2011-2012 Concert & Theatre Season
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Rotary Centre for the Arts
Presents
a selection of Canada's finest touring musicians
and theatre productions.
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Louise Pitre
From Broadway to Paris
(Sat) Feb. 11/2012, 7:30 PM
Full-throated emotion and cut-to-the-chase honesty are her trademarks, enhanced by a fine sense of theatricality.
- Toronto Star
The Tony Award nominated star of Broadway's MAMMA MIA!, host of BRAVO's Star Portraits and five-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner LOUISE PITRE lights up the stage. Backed by her long-time accompanies Diane Leah, Louise performs selections from MAMMA MIA, LES MISERABLES, PIAF, GYPSY, JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL as well as original songs and personal favorites. Show-stopping songs, lots of laughter and disarmingly personal banter culminate in an unforgettable evening with the Canadian Grande Dame of musical theatre! www.louisepitre.com
PRE-SHOW, 6:30 PM: Chloe, Kyle & Co. | www.myspace.com/chloeandkyle
Chekhov's Shorts
Theatre Smith Gilmour (Ontario)
Adapted by Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith
(Thurs-Sat)
February 23-25/2012, 7:30 PM
A perfect gem! 24 karat
charmer… a marvel - Toronto Star
Based on a selection of short stories by Anton Chekhov, this first installment of the Chekhov Cycle has toured successfully to Vancouver, Edmonton, Hong Kong, Dartmouth and Montreal. It played to sold-out audiences and won three Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Director, and Outstanding Production.
Based on five bittersweet short stories, Chekhov's On the Train provides the framework for this 90-minute one-act work. The passengers are a wonderful array of characters and slowly, their stories are revealed, hidden within each other like matrioshkas.
www.theatresmithgilmour.com/chekhovs-shorts
Good Lovelies
(Sun) March 11/2012, 6:30 PM
Three skilled musicians that
take turns on banjo, guitar,
mandolin and glockenspiel,
singing songs about love
gained and lost in three part
harmonies — Opasquia Times
The Good Lovelies, Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, are not your run-of-the-mill "all girl" band. Described as folk-roots, flirty bluegrass and western swing, the Toronto-based trio rely on unerring three-part vocal harmonies, clever songs and, onstage, convulsively funny repartee. They have toured with Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Café and appeared with Broken Social Scene, Kathleen Edwards and Jill Barber.
Recent winners of the 2010 Juno for Roots Album of the Year and 2009 New Emerging Artist Award from the Canadian Folk Music Awards - the Good Lovelies are making waves across Canada. www.goodlovelies.com
Pre-show at 6:30 PM: Leah West, www.leahwest.com
Steven Page
Known for his dynamic, physically exuberant performances, his powerful tenor, quick wit, and an arsenal of songs that span the gamut between humor and pathos
In 2010, Steven released his first proper solo album, "Page One". In his tour to Kelowna, Toronto cellist Kevin Fox will join him onstage in this acoustic show with traditional rock elements.
For twenty years, Steven Page was the lead singer and songwriter with Barenaked Ladies, the Toronto-based band he formed in 1988 with Ed Robertson. They toured the world, selling out venues from Madison Square Garden to the Royal Albert Hall; sold nearly 15 million albums, won numerous Juno awards, had two Grammy nominations, and two Gemini awards for their work on Canadian television. He left the band in 2008 to pursue a solo and theatrical career.
www.stevenpage.com
PRE-SHOW, 6:30 PM: The Malarkeys | www.themalarkeys.com
UBUNTU ~
The Cape Town
Project
A Western
Canada
Theatre/
Theatrefront
Production,
Created by
Theatrefront
(Fri-Sat) March 23-24/2012, 7:30 PM
In South Africa, "ubuntu" refers to the spirit of community, the belief that humanity is tied together.
In this critically acclaimed multi-cultural production, ghosts haunt a man and a woman, continents apart, as they are drawn together to discover the secrets of their past. This international collaboration of Canadian and South African artists traces the ties that bind us all, with spirited storytelling, music and dance.
Theatrefront and Kamloops' Western Canada Theatre have joined forces to bring this production to audiences in British Columbia.
www.tarragontheatre.com/season/0809/ubuntu
High Bar Gang
(Sat) April 14/2012
7:30 PM
"Roots supergroup"
‐ North Shore News
The High Bar Gang was formed when band member Colin Nairne wanted to play his favourite bluegrass songs and called on his friends to join in - Angela Harris (vocals), Barney Bentall (vocals/acoustic guitar), Colin Nairne (vocals/acoustic guitar/mandolin), Eric Reed (banjo/mandolin/acoustic guitar/dobro), Rob Becker (vocals/stand-up bass), Shari Ulrich (vocals/fiddle/mandolin) and Wendy Bird (vocals).
Unique in their interpretation of some of the greatest classic and contemporary gospel, bluegrass, traditional country and Appalachian folk songs – timeless music for modern times. www.highbargang.com
PRE-SHOW, 6:30 PM: TBA
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