2025 Festival of New Dance: Altération by Kira Arts

October 4 at 7:30PM, doors at 6:30PM
General: $25.00
Child/Youth: $10.00
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Altération by Kira Arts

60 minutes 

How do our lives intertwine? How do we manage to form prosperous balances? What happens when they break down? “Alteration” addresses the transformations that punctuate our lives and our ability, as human beings, to influence both our own destiny and […]

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Closed

The LSPU Hall is closed from August 25th – September 1st.

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The Englishman’s B’hoy: Thomas Butler Gunn, Mose of the Bowery, and New York Mass Culture in the 1840s: A Latter-Day Lyceum Lecture by Andrew Loman

August 24 at 7:00PM
Free admission

Before the Thing first clobbered and the Hulk first smashed; before Superman out-sped his first bullet; before Ignatz lobbed his first brick, Jiggs ate his first dinner, Nemo dreamed his first art nouveau dream, and the Yellow Kid broke his first fourth wall; before the whole blustering comics cavalcade, there […]

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St. John’s Short Play Festival: The Crash by Townie Ballerinas | Disassembly Required by James Squires & Taylor Rae Groves | Bee on a Plane by Katie Vatour | I Don’t Blame You by Whadda Ya Call It? Productions | A Bayman’s Birthright by Bran Piercey/The Impurity Factor

September 2, 4, & 6
Pick Your Price: $10.50-$30.50
Festival Pass: $70.00
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Note: Some plays contain mature themes. The recommended age is 18+

 

The Crash by Townie Ballerinas

The Crash is a peek into the lives of five neighbours in downtown St. John’s trying to survive the COVID pandemic. It all kicks off with a good old-fashioned St. […]

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St. John’s International CircusFest: Edge of the World Cabaret

September 21 at 8:00 PM
General: $44.50
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St. John’s International CircusFest

Edge of the World Cabaret – MC: Kai Bryan Directed by Patrick Leonard

Directed by 7 Fingers co-founder Patrick Léonard and hosted by local drag star Kai Bryan, this cabaret brings together a dynamic mix of circus, drag, and variety acts. Featuring aerials, juggling, handstands, […]

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St. John’s International CircusFest: Circus Incognitus

September 20 at 8:00 PM
General: $44.50
Student/Senior/Child: $29.50
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St. John’s International CircusFest

Circus Incognitus – Jamie Adkins (Ontario)

Jamie Adkins brings a modern vaudeville twist to Circus Incognitus, a hilarious and heartwarming one-man show. With echoes of Chaplin and Keaton, he battles everyday objects in a near-constant state of comic disaster. A delight for all ages—clever, […]

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St. John’s International CircusFest: Opening Soirée

September 18 at 8:00PM
General: $44.50
Student/Senior/Child: $29.50
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St. John’s International CircusFest

Double bill:

Compagnie Zalataï (France) and the Quebec Circus School’s 30th anniversary celebratory showcase

Bal(les) by Compagnie Zalataï, is the result of a meeting between two distinct artists — one primarily an acrobat, the other a dedicated juggler. Through their unique performance languages, they play, connect, […]

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Amelia Curran Live in Concert with special guest Natasha Blackwood

August 19-20 doors at 6:30 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
Admission: $44.50
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Amelia Curran live in concert – a rare solo performance from the Juno Award winning singer songwriter, with opening set by Natasha Blackwood.

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Riddle Fence Presents: IMPROV FOR WRITERS, a workshop with Dana Puddicombe

August 3 at 2-5pm
$20 Pre-registration required
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Comfort with improvisation is an asset to any writer, whether you ever step foot on stage or focus squarely on the page. Tools developed through improv exploration can help writers create characters and flesh out scenes, but the basic values of improv can also set writers free in moments […]

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slow rain

August 12-14 at 7:30pm
Admission: $36.50
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Slow Rain is a contemplative dance work inspired by the five agents of Chinese philosophy.

The show unfolds as a fluid journey through life’s ever-changing circumstances, with each element embodied through movement, music, and imagery. Dancers shift from the tender unfurling of Wood to the passionate urgency of Fire, […]

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