Flush Ink Productions

Flush Ink Productions has been producing unique theatre in the Waterloo Region since 2006. Jacobs. A year later, in 2007, we added She Speaks - Women's Work.

Flush Ink Productions has been pushing the boundaries of traditional theatre since 2006 and has established four unique projects; Asphalt Jungle Shorts, She Speaks and UnHinged Festival of Disturbing Theatre. Incorporated in 2008, we have continued programming and forging forward. Established by Artistic Director, Paddy Gillard-Bentley, aside from occasionally presenting a full-length play, and U

rban Scrawlers, a playwright’s collective that has run off and on since for the past fifteen years, Flush Ink Productions presents three annual events. Asphalt Jungle Shorts - at the intersection of Theatre & Reality - challenges the perceptions of traditional theatre by taking it out of the theatre. This is Flush Ink Productions signature event - an evening of site-specific theatre in and around downtown Kitchener, and in the past, both Waterloo and St. In the past, we’ve presented two events a year, which is why 2026 will be our 23rd event, not including our shortened versions like Asphalt Jungle Hot Pants - part of IMPACT. Asphalt Jungle Shorts was the impetus for creating Flush Ink Productions. Since 2006, with just this event, we have presented over 350 plays from local playwrights, and playwrights in the USA, England, Ireland, Israel, and Brazil. Women's Words. Our artistic director was the president of the International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) at that time, and created a project to elevate the voices of women in theatre set to coincide with International Women’s Day. At that time, only 18% of produced plays in North America were written by women. We have presented this event in various locations, including, restaurants and coffee shops, art galleries, and most interestingly, the council chambers at Kitchener’s City Hall. In the past three years, we have produced She Speaks as part of Neruda Arts’, She Creates. It was a very good fit for us, and has worked out well. In 2008, UnHinged, Festival of Site Specific Theatre was added to our repertoire. It became too complicated for our artistic director, to find the plays, locations and to be able to afford the event. In 2011, it transformed to UnHinged Festival of Disturbing Theatre, giving playwrights an opportunity to challenge the audience emotionally with theatre that is dark and disturbing. These are plays that are often overlooked by theatre companies not willing to take risks. UnHinged is preceded by Write or Flight that sees several playwrights taken to disturbing locations and left there to write a play, inspired by the atmosphere they've been left in. This has taken place in various versions since 2011, but the plays are staged during the UnHinged Festival - Write or Flight Response. Locations we have send playwrights included a haunted coachhouse at Homer Watson Gallery, backstage at a body building competition and in a barn full of nearly feral cats.

Understanding is Sorrow by Paddy Gillard Bentley

04/10/2026

Understanding is Sorrow. Written and Directed by The Jazz Musician's Daughter. Performed by Andrew Frey and Kimberley Young. Filmed by Carlos M Parada.

Part of Flush Ink Productions, She Speaks. She Speaks was part of Neruda Arts She Creates. A month of programming work in the arts by women.

Understanding is Sorrow by Paddy Gillard Bentley Written & Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. Performed by Kimberley Young and Robin Bennett. Filmed by Carlos Parada.Part of Flush Ink Productions', She Spea...

04/09/2026

Fire and Rain in July by Jenn Weatherall. Directed by The Jazz Musician's Daughter. Performed by Andrew Frey and Katherine. Filmed by Carlos M Parada. Part of Neruda Arts' She Creates

Part of Flush Ink Productions, She Speaks. Women's Work. Women's Words.

Fire and Rain in July by Jenn Weatherall Written by Jenn Weatherall. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. Performed by Andrew Frey and Katherine Schill. Filmed by Carlos Parada.Part of Flush Ink Produ...

04/07/2026

Let's get this right. Salt by Judy Klass, Directed by The Jazz Musician's Daughter. Performed by Jenn Weatherall. Filmed by Carlos M Parada. This was part of She Speaks, which was part of Neruda Arts month-long celebration of women in the arts - She Creates.

Salt by Judy Klass Salt by Judy Kass was part of She Speaks - readings of plays written by women as part of month long programming of women's work in the arts. It w...

04/04/2026

Helen Basson performing in She Speaks - a staged reading of Maria Colonscu's play, The Wait. Also with Robin Bennett. This was part of Arts She Creates - a month-long celebration of women in the arts.

The Wait by Maria Colonescu A staged reading of Maria Colonescu's piece, The Wait. Flush In Productions and Neruda Arts working together to elevate the voices of women in theatre durin...

03/31/2026

From She Speaks 2026 - The Bit of Leaving Eden by Ágnes Pálfi, directed by The Jazz Musician's Daughter and performed by Jenn Weatherall and Robin Bennett.

The Bit of Leaving Eden by Ágnes Pálfi Why in the world would Adam and Eve want to escape Eden? Find out.On of five plays presented in staged readings - part of Neruda Arts' SHE CREATES - a month ...

11/04/2025

Another play from UnHinged Festival of Disturbing Theatre.

The Silver Case by Brendan Griffin. Directed by The Jazz Musician's Daughter. Performed Hiyam Mahrat, Aya Bryn Zakarya and Ward. F. Khobiah. Filmed by Carlos M. Parada. Lights - Sam Bentley.

The Silver Case by Brendan Griffin A heartbreaking story unfolds throughout a blend of narration and music that will leave audiences both captivated and deeply moved.The Silver Case was writte...

11/04/2025

Did you miss UnHinged this year? This is Contained, written and performed by Jenn Weatherall. Directed by Maria Colonescu.

CONTAINED by Jenn Weatherall Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

09/21/2025

Don't miss out on one of Waterloo Region's most iconic theatre experiences returning to IMPACT 25 and explore downtown Kitchener like never before!

Asphalt Jungle Shorts by Flush Ink Productions will serve several site-specific plays performed in and around downtown Kitchener, where the backdrop of the city becomes the stage, and anything can happen.

In the past, plays were staged in a hotel swimming pool, a garbage dumpster, bookstore, cafes, a bridge, and ASJ's greatest achievement, at 20 feet below the sidewalk with the audience watching through a large grate. Asphalt Jungle Shorts: – where the lines between theatre and reality are beautifully blurred.

Wednesday, September 24 to Sunday September 28 at 8 pm
Downtown Kitchener

More info & tickets at ticketscene.ca