So Blue
Louise Lecavalier and her partner, Frédéric Tavernini, risk all in this intense, rough, obsessive, and mysterious work set to Mercan Dede’s rhythmical, visceral music. As quick as thought, the body dictates its laws and transgresses its limits. “I wanted to allow the body to say everything it wants to say or can surprise […]
Performances May Be Permanent
Performances May Be Permanent is a theatre-dance tour across wide-ranging territory: Glenn Gould, a dying mother, the nature of memory, the inner workings of a brain hooked on music, and the redemptive power of connection.
KATE STORY is a performer and writer, born and raised in Newfoundland and now living in Ontario. […]
Future Perfect
Conceived and choreographed by Lisa Porter, Future Perfect is a meditation on morality performed by Lori Clarke and Andrea Tucker.
LISA PORTER is a performer, writer and filmmaker from St. John’s. She has made a significant contribution to contemporary dance in St. John’s not only as an artist, but also as a curator with […]
25/25/25 Dance Project
25/25/25 takes guerrilla art-making to the Main Stage. 25 works will be created by 25 choreographers who are given 25 minutes each to create a work that 25 seconds in length, all in front of a live audience. Conceived and directed by Anne Troake to celebrate 25 years of the Festival of […]
Eunoia
“Denise Fujiwara’s Eunoia one of the best dance events of the season. Clever, witty, engrossing.” Paula Citron, Dance Critic, the Globe & Mail
Eunoia is Christian Bök’s award-winning and bestselling book of conceptual poetry. It is built on the notion of constraining language to one vowel per chapter and tells stories in ways that are […]
Auto-Fiction by Human Playground
OFF SITE in new location to account for the forecasted rain:
For Thursday, October 8: Library loading bay at the Arts and Culture Centre
Entrance is off Livyers Loop at the back of the ACC right next to MUN
There will be a big 4ft sign (of the poster) so it’ll be easily identifiable (will […]
VISITING AUTHOR SERIES DELIVERS:
Impressive Fall Line-up of Writers coming to the Rock
Celebrated Canadian authors Sean Michaels, Marina Endicott, and Barry Dempster headline the 2015 Visiting Author Series presented by the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) in partnership with Grenfell Campus.
For the series, WANL asks three prominent local writers for their wish list […]
“Split is a breathtaking novel that pivots on the axis of reality and dream.”
— Jessica Grant, author of Come, Thou Tortoise
Please join us for the St. John’s launch of Libby Creelman’s new novel, Split
in the Cox & Palmer Second Space
The event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.
Stanley Braxton is fresh off their hit shows 24 Hour Drunk Play and ______ The Musical: A Made-Up Musical and this time they’re bringing friends. Not only will you see the usual Stanleys, but now they are inviting some amazing local talent, as well as one of British Columbia’s premier improvisers, Shawn Norman! These […]
Buy Day Pass
9:30 – 11am
Munchkin Music Factory & Friends Children’s Workshop & Show
Masonic Temple
Donation
Noon – 4pm
Family Matinee – Joseph Coffin & Nick Earle, Canefire, Shabada & Slam-piece Orchestra
The Rocket Room, Rocket Bakery
$15 pp, children under 12 free; $25 per family of 4 (2 adults)
4-7pm
Jeff Johnston Trio with John Nugent & Patrick Boyle
LSPU Hall
$30 + […]
