment, performances, parties, dance
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Victoria
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Intrepid Theatre
- **lat**: 48.4290499
- **long**: -123.3615
- **full address**: Intrepid Theatre, 1609 Blanshard St # 2,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Impulse Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/impulse-theatre/26505149)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Intrepid Theatre, 1609 Blanshard St # 2,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Impulse Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, workshops, food-drinks, entertainment, performances, parties, dance
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Test Kitchen: Joy Machine (workshop presentation) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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