Boom X | Stages For Students

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Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 10:00am and 1:00pm
Grades 7-12
This show is part of our Stages for Students Program

 

Boom X is a dynamic solo multimedia performance written, directed, and performed by Rick Miller that captures the music, culture, and defining moments of Generation X. Picking up where the original Boom left off, this explosive one-person show takes audiences from Woodstock in 1969 through to the rise of the internet in 1995, weaving together history, politics, pop culture, and music. Through over a hundred vivid characters and engaging storytelling, Boom X offers a whirlwind journey through disco, video games, punk, the Cold War, and more, all delivered with humour, insight, and a powerful theatrical pulse.

 

 

BOOM X
Produced by Kidoons and WYRD Productions, in association with Theatre Calgary and The 20K Collective
RICK MILLER: Writer / Director / Performer*
JEFF LORD: Executive Producer
CRAIG FRANCIS: Dramaturg / Stage Manager*
AIDAN WARE: Technical Director / Associate Lighting Designer
RICK MILLER: Production Manager
NICOLAS DOSTIE: Video & Projection Co
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Designer
IRINA LITVINENKO: Video & Projection Co
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Designer
BRUNO MATTE: Lighting Designer
VIRGINIE LECLERC: Costume & Props Designer
RICK MILLER: Set & Sound Designer / Composer
CREIGHTON DOANE: Additional Music Production
SÉBASTIEN HEINS: appears as “Brandon” on video*
LOGOGRAPH: Graphic Design / Marketing
CRAIG FRANCIS: Original illustrations
USA / MEXICO BOOKING AGENT: Robin Klinger Entertainment, New York RobinKlingerEntertainment.com
CANADA BOOKING AGENT: Rick Miller
INT’L BOOKING AGENT: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent (with Isaïe Richard and Magdalena Marszalek)
MUSIC LICENSING: Michael Perlmutter (Instinct)
OFFICIAL SITE: boomtheshow.com
PODCAST SITE: xingthegap.com
SOCIAL FB/TW/IG: @kidoons, @rickmilleractor, @BoomTheShow
*WYRD Productions engages under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (and under reciprocal agreement with Actors’ Equity Association USA)
The show runs approximately 70 minutes, plus 1 intermission
Content
warning: some flashing lights, loud noises and gunshot effects. This play touches on
themes including sexism, racism, and homophobia. It includes mature language, and some
historical and racialized epithets.
The world premiere of BOOM X was presented at Theatre Calgary in January 2019.
Development of the show was supported by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.