Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre at Arts Umbrella

Many have heard the fairy-tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but how many have considered it within the context of habitat loss? In this version, two narrators begin the tale in a traditional way but get caught off-guard when the story takes on a (current and truthful) life of its own. The show seems like it might go off the rails until the narrators realize they need to acknowledge what’s happening on stage and, ultimately, what’s happening on our earth. That we humans are infringing on bears “homes” every day. And the more we do, the tougher it is on the bears. Through jokes, talking animals, and frantic narrators, audiences will delight in the “chaos” of the fairy tale they thought they knew and learn a little bit about habitat loss along the way.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears was commissioned by the Robert M. Ledingham School of Theatre, Music and Film at Arts Umbrella and performed by the Arts Umbrella Senior Theatre Troupe as part of the Eco Theatre Project.

Seamus Fera - Director, Goldilocks and the Three Bears Luis Bellassai Gauto - Set and Props Design Shona Struthers - Sound Design Eloise Pons - Costume Design Brad Trenaman - Lighting Design, Goldilocks and the Three Bears Ingrid Turk - Stage Manager, Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Expressions Theatre Festival is presented by RBC.