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The Candy Show with Candy Palmater and Friends

Join Candy and Indigenous superstars and emerging artists.

Produced by Victor Pokinko and Archipelago Productions

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On Christmas Day 2021 we lost one of the great ones, Candy Palmater. Candy was all set to come to Vancouver and join us in person for Transform 2020, but when that was not possible, Candy, her wife Denise, Corey and Heather imagined a digital Candy Show. It was filmed in Toronto, without an audience in 2020, which is really hard for a raconteur and funny person, but of course Candy made gold.

She did it again in 2021 with a small house of friends and family. In this compilation of the 2020 and 2021 Candy shows, she brings together the greats, Kent Monkman, Tom Wilson and Buffy Sainte-Marie, and shares her soul with newcomers Keenan Simik Komaksiutiksak and Cameron Munroe Fraser. Candy was an artist, a collaborator, and an inspirational auntie loved by Transform. We are so sad we never had the opportunity to hug her in person. Do yourself a favour after you watch the show and get to know Candy through her book “Running Down a Dream: A Memoir“. We invite you to make a donation to Candy’s favourite organizations, Native Women’s Association of Canada and Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance. These organizations advocate and offer critical programming to Indigenous communities.

The Artists

Performers:
Candy Palmater
Keenan Simik Komaksiutiksak
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Cameron Fraser-Monroe
Tom Wilson
with Jess O’Brien on Piano
Kent Monkman

Toronto Producer: Victor Pokinko
Director of Photography: Nicholas Bradford-Ewart
Production Services by: Archipelago Productions
Camera Operator: Nicole Ng
Production Design: Victor Pokinko
Candy’s Hair by: Connor Lange
Candy’s Makeup by: Sarah Deschamp
Filmed in Toronto at: Soulpepper’s Michael Young Theatre
Set pieces provided by: The Candy Show
Head Tech / Sound Operator: Colton Stang
Production Manager: Delaney Novinka
Virtual Producer: Alex Josslyn-Hamilton 
Editor: Mariana Urrutia
Post Production Supervisor: Kevin Kim
Archipelago Head of Production: Jana Stackhouse
Production Assistant: Steffi Tupe
Production Assistant: Lilly Nesbitt

Crew:
Lucy Collingwood
Dan Fletcher
Klass VanVliet