Category: Past Performances

At the Tarragon Theatre for One Week Only:  December 16 to 21, 2014 School Groups – Dec 16 to 19 – morning and afternoon viewings are available. Public Shows– Dec 19 to 21: Friday December 19th at 7.30 pm Saturday 20th, 2.30 and 7.30 pm Sunday 21st,  2.30 Gala Matinee  Ticket prices:  Adult $25 Children and Seniors $20 Gala Matinee $50 (includes a charitable receipt for $25) Available at the Tarragon Box Office 416-531-1827

DESCRIPTION Laced with Puppetmongers’ inimitable humour and delightful storytelling, Bed & Breakfast is a charming adaptation of The Princess and the Pea, set in a magnificent miniature mansion of the Edwardian era. Older children are intrigued by the captivating detail – tiny working period light fixtures and a steaming bathtub – while younger children are entranced by the story, transfixed by the power of make-believe. Humour abounds, and everyone roots for the clever servants who conspire to create a happy ending for their Royal employers. Bed & Breakfast was originally written, designed, built and performed solo by Ann Powell. The play was later remounted for two performers, directed by Sue Miner. DETAILS

• For  family Audiences:  enjoyed by ages 5 and up – and adults
• Suited to studio theatres:  audience maximum 100 (the puppets are only 7″ tall!)
• Approximately 60 minutes.

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Collaborated on a workshopping of Cue for Treason at Stratford Ontario, with directors Varrick Grimes and Keira Loughran and video artist Erin Gruber.  It was done with a blend of shadow image/action with projection and live action from a team of six actors.

For this made cut out shadow images to be projected by halogen lamps, and then Erin captured them on video and played with them on her computer before re projecting the results.

Some memorable moments were:

• A few galloping horsemen I cut out became a hoard of charging cavalry.
• A ghost scene/bad dream with actors silhouettes and projected visions as shadow images.
• A cut out chest was projected so that two actors could climb in to hide.
• Live actors working on the sides of the stage were filmed and projected onto a two floor house interior I had cut out, so you could see them plotting, running up and down stairs, climbing through windows etc, while also seeing them do it all in mime.  A hoot!

Altogether a great shame that the Stratford Festival did not choose to take in on to production – it would have been so much fun!

SEE BRICKS DO TRICKS AT SOLAR STAGE!

February 7th and 8th weekend
11 am and 2 pm daily

ONLY 4  PUBLIC SHOWS!

SCHOOL GROUP OUTINGS AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2 TO 11 – BOOK NOW!

Guaranteed to stimulate imaginations and spark creative thinking, the Brick Bros. Circus is a complete, miniature one-ring circus, performed by highly trained building bricks in itty bitty costumes. See the acrobatic Bildovitch Family, the breathtaking Madame Brikaskova, the amazing Brick Contortionist and much much more!  This inventive play delights audiences of all ages, bringing the world of play, creativity and performance to life, brick by brick by brick.

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SOLAR STAGE
4950 Yonge Street, Box 115, The Madison Centre, Toronto
416-368-8031 • solarstage@bellnet.ca

This show was created by Ann Powell and David Powell, from an idea sparked by the late Steve Hansen The Puppet Man, and Loet Vos of the Toronto Museum of Childhood.  Directed by Sharon Weisbaum. Music created by David Anderson.  It has toured all over Canada and the USA, Europe, and parts have been performed in Asia!