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Dufferin Grove Park ~ June 18th to June 22nd, 2008
Dinner will be served 6pm-7pm followed by Part I at 7pm and Part II at 8:00pm
The 5pm performance of Alphonse will take place only on Saturday June 21st and Sunday June 22nd
5pm - Theaturtle, Toronto ~ Alphonse
by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Shelley Tepperman
Performed by Alon Nashman
Alphonse, a boy with a huge imagination, has not come home and everyone's looking for him. Alphonse is walking along a country road inventing the extraordinary adventures of Pierre-Paul René, "a gentle boy with a one-note voice who is never surprised by anything." In the process we experience a powerful reflection on the joy and pain of being young and what is lost in crossing the threshold to adulthood.
6pm - Dinner is served
Each night there will be a delicious organic meal served from the park's two wood-fired ovens. The meal will consist of a choice between a meat or vegetarian/vegan entree for $6, as well as soup, salad and dessert at an additional price. Food is sourced locally primarily through the Dufferin Grove Park Farmer's market. In addition to the adult meals we will also provide cheap options for kids. The menu will change every night.
Part I
7pm - Golgi Apparatus, Toronto ~ Ahoy!
With only their wits and a rubber dinghy, three clown crusaders set sail on a nautical misadventure. The three lovable explorers, Fellini, Can-Can and The Colonel return from their 2007 Bigfoot adventure.
7:25pm - Buddy Nutt, Pittsburgh ~ Pickleville
Pickleville is a nonverbal musical puppet performance piece portraying the story of Sam the tragedy stricken reluctant dancing pickle man. A story of personal triumph, in which Sam is confronted with horrific loss and mourning but offered a glimmer of hope from an unlikely little dog made of gherkins. Pickleville is a dreamlike place in which the least unusual thing is that everything is made of pickles.
7:40pm - Dessert and Coffee Break
Part II
8pm - Scrapheap Theatre, Toronto ~ Hellooo...
Scrapheap Theatre digs deep to bring you a calamitous, site-specific comedy. Ever wonder: When yelling down a well, does anybody hear you? And if they do, do they hear you well? Well, is anybody down there…there…there? Join this daring duo as they jump, stumble and careen their way through a subterranean land where everything is what it seems - until it isn't - and one plus one equals two and a half…half…half.
8:20pm - Teatro Arado, Portugal ~ The Bird of Spring/O Passaro da Primavera
A dazzling piece that combines performers, puppetry and live music to tell the story of a melancholy bird and his search for spring. Performed in English and Portuguese, this tale comes all the way from Portugal. Teatro Arado has toured this piece throughout Europe, and now comes to Canada for the first time with a story for every child that lives under the moon.
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