The Edge of the Woods Theatre Company is proud to announce its performance line-up for the 2016 Edge of the Woods Theatre Festival: Muskoka’s new Summer Festival of intimate and interactive theatre performances for all ages.
From July 5-27, 2016, audiences will experience a program of adventurous and entertaining professional theatre and music in the heart of Huntsville. Five hilarious and heart felt productions from award-winning artists will be presented at the Chaffey Studio Theatre. The festival will also feature activities for youth including a week-long Summer Drama Camp for youth ages 8-12 and technical production training for young people ages 14-21 (click here for details).
“Live performance is more than just what happens on stage. It’s what happens between people,” says Artistic Producer Dan Watson. “Our Festival’s programming will offer a welcoming creative space for people of all ages, cultures and abilities to meet, connect and discover together. In addition to our productions and youth initiatives, community members can participate in free interactive arts activities and events, engaging and inspiring talks, and shared community meals. Details of these free events will be announced soon.”
The 2016 programming features five different productions:
First up is Snack Music (July 5-7) presented by Snafu Dance Theatre. Part house party, part puppet show, Snack Music weaves together true stories from three performer’s lives with true stories from the audience using improvised puppetry and music.
Next on the program is Self-Exile (July 12) written and performed by Huntsville native Nisha Coleman. Presented in partnership with the Huntsville Festival of the Arts, this gritty and clever auto-biography traces Nisha’s life starting from a swamp in Muskoka and winding its way through the streets of Paris.
After this, the hit comedy SplasH20 will make its triumphant return to Huntsville July 19-24. Presented by Edge of the Woods Theatre, this all ages award winning physical sketch comedy celebrates the whit and whimsy of water in our everyday lives using clown, slapstick, mime and the absurd.
The final week of programming will feature two music-related performances. On July 26, the Studio Theatre will be turned into an old time dance hall as The Double Cuts bring a 20-pc orchestra assembled to honour the legacy of Frank Sinatra. Let Us Be Frank reproduces the dazzling arrangements and music behind history’s greatest crooner.
Finally, Suit Case in Point Theatre Presents their hit show The Keith Richards One Woman Show (July 27). Rolling Stones fans will rejoice as the show takes a “trip” through Keith’s life from boyhood to drug-bust (Toronto, 1977) including run-ins withMick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Gram Parsons and a giant tongue. After the show, the Etwell Concert Series will present legendary father and son Blues duo Tobin and Bill Spring as they lead Huntsville’s most prolific players in a sweaty set of Rolling Stones’ tunes.
Tickets can be purchased by phone at (705) 789-4975 or in person at the Algonquin Theatre Box Office at 37 Main St. East, Huntsville. For more information or visit www.edgeofthewoodstheatre.com.
The Edge of the Woods Theatre Festival is made possible through the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council and Theatre Ontario’s Youth Theatre Training Program. It is also made possible through partnerships with the Huntsville Festival of the Arts and The Huntsville Theatre Company.
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Fantastic news. Huntsville will be hot hot hot this summer.
Brenda Darling