dance: made in canada fait au canada Festival (d:micfac) proudly unveils a diverse program featuring the country's most sought-after dancers and choreographers for its milestone fifth biennial edition on stage from August 14-18, 2019, at the Betty Oliphant Theatre.
Throughout my career, I've been desperate to fight, and yet it always seemed something reserved for the boys and the men. During one of my first jobs, playing Wendy in Peter Pan, I was determined to get in at least one sneaky kick to a passing pirate's shin.
Fresh off the company's successful debut of OFF Balance, a new experimental series which launched in March of this year, Barak Ballet returns to the proscenium stage on June 28-29 in Santa Monica, presenting a contemporary dance repertoire that has quickly propelled Barak's reputation as one of LA's most exciting dance companies.
The 2ND ANNUAL ITHACA ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) returns to Ithaca for its second year, in partnership with the Kitchen Theatre Company. The 2nd Annual Ithaca One-Minute Play Festival runs for three performances only; July 13th at 8pm, and July 14th at 3pm & 7pm. All performances are at the Kitchen Theatre (417 W StateMLK, Jr. St). Tickets, priced at $20, are available at kitchentheatre.org.
Flat Rock Playhouse continues the 2019 Season with summer blockbuster musical and Broadway classic, South Pacific. Known for its glorious score by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the show transports audiences to the Pacific Islands in World War II as young couples struggle with the dynamics of love, war, and faith. Yet, South Pacific also showcases a vibrant, delightful comedic side found in the business of everyday life: raising children, relationship squabbles, and workplace gossip.
On June 27th, 2019, Wildrence will present the world premiere production of 'Elgin Park'- a new immersive play for all ages 10 and up. The production will run June 27th through July 14th at various times at Wildrence located at 59 Canal St, New York, NY 10002.
Guildford Fringe Festival is planning a show-stopping, foot-tapping and fun-filled Free Fringe line-up as part of this year's jam-packed Festival programme. The excitement begins at the Free Fringe Weekend on 29 and 30 June, when you can't fail to be entertained if you head into the town centre.
The Women's Suffrage Centennial Coalition (WSCC) and the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement's Greater Boston Women's Vote Centennial (GBWVC), supported by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, proudly announce a Boston Suffrage Centennial Kickoff Celebration, launching a year of commemorations celebrating 100 years since the 19th Amendment was adopted in 1920, enabling women to vote. The event takes place Tuesday, June 25, 2019 from 5-7pm at Faneuil Hall, located at One Faneuil Hall Square in Boston. It is free and open to the public, RSVP encouraged: https://suffragekickoff.eventbrite.com.
For the third consecutive year, The Old Globe will participate in the George L. Stevens Senior Center's annual Juneteenth Celebration by presenting an original work developed through The Old Globe's arts engagement program coLAB: The Ruby in Us, with book and music written by Karen Ann Daniels, Director of the Mobile Unit at New York's Public Theater. Music for the piece was composed by Brandon Cerquedo, and language for the performance was collaboratively evolved in a workshop setting at the Center with the senior community that hosts the annual celebration. Award-winning director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (Skeleton Crew at the Globe, Globe Classical Directing Fellow) returns to helm this wonderful program alongside lauded jazz musician, musical theatre favorite, and The Ruby in Us music director Leonard Patton.
Integrada en su mayoría por obras inéditas, la exposición Estéticas convergentes muestra el trabajo realizado por artistas pertenecientes a diversas generaciones de la Academia de Artes y la variedad de dimensiones estéticas que se han desarrollado a lo largo de 50 años, con lenguajes artísticos que exploran múltiples conexiones, como la gráfica, la pintura, la escultura y la fotografía.
Global Creatures and Jonathan Church Productions today announce the UK tour of A Monster Calls, an Old Vic production, in association with Bristol Old Vic, will be touring to 16 venues across the UK commencing in February 2020. Patrick Ness's piercing novel is brought vividly to life in the Olivier Award-winning production by visionary director Sally Cookson. The production will also play at the Kennedy Center, Washington, in Summer 2020.
An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns, playing at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival, centres around four 30-something women with wildly differing views on how to live a fulfilling life. When these lifelong friends find themselves trapped in a mysterious escape room, old grudges start to bubble. If they can't get past the pain they've caused each other and learn to work together, they may never escape.
Returning for its third annual appearance, Bridge Street Belly Dance explodes onto the Bridge Street Theatre Mainstage on Saturday June 22nd at 7:30pm.
It is also a universal truth that PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will be portrayed with the stiff formality of prior Austen adaptations - it's the law. Thankfully, the Kate Hamill adaption now playing at the Cygnet Theatre through June 16th takes all of the starch out of the proceedings and adds in a bit of zany fun instead.
Starbound Theatre and Lights Down Productions are delighted to announce their first co-production. 'The Net' by American Playwright Zoe Guzy-Sprague will make its world debut at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London as part of the Camden Fringe Festival, 13th - 17th August 2019