Canadian-born Swiss-Indian storyteller Paul Shanker de Tourreil is a writer (award-winning), fight choreographer (intermittently), biologist (non-practising), and kung fu teacher (retired). When he’s not delighting audiences onstage, he works in mental health care as a suicide helpline responder. He made his storytelling debut in 2023 at Montreal’s Confabulation and has since toured his multi-award-winning solo show “9 Lives, 8 Near-Misses: life lessons from near-death events”, in both English and French, and is honoured to present its Toronto premiere at Replay Story Fest.