SpringWorks 2013: Stratford & Perth County's indie theatre & arts festival
May 9, 2013 until May 19, 2013 Fringe style 1 hour performances throughout the festival
Highlights of SpringWorks 2013 include:
Stage: Fairy
Tale Ending - family musical, winner of Patron's Pick at
KidsFringe Toronto and on The Toronto Star's
top 10 Fringe picks; Oneymoon -
dinner and comedy cabaret at the Church Restaurant starring Christel Bartelse, "a
human fireball" (Vancouver's See Magazine); Governor General's Award nominee Donna-Michelle
St. Bernard returns for a third season with her newest work Salome's Clothes; Marion Adler, of
off-Broadway and London's West End fame, returns with her one-woman show Forgiving Peter Pan; Many more works by
artists including Keith Barker, Brenley Charkow, Heather Davies, Heather
Debling, Robert Downes, Brandon Wicke, Dawna Wightman, The Other Hand Puppet
Troupe, Windsor Feminist Theatre Dance: Award
winning artist Lucy Rupert in her solo show The
Animals (and other tales about fate); double bill of Just Watch Me and the manic mayhem of The Pixie Project featuring Nicola Pantin and Lisa Ryder Spoken Word: Literary
luminary Doug Gibson shares his Stories
About Storytellers;Enjoy a latte
and a free tasting of words at SpringWork's Coffeehouse Poetry Series hosted by
Revel Caffé
Cabarets:
Chilina Kennedy, fresh from her Broadway success; Ari Weinberg and Friends;
Mary Pitt's Ein, Zwei, Drei, Boum!; Pam
Gerrand's Songs I Sang at Seventeen:
Torch, Twang, and Tearjerkers (Songs of Bette Midler, Janis Ian, and more)
More Music: Barb
Prosser, Janet Martin, and Deb Joy's Three
Little Maids and Festival Gems II:
songs and text from the Stratford Festival with Brad Rudy, Marion Day, Christina
Gordon, and Eileen Smith
Perth Arts Connect is composed
of artists and
artisans, Perth County businesses, organizations
and those who support and appreciate the arts,
dedicated
to raise awareness and show the
diversity
of the arts, culture
and heritage
in the County.
What we do:
increase public awareness of artists, their works and
their activities
encourage the display, presentation and performance
of their works
ensure that the creative process is considered an important
part of the social and economic life of Perth County
promote artistic growth and provide opportunities for
both individuals and organizations of the arts in Perth
County
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of artists, artisans, performers in all disciplines, arts
groups, theatre and cultural events in Perth County. If you
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