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SpringWorks 2012: Stratford and Perth County's indie theatre & arts festival May 13, 2012 until May 20, 2012
see website for schedule SpringWorks Festival 2012 is Stratford and Perth County's newest cultural event: an indie theatre and arts festival. In its second year, we are returning to Factory163, an exciting new alternative performance space. Accomplished festival and fringe perennials, budding artists, regional and touring companies all come together to share a rich array of performances. Our eclectic programming has something for audiences of all ages. All shows are approximately one hour long. Local and regional visual artists also display their work at Factory163 in the South Gallery. SpringWorks Festival 2012 is raw and refined, edgy and elegant, a place to experience new works by award-winning Canadian playwrights, artists, and performers all in one week!
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SpringWorks: Sunday May 20, 2012: indie theatre & arts festival May 20, 2012
12 noon to 9:00 pm The Teeth of Tarpon Springs 12:00 pm
Part memoir, part humour and part poetry. It has been said of Charles Mountford's work that "You could make an afternoon program on the CBC out of these pieces."
Body Factory3: Creative Habitat and Friends DANCE 2:00 pm
Witness a first time meeting of outstanding dance companies in an evening of innovative and athletic dance that will affect the heart and amaze the eyes."A sensuous feast... beautiful... amazing... spectacular... tribute to the possibilities of the human body and the human imagination." The National Post.
Forgiving Peter Pan 5:00 pm
An adaptation of JM Barrie's haunting novel, by Marion Adler and Scott Wentworth whose award winning work has been produced in the West End and off Broadway.
Hours That Remain 7:00 pm
Keith Barker's lyrical, magical tale of loss and survival invokes the stories of the Highway of Tears in BC. "Beautifully moving, thought provoking and up-lifting."
Noch Einmal - Ein, Zwei, Drei, Boum! 9:00 pm
Mary Pitt & David Warrack- A fun Cabaret in three languages; Un cabaret excentrique en trois langues; Ein lustiges Kabarett in drei Sprachen.
Tickets: available April 1 online here and at RKilts at 47 York Street, Stratford - General admission: $20 HST; Children under 12: $10 HST; Multi-Ticket Savings (3 or more SpringWorks performances) SAVE $5 per ticket ($15 HST times the number of shows), limited number of exclusive All Festival Passes- $250
Mirror of the Times: Factory Arts String Quartet June 3, 2012
6-8:30pm In the final installment of INNERchamber for this season the Factory Arts String Quartet returns with special guest pianist Heather Taves to highlight two composers from vastly different backgrounds. The decidedly sunny String Quartet No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn reflects a privileged and carefree existence and upbringing. This truly brilliant music showcases great virtuosity while demonstrating Mendelssohn's characteristic facility with light and energetic textures. When almost the same age as Mendelssohn, Dmitri Shostakovich lived in a completely different time and place. World War II loomed, while the Stalinist regime instilled fear in composers of the day. This quintet combines intense drama and lyricism, with the wit and irony through which Shostakovich expressed his private truth. Does music reflect the place in time during which it was composed? With these two great works, we'll let you be the judge.
Factory Arts String Quartet
Andrew Chung - violin
Julie Baumgartel - violin
Joshua Greenlaw - viola
Ben Bolt-Martin - cello
Heather Taves - piano
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