WWF18 – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH COLLEEN QUIGLEY: What do we have at our fingertips?

10 AM-12 PM
Admission $10 at the door.

Taking place at the Cox & Palmer Second Space at the LSPU Hall, 3 Victoria Street
Thank you to the Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library Memorial University

The WWF is so delighted to welcome Colleen to our festival and start a discussion about the things we have […]

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Red Rock

8 pm

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Presenting a one-night-only development workshop production of an all new musical by Daniel Lasby and Kyle McDavid.  Red Rock follows Lev and Yuri, two young Russians in pre-confederation Newfoundland, as they endeavor to seize opportunity and convince the Newfoundlanders of the benefits of Communism.  But between competing factions, personal dilemmas, and the will […]

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Atlantic Presenters Association Professional Development Series

Workshops with France Trépanier & Chris Crieghton-Kelly, “A Shifting Landscape: Presenting Indigenous Performance in Non-Indigenous Spaces”

8:30am-5pm.

Cox & Palmer Second Space.

Are you presenting Indigenous performing artists? Or do you want to start presenting them? And you want to do that appropriately? A Shifting Landscape can help you!

The Canadian arts environment is changing. This is the […]

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Graphics Means – Film Screening

8pm

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It’s been roughly 30 years since the desktop computer revolutionized the way the graphic design industry works. For decades before that, it was the hands of industrious workers, and various ingenious machines and tools that brought type and image together on meticulously prepared paste-up boards, before they were sent to the printer.

Graphic Means, […]

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Pratt Lecture 2018: George Elliott Clarke

8pm

Free Event.

Memorial University, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Department of English invite you to join us for the 2018 Pratt Lecture, given this year by celebrated poet and critic George Elliott Clarke.
Canada’s 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, the prodigiously talented Clarke is one of Canada’s most influential writers. He has published […]

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“Le Jeu” Clowning Workshop with Chloe Payne (Arts and Culture Centre)

Sunday, February 25, 10am-5pm
2nd Floor East Gallery, Arts and Culture Centre

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*****Please note that this workshop will take place at the Arts and Culture Centre, NOT the LSPU Hall!*****

In this workshop students will rediscover the joy of performance through “Le Jeu” and clown with Chloe Payne, creator and performer of Fake Nerd Girl (Playing Feb […]

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Isle of Demons

April 25-28, 8pm
April 29, 2pm
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The story of Marguerite de Roberval – marooned by her uncle on an island off northern Newfoundland in 1542 for daring to love a sailor. Nevertheless, she persisted…
This acclaimed production from PerSIStence Theatre moves to the LSPU Hall after a sold-out September run at the Barbara Barrett. Starring Marie Jones, […]

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Celtic Fiddlers

7:30 PM

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After 25 years, The Celtic Fiddlers has become one of Newfoundland’s icons in traditional vocal and instrumental music. Since its inception in 1993, The Celtic Fiddlers have gained popularity due to their diverse instrumentation, vocal favorites and original material. This show will feature all the old and new favorite tunes and will […]

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CIG: Newfoundland Improv Alumni Games

February 16, 8pm

Cox & Palmer Second Space

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The Canadian Improv Games is proud to host their second annual Alumni Games! Former players, coaches, judges, referees, and administrators jump back in the mix and relive their high school days and compete in a fun night of The Canadian Improv Games.

There will be a meet & […]

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Matthew Byrne and Sherman Downey: Winter Island Tour

8 pm

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Matthew Byrne and Sherman Downey are teaming up again for the fourth edition of their Winter Island Tour and for this very first time they’ll be bringing this unique collaboration to the LSPU Hall.
These two captivating storytellers have tapped into something special with the Winter Island Tour – combining their repertoires and […]

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