Past Projects
For 18 years, Kendra Fanconi was Artistic Director and Lead Artist with The Only Animal, a theatre company that made work with a deep engagement
Art of Resistance
Everyone is affected by climate crisis. But those under 25 are known as Generation Hot, because their entire lives will be shaped by global warming. Global youth protest is the new face of the climate movement. These youth are keen to innovate the tired motifs of...
Greenhouse
Greenhouse was a 2-day paid intensive for a cohort of 100 local artists across disciplines who brought together a diversity of climate experiences. Held outside in small groups at UBC Botanical Gardens, Greenhouse was a place to tend to the growth of ideas and...
Typing Pool
Welcome to Typing Pool, where we aim to change the world at seventy-five words a minute! Flex those fingers and get ready to dive in… Join The Only Animal on a journey of discovery. As new recruits to Typing Pool, you will be tasked with an important mission: to open...
Slime
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Slime Conference. Join 100 animals, seven young translators, scientists and suits, and fellow humans and step just slightly in the future... Seated amongst the delegates, you might hear an otter swimming down an aisle, a dolphin whistling at...
Greenlight
Everyone is affected by the climate crisis. Taking action on the issue through Greenlight has particular appeal to those under 25, who are known as Generation Hot, because their entire lives will be shaped by global warming. They want to be a part of solutions, but...
Year of the Typewriter
Year of the Typewriter responds to a challenge by ecology writer Paul Kingsnorth to cast landscape as the lead character in stories. The response of playwright Kendra Fanconi to this challenge was to rig up an old typewriter as a backpack and go out into wild places...
tinkers
tinkers is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Paul Harding. This new transcendentalist work features an intimate and dazzling relationship with the natural world, woven into a story of family karma. Through an intergenerational story we meet a young...
How to Build a Bird Nest
Get set for an interspecies collaboration that can happen in your own back yard. Inspired by text from Tinkers novelist, Paul Harding, as adapted by playwright, Kendra Fanconi, and created by animation artist, Cindy Mochizuki, and sound artist, Nancy Tam. Watch at...
Treasure Trail
Discover what is hidden in the big green. The Only Animal's artists create hidden artistic treasure troves on ecological themes. This is geocaching as you've never seen it before. Wear sensible shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Treasure Trail is a part of a year...
The City and The City
What does it mean to “unsee” another person, an incident…an entire city? Adapted from author China Miéville’s multi-award-winning novel, The City and The City is a highly participatory theatrical experience; equal parts dystopic science fiction, film noir, and murder...
Sticks and Stones
Sticks and Stones is a trail walk that will reveal the secret strange creatures of the undergrowth, some tender and green, some ancient and craggy. Puppets made from stick, leaf and moss will show you the forest anew. The outdoor shows are intended for kids under 10...
Creeker
Creeker is an intimate listening experience for one that challenges how we are in the city. Walk city blocks with sound artist Nancy Tam as she guides you into unexpected places. Creeker displaces the rhythms and sounds of Roberts Creek, from the ocean to the...