Our featured reader for March is the wonderful Leslie Vryenhoek! Leslie Vryenhoek writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Based now in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, she also works as a professional editor and a communications consultant.
The set-up for March will be the same as the previous events — anyone is welcome to read (or to […]
THE WWF INTERVIEW
Mary Vingoe (HOMEFIRST Productions, Halifax, NS) talks to Nicole Rousseau of RCA Theatre about some of her experiences as a founder of three theatre companies as well as inaugural AD of Magnetic North Theatre Festival. The interview will be preceded with a reading from her recent play, REFUGE, by Aiden Flynn and […]
Atlantic Presenters hosting province-wide discussion on performing arts in Canada
Did you know that 3 out of 4 Canadians report attending live music, theatre, dance and other arts presentations? Did you know that youth engagement in the arts is thriving? Surprised? Agree? Join the conversation! Discuss these topics and more, including audience development, social media […]
In the last 30 years, women have progressed into leadership positions in certain professions like politics and business. But in other areas, we lag behind. Across Canada and North America, women artistic directors are few and far between but in the Atlantic, in particular, that’s far from the case. Join us as we talk […]
Claudia Barnett’s WITCHES VANISH (TN)
Dramaturge Mary Vingoe (NS) with Mary Lynn Bernard, Natalia Hennelly and Katie Butler Major
Performance by Pamela Morgan, Q&A and Reception to follow
Free
Shannon Bramer’s THE HUNGRIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD (ON)
Dramaturge Natasha MacLellan (NS) with Courtney Brown, Colin Furlong, Rhiannon Morgan and Joshua Druken & Elena Hartwell’s THE TIPPING POINT (CA)
Dramaturge Megan Coles (NL) with Latonia Hartery, Emily Locke, Wendi Smallwood, and Kimberley Drake Performance by Jill Porter, Q&A and Reception to follow.
Lois Brown’s WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH SAYS HOW ARE YOU (NL)
Dramaturge Emma Tibaldo (QC)?
with Julia Halfyard, Andy Jones, Monica Walsh, Rory Lambert, Darryl Hopkins, Darren Ivany, Laura Marie Smith
Performance by Colleen Power, Q&A and Closing Reception to follow
BUY TICKETSMusical performance by Rae Spoon, featuring work from their latest album (and title of the feature-documentary), My Prairie Home. Having started out as a country artist and later adding experimental and electronic elements into their music, Rae Spoon has released seven solo albums and three collaborative albums over the past ten years. They […]
LSPU Hall, Cox & Palmer Second Space
$20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Canadian musician, author and score composer Rae Spoon invites us to join them learn about how to compose for film, how to talk to a director/how to talk to a composer, the scoring process, and how to work with music to further convey the story […]
$20 regular, $15 students/seniors
6pm International Women’s Day Reception, 7pm Screening followed by Q&A with Rae Spoon
LSPU Hall
Mix and mingle with us at our pre-film reception (6-7pm) celebrating International Women’s Day then stick around for the screening of My Prairie Home, followed by a Q&A with Rae Spoon.
A true Canadian iconoclast, acclaimed transgender country/electro-pop artist […]
