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March 2019
Haley Lewis
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND’S GUIDE TO WHAT’S GOING ON / BUZZPEI.COM
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conversation, in writing. What was PEI
Profile: Julie Pellissier-Lush by Jane Ledwell like in 2019, so the future generations
can read or hear narratives of people
True stories
who lived in that time and experienced
it?” She can think of many First Nations
and non-First Nations people she would
like to ask for their stories, in written or
oral form.
Julie tells stories with her whole body—
her busy hands and expressive eyes—
and one vivid story leads to another, so
there is only room for one in this article:
Julie remembers beginning her memoir
My Mi’kmaq Mother, with motherhood
and mortality on her mind. “I was preg-
nant with my son Sean, and it was so dif-
ferent compared to my other two kids
who were born when I was young…
When you’re 35 and pregnant, there are
some big differences,” Julie recalls
earnestly. “I honestly thought, what if I
don’t make it? What if I have him, and
he has none of my stories?”
Julie remembers with emotion, “When
my mom passed away, she had her peo-
ple tell her if she prayed she would be
healed, so she didn’t let go of the life she
had until it was almost gone.” As Julie
was growing up, she says, “I would say
to my dad, ‘Did she leave me anything?’
and he would say, ‘No. Right to the end,
she honestly believed she would sur-
vive.’” There were no letters. No tape-
recorded messages (though these were a
family tradition).
“My dad had such a hard time dealing
with it—he was so young, she was so
young,” Julie says. “I went to my grand-
parents’, and when I came back, there
was no trace of her left.
“I couldn’t imagine a life for my children
where I became the emptiness.”
She remembers sharing a cherished
childhood memory with her sister
Darlene. Julie detailed every part of the
scene: a childhood meal that ended in
tears when the sisters realized their
hamburgers came from cattle like those
nearby. As Julie finished the story in
laughter and wonderment, her sister
said, “But don’t you remember? Our
mom was there. Picture the table—on
your right-hand side, our mom was
sitting right there.”
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Julie shakes her head ruefully: “I see
When I meet her the day after her installa- spoken form. As PEI’s first Mi’kmaw everything in the room except her. My
tion as the new provincial Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate, she is happy that both sister can see the whole table.” Julie says,
Julie Pellissier-Lush is animated. “I’m still oral and written narratives are hon- “Those memories are there, but they are
walking on the clouds,” she says in won- oured through her appointment. locked up tight.
der. “It’s still surreal, as you can imagine—
for a Lennox Island girl, who grew up all “My mother died when I was very “To be able to remember would be a
across the Island and lived away—to hear young, and I only had the stories others miracle—the next best thing, to me, is
amazing, powerful people saying beauti- had given me,” she recalls. “The older stories.”
ful things about me. I was so emotional, I you get, the less people out there to hold
had to use every actor’s skill I had… your story, and to share that common She concludes, “There are so many sto-
Inside, I was just a big marshmallow.” story. I believe stories fade and go away ries. This is just you and I, sitting togeth-
if they have no one to hold them.” She er. Imagine the stories if we added one
Well-known for her simple, direct, and says, “They say when an elder passes person, or two people, or more!” As Poet
affecting poems; for beloved dramatic away, a library burns.” Laureate, Julie will be bringing together
adaptations and performances of people and words to add to the PEI story
Mi’kmaw legends; and for her best- In her three-year term as Poet Laureate, for the next three years, and Islanders
selling memoir, My Mi’kmaq Mother, she says, “I want to go around and cap- will be lucky to make room for more of
Julie loves story in poetic, written, and ture the Island’s stories: verbally, in Julie’s stories.
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Charlottetown Festival Victoria Playhouse
This year’s Anne
Emma Rudy will be the 19th Anne Shirley at the Centre
38th season announced
The Victoria Playhouse will open its
38th season on June 28 with the new
Canadian comedy Where You Are. The
latest play by Kristen Da Silva is a
heart-warming and comedic tale of
Artistic Director of recognizing love wherever we find it
Confederation Centre of the and how we choose our paths in life.
Arts Adam Brazier has Ted Price will direct Where You
announced that Emma Rudy Are. He has worked with the
will become the 19th actor to Playhouse for several seasons direct-
play Anne Shirley in Anne of ing such popular productions as Sexy
Green Gables—The Musical™ Laundry, The Birds and the Bees, and
at The Charlottetown last season’s Dancing Lessons.
Festival, now in its 55th Real Estate by Alanna Harkin will
consecutive season. play from August 6 to September 1.
This hit romantic comedy by Harkin,
Says Brazier, “Emma Rudy is a Canadian Comedy Award nominee
an extraordinary talent with and writer-producer of the current
a stunning soprano and is a events satire show Full Frontal with
very strong actress. Her Samantha Bee, has been staged by the-
approach to the material atre companies across North America.
showed a maturity of Real Estate centres on Joel a mys-
thought without losing the tery novelist who, experiencing
youthful joy and optimism writer’s block, retreats to the small-
that carries Anne through town family home that his father
her life. built. Real Estate is an engaging and
comical look at the process of picking
“What set Emma apart from up the pieces and moving on.
the many wonderful actors Charlotte Gowdy returns to the
that auditioned was the reverence with Anne of Green Gables—The Musical™, Victoria Playhouse for her second sea-
which she approached the role and sponsored by CAA, returns June 24 to son to direct Real Estate. She directed
audition. Emma understands the signifi- September 28 in the Homburg Theatre the hit production Myth of the Ostrich
cance of playing Anne at The at Confederation Centre in last season.
Charlottetown Festival.” Charlottetown. victoriaplayhouse.com
Born and raised in Stratford, Ontario, Director is Adam Brazier. Choreography
Miss Rudy is a Toronto-based performer is from Robin Calvert, music direction
and recent Sheridan College graduate. from Craig Fair, sound design by Peter
Currently, she is starring in nearby McBoyle, costume and scenic design
Moncton, New Brunswick as ‘Belle’ in from Cory Sincennes, and lighting
Beauty and the Beast at the Capitol design by Michel Walton.
Theatre. Other credits include ‘Marty’ in
Grease (Wintergarden); Honour (Stratford Since opening in 1965, Anne of Green
Masonic Hall); and Rumspringa Break! Gables—The Musical™, has been present-
(Theatre Passe Muraille). ed more than 2,500 times at
Confederation Centre of the Arts in
Says Emma, “Having the opportunity to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It
play the imaginative, adventurous, stub- holds the Guinness World Record for
born, intelligent, and passionate Anne is longest-running annual musical.
truly a childhood dream manifesting
itself into reality,” she beams. “I have Visit the Confederation Centre’s website
held her story dear to my heart for my at confederationcentre.com for a com-
entire life, and I am overwhelmed with plete list of the nineteen actors who
excitement and gratitude.” have played Anne Shirley.
PERFORMANCE
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To Mar 3 Mar 23
Beauty & The Beast 20th Annual Bluegrass Old
The Guild Music Theatre School; The
Guild, Ch’town
Country Jamboree
Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass,
To Mar 29 Fri The Bluegrass Brothers, Joe Casey &
Mar 8 Mar 15 Westwind; Harbourfront Theatre, S’side,
Afternoon Recital Series Evans & Doherty Jenn Grant 7 pm
UPEI Music Students; Steel Recital Hall, The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7:30 pm The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
UPEI, Ch’town, 12:40 pm Mar 23
Feb 28, Mar 7, 14, 21, 28 Yr. Obedient Servant Senior Recital Junior Recitals
An Evening of Chamber Theatre with Joanna McKearney, saxophone; Frances Tara Llewellyn, soprano, Chris Perry,
Island Jazz Samuel Johnson, Watermark Theatre, McBurnie, piano; Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, trombone, Frances McBurnie, piano; Steel
Host Dan Rowswell w/: Catherine O’Brien North Rustico, 7:30 pm Ch’town, 7:30 pm Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
(Feb 28); Ken Fornetran and Max
Keenlyside (Mar 7); Gabriel Vizcaino plays Junior Recitals Mar 15, 17 Ashley Condon with
Pat Metheny (Mar 14); R&B Jazz ft Isaiah Jamie Gooch, soprano w/ Morgan Fiddlers’ Sons
Sealy (Mar 21); Dan Rowswell Quartet
Atlantic String Machine
Saulnier, piano; Melissa Lewis, mezzo Irish Cultural Centre, Ch’town, 8 pm (Mar Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague,
(Mar 28); Baba’s Lounge, Ch’town, 8 pm soprano w/ Frances McBurnie, piano; Steel 15); St Joachim’s Parish Hall, Vernon River, 7:30 pm
Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm 2 pm (Mar 17)
Mar 1 Mar 24
Nicole Strum & Tristan Thank You for Being a Friend Mar 16
Variety Concert
DeBorba Sax Duo Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm La Saint-Patrick—Colin Grant, Party Mix, Nathan Wiley, Juliette
Compelling Works for the Contemporary Jam Session Squarebriggs, Logan Maddix; Trinity
Cristian de la Luna Presented by Le Carrefour de L’Isle Saint- United Church, S’side, 2 pm
Saxophone Duo; Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Studio 1, Confed Centre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Ch’town, 7:30 pm Jean at Upstreet Craft Brewing, Ch’town,
Mar 9 7 pm Big Band “Spring At Last”
Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble; The
Trent McClellan dance umbrella “When in Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7 pm
PEI Brewing Company, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Justin Flom
Rome” Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Mar 1–2, 8–10 The Mack, Ch’town, 7 pm
It’s Still a Wonderful World
Popalopalots SoPA students; Newcomers Assoc net-
Rumors The Guild, Ch’town. 8 pm
work, Phase II and Friends, local perform-
Harbourfront Players; Harbourfront Winterjazz—Tara MacLean ers; St. Paul’s Church, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm (2 pm Mar 10) The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7 pm
The Pink Floyd Experience Mar 26
Mar 2 Danny Michel Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm
Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague,
UPEI Jazz Ensemble
PEI Junior Honour Choir 7:30 pm Green Party St. Patrick’s Day Directed by David Shephard; Steel Recital
Director Paula Rockwell; Park Royal Catherine MacLellan, Catherine O’Brien, Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
United Church, Ch’town, 2 pm The Green Party Band, Josh and David
Alan Doyle Mar 27
Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Weale, Roy Johnstone, Geoffrey Charlton,
Rogers Family Benefit Peter Bevan-Baker; Celtic Performing Arts Pop-up Choir
Centre, S’side, 7 pm Audience participation choir; Homburg
Concert Mar 10
Theatre, Ch’town, 7 pm
Todd MacLean, Nancy and Martin Fireside Stories and Mar 17
Dawson, Julie Mills, Tidal 3, Vans and Mar 28
Emily Bryant, Jeannie Campbell; West Singalong Junior Recitals
River United Church, Cornwall, 6:30 pm W/ Cameron MacDuffee; Bonshaw Hall, Ian Solomon, tenor and Gaige Waugh, bari- UPEI Wind Symphony
Bonshaw, 2 pm tone; Frances McBurnie, piano; Steel Recital Directed by Karem J. Simon; Confederation
Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 2:30 pm Centre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Guitarists Don Ross and Pipo Mar 12–16
Romero Mar 28
A Most Pleasant Comedy of Green Party St. Patrick’s Day
The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7 pm Catherine MacLellan, Catherine O’Brien, Union Duke
Mucedorus The Green Party Band, Josh and David The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Mar 3 Vagabond Theatre; The Faculty Lounge, Weale, Roy Johnstone, Geoffrey Charlton,
Bluegrass & Old Time Music UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Peter Bevan-Baker; Celtic Performing Arts Mar 29
Concert Mar 14
Centre, S’side, 7 pm Grease Sing-along
The Stiff Family, Bluegrass Revival; Celtic Performing Arts Centre, S’side, 7 pm
St. Paddy’s Day Medley Mar 19
Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, Ch’town,
2 pm
Playing With Choir; The Pourhouse, Showcase Recital Senior Recital
Ch’town, 7 pm UPEI Music Students; Kirk of St. James, Ryan Drew, percussion; Morgan Saulnier,
Mar 3–10 Ch’town, 7:30 pm piano; Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town,
Jeremy Hotz 7:30 pm
PEI Pay-What-You-Can Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Mar 20
Theatre Festival Mar 29, 30
Mar 15 The Tea Party,The Proude Sons
7 Stories at The Guild, Ch’town (Mar 6–9, Fàrsan
PEI Brewing Co., Ch’town, 8 pm, 19+ The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7:30 pm (Mar
7:30 pm; Mar 9, 2 pm); ‘night, Mother at Friday Night Live
The Haviland (Mar 3, 2 pm); Mustard at Hosts Mike Mooney and Laurie Brinklow; 29); Celtic Performing Arts Centre, S’side,
Mar 22 7:30 pm (Mar 30)
The Guild, Ch’town (Mar 10, 2 pm) Sean Kemp and Chris Corrigan play gypsy
jazz; The Haviland Club, Ch’town, 7 pm Sarah Hagen, piano—
Mar 7–9, 12–14 Mar 30
Rachmaninoff’s complete Opus 32 Préludes
Wake in the West Patrick Ledwell, Jamie Dooks, St. Paul’s Church, Ch’town, 8 pm PEI Community Theatre
ACT (A Community Theatre) w/ Eric Payne Festival
Benevolent Irish Society; Irish Cultural Comedy fundraiser for QEH; The John Connolly Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint-Jean,
Center, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Pourhouse, Ch’town The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 8 pm Charlottetown, 1 pm
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Mar 30 Apr 14 Indian River Festival
Nostos Dance Collective with The World of Mahler
“Sonderlings” PEI Symphony Orchestra, Homburg
Kings Playhouse, Georgetown, 7:30 pm
Snowed In Comedy Tour
Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, Pete
Zedlacher, Debra DiGiovanni; Homburg
Theatre, Ch’town, 2:30 pm
Apr 16
Directed Studies Recital
HaeRin Park, soprano; Frances McBurnie,
2019 season
Concert program announced for historic St. Mary’s Church
Theatre, Ch’town, 8 pm piano; Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town,
7:30 pm
Come On Baby Let’s Go
Apr 18
Downtown
J.D. Hughes, Dean Dunsford, James Colin James
Philips, Nick Doneff, Amanda Jackson; Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Baba’s Lounge, Ch’town, 10 pm
Apr 19
Mar 31 Choral Music on a Holy Day
UPEI Wind Symphony Trinity United Church, Ch’town, 7 pm
Directed by Karem J. Simon; Homburg
Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Apr 20
Leahy
Apr 3, 6 Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm
Classic Albums Live—Queen:
Kip Moore: Room to Spare
A Night at the Opera Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Harbourfront Theatre, S’side (Apr 3),
7:30pm; Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 Apr 23
pm (Apr 6)
Alien
Apr 4 Atlantic Ballet Canada, Homburg Theatre,
Charlottetown
Chute Libre Jeremy Dutcher is one of the artists booked to perform this summer.
Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 6 pm Apr 24
The Indian River Festival, now in it’s 24th The Festival has received a Music PEI
Diyet & the Love Soldiers RubberbanDance: Vic’s Mix year, presents folk, jazz, blues, roots, clas- Award for Achievement in Classical
Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm
The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm sical, choral, traditional and contempo- Music, ECMA nominations for event
Apr 25 rary music presented in historic St. Mary’s and venue of the year and was twice
Apr 5 Church in Indian River. named in The Globe and Mail as one of
Guy Davis Sadie Off The Rails the best small summer classical music
Young At Heart Musical Theatre for
The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 8 pm The lineup of artists for the 2019 Indian festivals in Canada. It was listed as one
Seniors, Inc; St. Paul’s, Ch’town, 7 pm
River Festival season includes Jeremy of the top summer classical music festi-
Bruce Guthro’s Songwriters Apr 26 Dutcher, Tracy Cantin,The Once, Brett val’s in Canada by CBC Music.
Circle PEI Polegato, Catherine MacLellan, VC2
Down With Demon Rum Cello Duo, David Myles, Ironwood The season will start with a free open
Bruce Guthro, Myles Goodwyn, Makayla Dinner theatre w/ Hank and Rowena
Lynn, Irish Mythen; Delta Prince Edward, Quartet, The Fretless, French Squeeze, house on June 7 at 1 pm. There will also
Stinson; Kings Playhouse, Georgetown,
Ch’town, 8 pm Rose Cousins, Indian River Festival be several open stage events for per-
6 pm
Chorus, The Small Glories, Saskatoon formers wishing to have the opportunity
Apr 6 Children’s Choir, Dmitri Levkovich and to perform at St. Mary’s Church.
Gerry Dee Agne Radzeviciute, Scandinavian String
UPEI Choral Concert Confederation Centre, Ch’town, 7 pm
UPEI Concert Choir, directed by Sung Ha Alliance, Lina Boudreau, Pro Coro, Shari Tickets for the 2019 season are available
Shin-Bouey; Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Shaun Ferguson Ulrich, Bach Sonatas with Mark Fewer via the IndianRiverFestival.com website,
Ch’town, 7:30 pm The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm and Hank Knox and more. Ticketpro website, by calling 1-888-311-
9090 or by calling or visiting the Festival
Apr 7 Sing-along Mamma Mia Says Artistic Director, Robert Kortgaard, office in Kensington 836-4933.
Choral Music Voices of Spring Celtic Performing Arts Centre, S’side, 7 pm “As thoughts turn to the wonders of
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ch’town, 3 pm summertime in Canada, I feel pulled Individuals and companies interested in
Apr 26–May 10, select dates towards the shores of Malpeque Bay on partnerships, or purchasing discounted
Ballet Jörgen: Coppélia 12 Angry Women beautiful PEI with increasing excitement group tickets are encouraged to contact
Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 2 pm ACT (a community theatre); Beaconsfield’s surrounding the upcoming season of the Indian River Festival directly at
Carriage House, Ch’town, 7:30 pm (Apr delights at the Indian River Festival.” music@indianriverfestival.com.
Apr 12 26–28, Apr 27, 2 pm); Watermark Theatre,
Tokyo Police Club North Rustico, 7:30 pm (May 2); Eptek
PEI Brewing Co, Ch’town, 8:00 pm Gallery, S’side, 7:30 pm (May 4); Kings
Apr 12, 13 Playhouse, Georgetown, 7:30 pm (May 10)
The Stampeders Apr 26–27
Confederation Centre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
(Apr 12); Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 7:30 Variety Show
pm (Apr 13) St Mark’s Presbyterian, Ch’town, 7 pm
Apr 13 Apr 27–28
Aesop’s Fables Tracadie Players
dance umbrella, The Mack, Ch’town, 7 pm Tracadie Community Centre, 6 pm
Apr 27
Morgan Davis
Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague, The Town Heroes
7:30 pm The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm
Apr 14 Apr 28
Amanda Jackson Band Virginia O’Brien and Guests
Trinity United Church, S’side, 2 pm Trinity United Church, S’side, 2 pm
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Harbourfront Theatre
Coppélia
Ballet Jörgen presents classic comedic ballet
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen returns to
Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside
April 7 for a Sunday matinee perfor-
mance of Coppélia.
Since 1992, Ballet Jörgen has toured
extensively across Canada and
throughout North America bringing
their world-class productions to local
theatres and sharing their passion for
dance with audiences young and old.
Coppélia is one of the world’s oldest
surviving ballets and is the best
known and most performed comedic
ballet. It takes audiences into the mys-
terious mind of Dr. Coppélius, a lone-
ly and disillusioned toy maker who
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wishes he could bring a perfect doll to
life. CBJ’s contemporary retelling of
the story has made it one of the com- Canada’s Ballet Jörgen dancers
pany’s most popular family ballets.
In the ballet, Dr. Coppélius creates
Coppélia, a stunning, life-sized dancing Rachmaninoff Préludes
doll. Nathanael, one of the local vil-
lagers, falls madly in love with the doll.
Sarah Hagen at St. Paul’s
His sweetheart Klara goes to confront Pianist Sarah
Coppélia only to find out she is a doll Hagen will perform
and not a real person. Rachmaninoff’s
complete Opus 32
For mischief’s sake, Klara pretends to be Préludes at St.
Coppelia, and when Dr. Coppelius and Paul’s Church on
Nathanael see her, both fall for her dis- March 22 at 8 pm.
guise and declare their affections for Written in 1910,
her. Confusion and love are explored the set of thirteen
through this humorous three-act ballet, pieces is an extraor-
choreographed by Bengt Jörgen and set dinary masterpiece, says Hagen, over-
to the original score by Leo Delibes. flowing with gorgeous harmonies and
sweeping lines. These are relentlessly
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen.s production of expressive pieces, she explains, which
Coppélia originally premiered in 2001 have the ability to transform both per-
and is an international co-production former and listener.
between Canada’s Ballet Jörgen and The The performance will be 60 minutes
Hong Kong Ballet. long without intermission and will take
place at St Paul’s Church. Admission is
Harbourfront Theatre presents Canada’s pay-what-you-will at the door. St. Paul’s
Ballet Jörgen in Coppélia, April 7 at 2 pm. Church is located at the corner of Prince
harbourfronttheatre.com and Grafton streets in Charlottetown.
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The Guild
Salt-water Moon
Helen Killorn and Justin Shaw in David French play this summer
This summer The Guild in
Charlottetown presents one of
Canada’s most celebrated pieces of the-
atre, Salt-Water Moon by David French.
It’s a splendid, moon-filled night at
Coley’s Point, Newfoundland in
August, 1926. Eighteen-year old Jacob
Mercer has returned from Toronto to
the tiny outport, hoping to win back
his former sweetheart, Mary Snow.
But Mary has become engaged to
wealthy Jerome McKenzie, and she is
still hurt and bewildered by Jacob’s
abrupt departure a year earlier. She
will not be easily wooed.
This production is being presented by
Island theatre artists Helen Killorn and ed Salt-Water Moon independently in
Justin Shaw. Island audiences may Fort McMurray, Alberta, but their pas-
remember Killorn from her work in sion for this project inspired them to
Melville Boys at Victoria Playhouse, and bring it home to Charlottetown.
various Feast Dinner Theatre produc-
tions. Shaw has worked with the Salt-Water Moon will be staged as a
Popalopalots Live Improv Comedy, Sunday matinee at The Guild,
Vagabond Productions, and in his Island Charlottetown, through August. Find
Fringe Festival solo show The Wrestling tickets and info at theguildpei.com, the
Play. Killorn and Shaw originally mount- box office, or call 620-3333.The BUZZ March 2019 Page 11
Confederation Centre
Magic in March
Justin Flom to perform on Homburg stage
LIVE @ the Centre! presents magician ha a flourishing online following on
Justin Flom on the Homburg Theatre YouTube and more. He has the ability to
stage in Charlottetown on March 16 entertain anyone, anywhere, and he’s
at 7:30 pm. bringing his act to Charlottetown for a
night of magic.
Justin Flom has toured the world and
performed on shows such as Ellen, The Tickets can be purchased at the Box
Today Show, and Network Late Night Office, via phone at 1-800-565-0278, or
Shows. Additionally, Flom carried his online at
own show, Wizard Wars, on SYFY, and boxoffice.confederationcentre.com.Page 12 The BUZZ March 2019
Round Table by Philip Homburg
Jury chosen
Sandwich scene
Searching for the perfect sandwich—and finding it
The parts have been cast for ACT’s
production of 12 Angry Women
Is there anything more satisfying than
the perfect sandwich? That said, what For me, it’s all about
makes the perfect sandwich is certainly a
controversial topic. For me, it’s all about the details
the details, so this month I’m going to
talk about a few establishments that get
it just right. does pop-ups at the Charlottetown Fire
Hall and if, like me, you love comfort
I’m far from a vegan, but I would proba- food classics then you should get yourself
bly say that Stir It Up (found within up there. Come for Nigel’s food and stay The dozen parts in 12 Angry Women have
Back Alley Records on Queen Street in for the trivia and $3.75 domestic beer. been cast, and rehearsals got under way
Charlottetown) has some of the best in late February. This is a production of
flavours around regardless of your I don’t want to stir up a controversy ACT (a community theatre), directed by
dietary choices. Their Crispy Jerk sand- about what exactly defines the sandwich Terry Pratt and produced by Richard
wich is pretty much perfect. What as a food item, but I think it’s a good Haines. Almost thirty skilled actors came
makes it so good: a quality bun from idea to include a couple of non-tradi- out to audition, and casting was a chal-
Breadworks, vegan mayo, perfectly tional sandwiches. Behold the shawar- lenge. It needed to be tailored not only
crisp tofu and local greens and tomato. ma, one of the most satisfying foods to on the basis of acting ability, but with a
If you’re a heat-seeker like me, make ever be wrapped in bread. You can view to presenting a broad range of char-
sure you ask for some Trini hot sauce. never go wrong with Cedar’s, if the acter types such as would make up a
shawarma itself wasn’t so good it would jury in New York City in the 1950s. The
Passion for the perfect sandwich is pal- be worth it just as a vessel for their play is a portrayal of the group strug-
pable at South Central Kitchen in amazing garlic sauce. I can also serious- gling to come to the life-or-death deci-
Summerside. When I heard they bake ly vouch for shawarma at Cozy Corner, sion on the guilt of a young man on trial
their own sourdough, I knew I’d love the now located in Cornwall. for murdering his father.
place. I had the roast chicken sandwich The line-up of ‘angry women’ is
and you could tell that every component Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Pamela Rowe, Justeann Hansen, Laura
was fully thought through. They have an the breakfast sandwich—simple, but Stapleton, Barbara Rhodenhizer, Tamara
ever-changing menu with new specials easy to mess up. I still think there is Steele, Jennifer Shields, Marla Haines,
and daily soups, this is the kind of place some room for breakfast sandwich inno- Catherine MacDonald, Kate Martin,
I would return to again and again. These vation on PEI. That said, Receiver Coffee Margaret Brady, Nancy MacNevin, and
folks are really pushing the envelope. on Victoria Row does a great job with Robyn MacDougald. With the ‘not-so-
their ham slam. It’s really simple and angry one’—the court guard— played by
Sometimes you want a classic: for me satisfying. Just some nice local ham Stage Manager, Sharon MacDonald.
it’s the Club Sandwich. The Club is sim- from KJL, housemade aioli and a toasted The play doesn’t name the women;
ple, but hard to get right. For me, the butter biscuit. Hot tip: add an egg. the script only shows their numbers —
best place for a classic club is the as in Two, Three, Eleven, Twelve. They
Churchill Arms in Charlottetown. I love So that’s my take on the sandwich scene. create their identities by developing their
the cozy atmosphere and friendly ser- Of course, there are some seasonal character through the dialogue and act-
vice, not to mention their solid selection options that I couldn’t include, like ing prowess. “This is exciting…and
of beer. It doesn’t get much better than Terry’s Berries lobster melt, but those maybe a bit terrifying,” says Barbara
sitting at the bar at lunch with a pint of will be for another column. Meanwhile, Rhodenhizer. “A dozen characters all on
Guinness and a classic Club on a cold eat a sandwich and dream of summer stage for the entire play, with literally no
winter’s day. and the bounty of delicious things place to hide…you can’t let your charac-
between bread that it will deliver. ter wander, even for a second.”
Nigel Thompson aka Sneaky Cheats does ACT’s production of 12 Angry Women
an amazing job with his take on The Buzz welcomes Phil Homburg to its will be staged from April 26 to May 10 in
American classics like the fried chicken roster. Phil is semi-retired academic and Charlottetown, North Rustico,
and bologna sandwich. He consistently small business owner and, yes, a foodie. Summerside and Georgetown.MEALS etc
The BUZZ March 2019 Page 13
the excitement of Derby Day in Kentucky,
the glamour of Cary Grant flirting with Samuel Johnson returns
Claudette Colbert in the enclosure at
Hialeah, and maybe even a touch of the
Marx Brothers with “A Night at the Races.”
Dining in the Dark
It promises to be an evening of fine food,
Dining in the Dark offers an evening of
great entertainment, a chance to win at the
food, wine, inspiration and blindfolds
track and the opportunity to support our
March 1 beginning at 6 pm. Dining in the
Island’s symphony orchestra. Post time is
Dark is a signature CNIB event where din-
6:30 pm for cocktails (cash bar), conversa-
ers experience a meal without the use of
tion and music followed by dinner, the race
their sight. Participants wear blindfolds for
of the day, entertainment by PEISO musi-
a sensory experience in which they can
cians and friends, and a silent auction. The Watermark Theatre stage is set for the
explore their meal in a new way. Dining in return of Samuel Johnson
Tickets are $75 per person or $575 for a
the Dark will take place at Holland College
table of 8 and includes the popular Red
Culinary Institute, Charlottetown. The The English-speaking world’s most
Shores buffet, your bet on the race of the
evening will include a 3-course meal, wine, famous talker, dictionary-maker, and
day, and an evening of entertainment.
and of course, blindfolds. Guests will have curmudgeon, Dr. Samuel Johnson, will
Tickets are available online at Brown Paper
the chance to bid on auction item prizes, make one final, public appearance on the
Tickets www.brownpapertickets.com.
and hear from inspiring individuals who Island this winter.
will share their experiences living with Winsloe Spaghetti Lunch Watermark Theatre hosts Yr. Obedient
vision loss. Tickets are $100 (income tax Servant: An Evening of Chamber Theatre
Reserve March 31 for a spaghetti lunch at
receipt issued for a portion of ticket price) with Samuel Johnson on March 8, at 7:30
Winsloe United Church, right after church.
and proceeds will help make a lasting dif- pm. Your free-will offering will support
Enjoy spaghetti with sauce and garlic
ference in the lives of Islanders who are the theatre. This one-man, full-length
bread, and tea, coffee, and juice. Tickets are
blind or partially sighted. Ticket info: Pat play by Kay Eldredge features actor
available from any of the church committee Terry Pratt in a slice of 18th-century liter-
Hilchey at pat.hilchey@cnib.ca or 566-2580 members. Chef Andrew will be cooking. ary life.
The committee is: Sonya MacLennan, 218- This performance is a snow date for
St. Peter’s Pancake Supper
0547; Shirley Dowling, 368-1176; Dorothy Watermark. With 20 minutes to go
St. Peter’s Cathedral Shrove Tuesday
Smith, 368-1517; Diane MacLean, 894-4146; before curtain on a wild night in
Pancake Supper takes place March 5 at 5:30
and Pat MacInnis, 368-1131. November, organizers pulled the plug to
pm at the Cathedral at Rochford St,
Charlottetown. Organizers have this to say:
get themselves and the few, brave audi-
Hot Roast Beef Dinner ence members home to safety.
“This year there’s a Shrove Tuesday meal A spring hot roast beef dinner will be held Private performances will continue,
“Please come,” is our appeal at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in since Yr. Obedient Servant is available free
May the City be hasting Charlottetown April 13 with sittings at 4, of charge to any appropriate chamber,
for pancakes well-tasting! 5:15, and 6:30 pm. Take-out dinners are for fundraising, education, or simply
The prices are really a deal.” available. For tickets call Lois at 368-8246. entertainment.
Tickets are available at the door.
Evening of the Stars
Spring Park Pancake Supper Stars for Life Foundation for Autism will
Spring Park United Church invites you to host their 13th annual Evening of the Stars
their Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on dinner and auction on May 16 at the Delta
March 5 at 5:30 pm. Music will be provided Prince Edward, Charlottetown. The
by the students of Linkletter Music Studios evening begins with cocktails, followed by
from 5–7 pm. Enjoy sausages, pancakes, dinner, entertainment and auction of a
juice, tea, and coffee. Proceeds go to sup- variety of items. This event has raised over
port the life and work of Spring Park $766,000 toward establishing the first
United. The church is at 65 Kirkwood Dr, resource centre and home for young people
Charlottetown. admin@springparkunited- with autism spectrum disorders on PEI. For
church.ca, 368-1822 ticket and sponsorship info contact 894-
9286 or admin@starsforlife.com.
Cupcake & Bake Day
PEI Cupcake & Bake day supports the PEI
Humane Society. 100% of the proceeds stay
right here on PEI, saving more Island ani-
mals. On March 11 and through the week Blueberry recipes
bring sweet treats to work or other places The PEI Wild Blueberry Growers
like family gatherings and ask people to Association (PEIWBGA) has released their
leave a donation for the PEI Humane ten most popular wild blueberry recipes
Society. Funds can be submitted online or from 2018 based on the amount of views
at the shelter at 309 Sherwood Rd, from their website. Here is the list from 1 to
Charlottetown. It’s an easy way to help 10: To Die for Wild Blueberry Muffins;
PEI’s only companion animal shelter. 393- John’s No Bake Wild Blueberry Squares;
2822, peihumanesociety.com Farm Style Wild Blueberry Pie; Sully’s
Wild Blueberry Pie; Streusel Topped Wild
PEI MFRC Coffee Social Blueberry Muffins; Miss Pamela’s Wild
Each month, the PEI Military Family Blueberry Muffins; Wild Blueberry Crumb
Resource Centre hosts a coffee social for the Pie; Nancy’s Wild Blueberry Grunt; Sunny
Island military/Veteran community to con- Day Wild Blueberry Cheesecake Pie; Basic
nect with the public. Anyone is welcome. It Wild Blueberry Muffins.
takes place at PEI Regiment, 3 Haviland St, The PEI Wild Blueberry Growers
Charlottetown, March 12 at 10 am. 892-8999 Association website has over 200 print-
able wild blueberry recipes as well as
PEISO Fundraising Dinner
locations where people can purchase
Join the PEI Symphony at Red Shores Race
wild blueberries.
Track on March 23 as they recapture the
peiwildblueberries.com
adventure of Eliza Doolittle’s Ascot debut,Page 14 The BUZZ March 2019
Harbourfront Theatre
March variety
From comedy to rock
to bluegrass,
Summerside’s
Harbourfront
Theatre welcomes a
variety of perfor-
mances to the stage
this March.
The theatre’s March
lineup begins with
the Harbourfront
Players in Rumors, a
comedy by Neil
Simon. Rumors fol-
lows a group of par-
tygoers who experi-
ence a cascading Rumors cast members Steph Betts and Mark Enman
series of misunder-
standings after they arrive at a party The 20th Annual Bluegrass Old Country
only to find one host missing and the Jamboree is on March 23 with Danny
other unconscious. The all-local cast per- Paisley & The Southern Grass, The
forms five shows running March 1, 2, 8, Bluegrass Brothers and PEI’s Joe Casey
9 and 10. & Westwind are set to perform. Marilyn
Singer will host.
On March 16, Jeff Parry Promotions and
Greatest Albums Live present “The Pink Details for Harbourfront Theatre’s
Floyd Experience” which will feature March events, along with a listing of all
two of Pink Floyd’s albums being upcoming performances, are available at
played in their entirety. harbourfronttheatre.com.The BUZZ March 2019 Page 15
A Night at the Races
PEI Symphony Orchestra fundraiser—March 23
The PEI Symphony
Orchestra will host its
annual benefit dinner,
this year entitled A
Night at the Races, on
March 23 at 6:30 pm at
the Top of the Park
Restaurant at Red
Shores Racetrack and
Casino, Charlottetown.
Tara MacLean is master
of ceremonies.
There will be a cash bar
for cocktails beginning
at 6:30 pm followed by
a gourmet buffet din-
ner, with musical
entertainment provid- The Ascot racing scene from the movie My Fair Lady
ed by the Singing
Strings and with a few numbers per- where one winner will win two round-
formed by guest host, Tara MacLean. trip tickets for any scheduled destina-
Tara is a singer, songwriter and record- tion WestJet serves, will also be avail-
ing artist. Her show, Atlantic Blue, will able. PEI businesses have donated silent
be playing this summer at The and live auction items that include a
Charlottetown Festival. range of products, services and artwork
from vendors across PEI.
During the event, attendees will be able
to chance their luck by betting on the Tickets are $75 each or $575 for a table of
race of the day. Tickets for the sympho- eight and can be purchased at
ny’s WestJet “Gift of Flight” raffle, peisofundraiser.brownpapertickets.com.Page 16 The BUZZ March 2019
Winterjazz with Tara The Brew by Bryan Carver
Roll out the barrels
Jordan Stetson makes wooden vessels for producers
Tara MacLean
This month, Winterjazz will present
singer-songwriter Tara MacLean. From
break-out pop hits (“If I Fall”) to coun-
try-crossover (“Happy Baby”), her style
is reflective of her deep roots in Gospel
and the folk music of her East Coast
Canadian upbringing. Her show
Atlantic Blue—The Stories of Atlantic
Canada’s Iconic Songwriters, which she
wrote, produces, directs and stars in, is
being presented as part of the
Charlottetown Festival at
Confederation Centre this summer.
Joining Tara will be the house band
of Ian Toms, Deryl Gallant, Glen
Strickey, and Alan Dowling.
Show is for those 19+; however,
those under 19 can attend until 10 pm
with a parent. The show will take place
at The Pourhouse, 189 Great George
Street, Charlottetown on March 9 at 7
pm. Reservations are recommended by
calling 892-5200. 892-4536,
glenstrickey.comglenstrickey@yahoo.ca
BRYAN CARVER
Most modern breweries, wineries and dis- After some trial and error, Jordan devel-
tilleries rely on stainless steel to ferment, oped a functional design that worked for
store and package their products. This the woodshop where he creates his cus-
has not always been the case. Before the tom foeders. Then came the ultimate test;
industrial age and the development of Jordan needed to get one of his creations
steel that could resist corrosion, wood into to a brewery. Eager to further their
was the material of choice for brewers, beer portfolio, Upstreet’s Mike Hogan
vintners and distillers. gladly took Jordan up on his offer and
the first of the New World Foeders was
In recent years, wooden vessels have delivered to the brewery on Allen Street.
made an ever-increasing comeback in The Upstreet brewing team has already
the production of alcoholic beverages. aged several different beers in their cus-
Producers are looking for new options tom 750 litre foeder. Be sure to try these
to elevate the quality of the liquid they beers when they are available on tap.
produce. As the trade of copper has
been virtually erased, finding suppliers Building on the success of that first sale,
for barrels and foeders (pronounced Jordan went on to win the Ignition
food-ers) can pose a real challenge. This Fund, a grant provided by Innovation
barrier led Lower Freetown’s Jordan PEI to entrepreneurs developing excit-
Stetson to take up the craft and start ing new small businesses on PEI. Seeing
manufacturing large wooden vessels as foeder manufacturers are few and far
under the name New World Foeders. between in North America, Jordan and
his creations with New World Foeders
Having worked as a Project Manager have serious potential for growth.
for Diversified Metal Engineering
(DME) for a few years and with a back- Recently New World Foeders has been
ground in construction, Jordan fielding inquiries from numerous pro-
watched many clients in the brewing ducers in the Atlantic region. Some new
industry trying out foeders to age their clients have acquired with requests
beers. Typically made of quarter sawn ranging from a small foeder for Truro-
white oak, these wooden vessels help based home brewer Mark Mackay to a
impart subtle flavours that create a 220 litre foeder for PEI’s own Deep
nuance and complexity in beer that Roots Distillery in Warren Grove. Watch
adds another dimension to the flavour for New World Foeders vessels making
profile, one that you just can not get appearances throughout the Maritimes
from stainless steel vessels. and beyond in the coming years.The BUZZ March 2019 Page 17
Kokopelli’s Dance Mahler 3
PEISO Canadian premiere
Recital by UPEI Wind Symphony on the Homburg stage
DARRELL LTHERIAULT
Maestro Mark Shapiro
On April 14 at 2:30 pm, in the Homburg
Theatre at Charlottetown’s
Confederation Centre, the Prince
Edward Island Symphony Orchestra
will present the Canadian premiere of
the Mahler Chamber Project version of
the Symphony no. 3 by Austrian com-
Joanna McKearney Justin Amador
poser Gustav Mahler. Under the direc-
tion of Music Director Maestro Mark
Shapiro, this undertaking will feature a
large orchestra, a chorus of 70 compris-
ing members of Sirens, Summerside
Community Choir, The UPEI Women’s
Ensemble and Le Ragazze Girls Vocal
Ensemble, and mezzo-soprano soloist
Christianne Rushton.
Although a BBC Music Magazine sur-
vey identified Mahler’s Third
Symphony as “one of the ten greatest
symphonies of all time,” this work has
never before been heard live in
Charlottetown. Maestro Shapiro said,
“In accordance with our artistic and
organizational mission, as well as our
Ryan Drew Leah Jordan growing reputation for musical excel-
lence, community engagement and
The UPEI Wind Symphony will perform its innovation in programming, we are
final recital of the academic year on thrilled to be breaking new ground with
March 31, at 7:30 pm at the Homburg this phenomenal project. I am absolutely
Theatre, Confederation Centre, delighted that so many of PEI’s finest
Charlottetown. musical organizations and leaders have
stepped forward to join us.”
This recital will feature contemporary Mahler’s aim in composing this work,
works for the modern wind band, with which he wrote during the summers of
several emerging masterworks of the 1895 and 1896, was to create an all-
genre. “Kokopelli’s Dance” by American embracing vision of nature and creation.
Nathan Tanouye is the first classical com- Tickets are available through the
position by this predominantly jazz com- Confederation Centre Box Office.
poser. It is a light-hearted, spirited work Concertgoers are invited to attend a
conveying the culture of this Native leg- pre-concert discussion at 1:30 pm in the
end from southwestern America. Confederation Centre’s Studio 1 with
Maestro Shapiro and guest performers.
Another American, William Pitts, has
Zachary Benard
written a minimalistic work, with lay-
ered sounds, trumpet fanfares, and sec-
tions alternating between atonal and This will be the final Wind Symphony
swing jazz figures. Titled “Conniption,” performance for five graduating stu-
the concept of hysteria is an appropriate dents. All have made significant contri-
emotional context for this work. butions to UPEI and the Wind
Symphony throughout their undergrad-
“Colonial Song” by Percy Grainger is a uate careers. They include Leah Jordan,
sentimental work conveying the land clarinetist; Joanna McKearney, saxo-
and people of the composer’s native phonist; Justin Amador, hornist;
Australia. Zachary Benard, trombonist; and, Ryan
Drew, percussionist.
Soloist for this recital is Tubaist Gregory
B. Irvine. Dr. Irvine will be retiring in The UPEI Wind Symphony is under the
June following a twenty-nine year career direction of Dr. Karem J Simon.
as Professor of Brass Studies at UPEI.
He will perform Edward Gregson’s Tickets are available in advance at
Tuba Concerto, which consists of alter- UPEI’s music department and at the
nating rhythmic and lyrical themes. Confederation Centre Box Office.Page 18 The BUZZ March 2019
The Guild
Spark!
Hot Shows on Cold Nights
at the Kings Playhouse
Pay-What-You-Can
Annual theatre festival runs March 3 to 10
TO THE T MEDIA
Alan Buchanan
“Spark! Hot Shows on Cold Nights” Actors in Time Flies at the 2018 Pay-What-You-Can Festival
continues into March at the Kings
Playhouse in Georgetown, with events The Guild Presents: The PEI Pay-What- and Melissa Kramer as a mother and
and performances on stage and in You-Can Theatre Festival March 3 to 10. daughter in crisis. This play explores
Dedication Hall. the final hour in the life of a young
March 8 at 7 pm Alan Buchanan of This year, the Festival features its first woman who has decided that life is no
the Four Tellers will host for a trivia full-length play and first Canadian work, longer worth living. Directed by Adam
night fundraiser—Fun Facts and Urban 7 Stories by Morris Panych. Bookending Brazier, ‘night, Mother is being present-
Myths. Hot snacks will be available for the Festival week are two Sunday after- ed March 3 at 2 pm at The Haviland,
purchase and there will be a cash bar. noon play readings by female play- followed by a Talk Back with the team..
March 23 is the popular paint wrights: ‘night, Mother by Marsha
party—Art With Amy. Come for an Norman and Mustard by Kat Sandler. The second reading is Mustard, a black
evening of painting (no experience nec- comedy by Toronto playwright Kat
essary). All ages are welcome. The cast and creative team are Adam Sandler. Mustard still lives under
The Playhouse will offer a dance Brazier, Mark Fraser, Becca Griffin, teenage Thai’s bed, while her recently-
performance on stage on March 30, as Melissa Kramer, Cameron MacDuffee, separated mother looks for solace at the
well as a workshop for Island dance Jeana MacIsaac, Donnie Macphee, Fraser bottom of a wine glass. Mustard is a
students. Nostos Collectives Dance McCallum, Marlane O’Brien, Graham twisted fairy tale about an imaginary
Association is a professional contempo- Putnam, and Rosie Shaw. friend’s quest to stay in our world.
rary dance troupe featuring dancers Directed by Mark Fraser and featuring
from Halifax and Toronto. They will This season marks the Festival’s first Donnie Macphee, Melissa Kramer, Rosie
conduct a workshop at 3 pm the the- full-length production: 7 Stories by Shaw, Fraser McCallum, Adam Brazier,
atre, open to dance students who are Canadian playwright Morris Panych. and Cameron MacDuffee, Mustard is
studying contemporary dance, or have This satire takes place on the window being presented at The Guild on March
other dance training and are interested ledge of a seven-storey apartment build- 10 at 2 pm, followed by a Talk Back.
in contemporary dance. ing where a man is contemplating sui-
That evening a dance performance cide. Endlessly interrupted by a variety This year’s plays features themes of sui-
will be presented at 7:30 pm, beginning of quirky, self-absorbed tenants, he cide, death, mental health, and domes-
with pieces by Dance Umbrella, becomes drawn into the absurdity of tic/other violence. Call The Island
Holland College School of Performing their lives. It runs March 6 to 9 at 7:30 Helpline at 1-800-218-2885 if you are in a
Arts, and guests. Then Nostos will pre- pm and March 9 at 2 pm. crisis, feeling depressed or thinking
sent Sonderlings— trio full of eccentric, about suicide. The Island Help Line pro-
fateful and repetitive movements com- The first Sunday reading is Pulitzer vides free, bilingual, confidential, non-
plimenting a dark cautionary tale from Prize winner ‘night, Mother by Marsha judgmental emotional support and crisis
the 1700s, “ The Man of Double Deed.” Norman, featuring Marlane O’Brien intervention to Islanders of all ages.The BUZZ March 2019 Page 19
Pop-up choir
Alien ballet
Atlantic Ballet Canada at Confederation Centre
Learn a Kronborg song
In celebration of World Theatre Day,
Charlottetown Festival Artistic Director
Adam Brazier invites the public onto the
Homburg Theatre stage for a pop-up
choir event on March 27 at 7 pm. The
group will learn a song from this sum-
mer’s much anticipated production,
Kronborg—The Hamlet Rock Musical.
Hosted by Brazier and School of
Performing Arts instructor, Jennifer
Cullen, the event will begin with handing
lyrics and sheet music to participants at
the door. The song is “Something’s
Rockin’ in Denmark’, from Kronborg,
written and composed by Cliff Jones.
Equal parts singing and community-
engagement, the night will unfold in a
fun and easy-going setting.
Singers will be divided into sections
based on vocal range. After learning the
arrangements, the groups will reunite to
sing through this energetic number on
Creators of a new ballet hope to tell the often found myself sitting on a park the professional stage, looking out at the
story of immigration in a way an ordinary bench with many people around me. sea of 1,100 red seats, just like the The
conference can’t—through the power of But they don’t understand your lan- Charlottetown Festival company.
dance. Atlantic Ballet Canada will bring guage, don’t understand your culture, No previous choir or singing experi-
the Atlantic Immigration Summit and and you’re alone in the presence of ence is necessary but interested parties
Alien ballet to Charlottetown. many people.” should RSVP ahead of time. Sheet music
may be made available ahead of time,
On April 23 and 24, more than 300 peo- Located in Moncton, NB, Atlantic Ballet upon registration. Singers and others can
ple from across PEI are expected at the Canada is an creation based company register and send questions to Ellen
Immigration Summit to answer the comprised of soloist dancers from Theuerkauf, development and events
question “What Does It take to Make around the world. coordinator, at etheuerkauf@confedera-
PEI Home?” In addition to a program of tioncentre.com or 629-1159.
speakers and round tables, the summit Tickets to Alien are available at
offers participants the ballet Alien, confederationcentre.com. Register for
choreographed by company Artistic the Summit at eventbrite.ca Grease Sing-along at The
Director Igor Dobrovolskiy. The Summit
is open to the public, as is the ballet per- College of Piping
formance on April 23. Join a Grease Sing-along on March 29. Get
International Women’s Day ready to join the Pink Ladies or the T-
Dobrovolskiy was born in Ukraine but International Women’s Day activities Birds, become a “Beauty School
moved to Canada to start his own ballet take place March 8, from 3 to 5 pm at Dropout” and go back to High School—
company in 2001. He named this ballet Trinity United Church Hall, 220 Rydell High School to be exact. Get your
Alien, because he says that moving to a Richmond Street Charlottetown. They singing voices ready and practice your
new country can feel like moving to a will include Indigenous Round Dance hand jive. You are the star of the show
different planet. The main prop in Alien opening, women sharing their success and are encouraged to dress up as there
is a park bench. stories, music and dance, kids station will be a prize for the best costume.
activities, refreshments and treats. Grease Sing-along will take place at The
Says Dobrovolskiy, “My wife Yuliia and Admission is free and the venue is Celtic Performing Arts Centre at The
I came to Canada looking for a new life accessible. All ages and genders are wel- College of Piping, 619 Water St East in
after the economic collapse in our home come. Info: Michelle at info@peistatusof- Summerside. Tickets include popcorn
country. We arrived with big hopes but women.ca, 368-410 or gov.pe.ca/acsw. and a non-alcoholic beverage. To book
could not speak English or French. I #BalanceforBetter tickets visit Ticketpro.ca or call 436-5377.Page 20 The BUZZ March 2019
Author unknown Theatre Festival 2019
Vagabond Productions at UPEI
Annual PEI Community Theatre Festival—March 30
PEI will mark the 58th celebration of
World Theatre Day on March 30 at the
Carrefour in Charlottetown with the
annual Community Theatre Festival.
PEI is full of theatre. There are several
dozen local drama groups, and literally
hundreds of amateur actors and back-
stage workers who make plays happen.
The Community Theatre Festival is a
chance for participants to strut their
stuff and get feedback.
This year performers will get that feed-
back from Adam Brazier, the Artistic
Summer Vagabond cast members Director of the Charlottetown Festival.
Student
PHILIP MATUSIEWICZ
This year UPEI’s Vagabond It’s great for the audience, too. People
Employment Productions takes its audience back to drop in for a particular play or two, or
Opportunities the Renaissance, but not for a visit with stay for the whole afternoon. Pay-what-
Shakespeare. It isn’t very often theatre you-will admission helps defray the
It is time to start thinking about troupes venture into the realm of the costs. There’s a social time with refresh- Veronica Gendrick and Rebecca Parent
summer jobs. Renaissance without Shakespeare being ments in-between performances. in the 2017 Festival
There are a variety of involved in some respect. This year,
student summer employment however, director Greg Doran and the Eight short plays will run every three- roughly specific times, will be available
opportunities in the province. cast and crew are presenting a show quarters of an hour or so through the on ACT’s website and Facebook page.
that has no known author, A Most afternoon. This year’s Festival has a fine
To see the available positions
and application deadlines visit Pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus. array of participants. The annual Festival is backed by ACT (a
Don’t mistake that for meaning there community theatre) and sponsored by
princeedwardisland.ca/summerjobs
won’t be familiarity. The classic For ever-reliable belly-laugh humour, community businesses which have a
Renaissance comedic stylings and flow- the Tracadie Players’ skit will pose what commitment to the arts—The Buzz,
ing iambic pentameter are still very a person would do if they did Rrrrrrrroll Bluefield Realty, and a well-known den-
much present and accounted for. up the Rim and actually won! tal clinic—and support (for refreshments)
Vagabond are looking to take this show comes from Sobeys, Superstore and
and run with it, they say, in an over-the- The Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors will drum Foodland. Watermark Theatre, Victoria
top fashion so that uproarious laughter and dance through new tellings of Playhouse and Spotlight School of Arts
will be an unavoidable pleasantry. If you colourful First-Nation legends handed have all donated tickets to be raffled.
like The Princess Bride, then you’ll love A down through the generations.
Most Pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus, say Doors open at 12:30 pm March 30; plays
Vagabond members. The Malcolm Murray Group will pre- begin at 1 and run till about 6 pm. Info:
The production runs from March 12 sent a comic-absurdist piece, Chop Wood, Rob Thomson at robthomson@ pei.sym-
to 16 and seating is limited with no pre- Carry Water, by the UPEI philosophy patico.ca or 628-6778.
sale tickets available. So, if you’d like to professor—with gripping highlights
catch a classic, family-friendly such as the moving of a wood-pile.
Renaissance style show that you’ve
never seen before, make sure to head
over to The Faculty Lounge in The
The Side Hustle improv crew will offer a
half-hour of spontaneously comedic
Battle Tales
Main Building at UPEI. The doors open long-form improvised theatre.
at 7:00 pm, for a 7:30 pm start.
Admission is pay-what-you-can. For The Shamrock Players’ play is Babel Rap,
information, contact UPEI Vagabond in which two people working high up
Productions on Facebook, at on the biblical Tower of Babel contem-
gdoran@upei.ca, or call 566-6013. plate life, work and the hereafter.
There’ll be stand-up comedy—original
solo routines by humorists from
Charlottetown ALL Comedy Open Mic.
A band of Birchwood Intermediate stu- The PEI Writers’ Guild will host its
dents called 9-F Theatre Troupe have Battle Tales Winter Sociable at Upstreet
themselves written and developed a Craft Brewing in Charlottetown March
drama, The Tipping Point, which follows a 15 at 7 pm. The evening will include lit-
teenager hounded by anxiety as she goes erary trivia with Keith Burgoyne, con-
through a school day to a gripping crisis. tests, giveaways, and the chance to chat
Homeward, by Louise Burley, is an imag- with others in the writing community.
inative set of episodes from the Homeric Winner of Battle Tales will be
epic The Odyssey. We’ll see a staged announced. Everyone is welcome.
reading of scenes of the nymph Calypso Admission is free, though donations
and her captive lover Odysseus, with will be accepted. The Guild, promotes
the goddess Athena looking on. the growth and quality of literary arts
in PEI. peiwritersguild.com, peiwriters-
A schedule of the plays in order, with guild@gmail.comYou can also read
