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November 2017
Tomato Tomato
Tomato Tomato is not your garden variety duo. Clever quirky songs draw on folk and bluegrass. An old washboard, rigged up with tin cans and a cymbal, rattles while bass and snare drums are foot powered. Loving harmonies, old-timey guitar and up-cycled percussion create an unmistakable sound between these darlings of Canadian folk scene. Tomato Tomato performed at The Winnipeg, Stan Rogers and Lunenburg Folk Festivals and more, in 2016. Honours include: Regional Winners for CBC’s Searchlight Competition 2014, noms…
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SIDNEY’S SHED Maisie is running from the bullies and thinks she’s just found the perfect place to hide. But this is no ordinary shed and Sidney Waffles is no ordinary gardener… Inventor, explorer and winner of this year’s ‘Best-Veg-in-Show’, the potty flower-potter has made some rather unusual improvements to his allotment – Sidney has created the world’s first time travelling shed! Join Sidney and the bravest little girl in Windyon- the-Hill as they take a time-travelling journey to dig up…
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Tomato Tomato is not your garden variety duo. Clever quirky songs draw on folk and bluegrass. An old washboard, rigged up with tin cans and a cymbal, rattles while bass and snare drums are foot powered. Loving harmonies, old-timey guitar and up-cycled percussion create an unmistakable sound between these darlings of Canadian folk scene. Tomato Tomato performed at The Winnipeg, Stan Rogers and Lunenburg Folk Festivals and more, in 2016. Honours include: Regional Winners for CBC’s Searchlight Competition 2014, noms…
Find out more »Townsend Productions
WE ARE THE LIONS MR MANAGER This is the story of Jayaben Desai’s fight for dignity in the workplace, the story of the Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike of 1976-78 and inspirational strike-leader Jayaben Desai, one of many newly arrived Gujurati workers from East Africa. It has tremendous contemporary relevance (immigration, workplace exploitation, women’s rights, racism and human dignity), and is told in Townsend Productions’ accessible, imaginative and entertaining theatrical style with songs and music of the 1970s. This is…
Find out more »Urban conceptz Theatre
INSIDE MY MIND This stunning and well-articulated production, explores human vices, love, loss and personal health, in a sensitive portrayal of how one man tries to cope, when unexpected problems start to take hold of his mind and body. The physicality, inventiveness and presence of the company of five are used in such a creative way that they manage to paint enchanting visual and audible landscapes that immerse the audience into a world where it seems as though anything is…
Find out more »Keira Martin
HERE COMES TROUBLE Here Comes Trouble is a one woman autobiographical show by Keira Martin. Through a fresh fusion of Irish and contemporary dance theatre the audience are invited to share Keira’s life and working class upbringing, generously presented with a sense of humour and irony. Drawing on social and cultural influences from Yorkshire, Ireland and Jamaica, Keira rhythmically weaves together traditional Irish music, song and gutsy dance theatre. Best described as Irish dance deep in thought, she shares hard…
Find out more »Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
CELTIC CHRISTMAS STRINGS – A FESTIVE TREAT OF HARP AND GUITAR There’s something magical about harps, and particularly at Christmas, though Máire and Chris’s alchemy on harp and guitar creates a very special magic at all times. This celebrated partnership has brought its special musical vision to venues large and small – from the tiniest of historic churches in England, Germany and Italy to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Sydney Town Hall and the Philharmonie in Cologne –…
Find out more »Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
IRISH HARP & GUITAR | CELTIC CHRISTMAS STRINGS Irish Harp & Guitar: This celebrated partnership has brought its special musical vision to venues large and small – from the tiniest of historic churches in England, Germany and Italy to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Sydney Town Hall and the Philharmonie in Cologne – in twenty-three countries on five continents. Chris and Máire’s performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot…
Find out more »Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
IRISH HARP & GUITAR | CELTIC CHRISTMAS STRINGS Irish Harp & Guitar: This celebrated partnership has brought its special musical vision to venues large and small – from the tiniest of historic churches in England, Germany and Italy to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Sydney Town Hall and the Philharmonie in Cologne – in twenty-three countries on five continents. Chris and Máire’s performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot…
Find out more »Townsend Productions
WE ARE THE LIONS MR MANAGER This is the story of Jayaben Desai’s fight for dignity in the workplace, the story of the Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike of 1976-78 and inspirational strike-leader Jayaben Desai, one of many newly arrived Gujurati workers from East Africa. It has tremendous contemporary relevance (immigration, workplace exploitation, women’s rights, racism and human dignity), and is told in Townsend Productions’ accessible, imaginative and entertaining theatrical style with songs and music of the 1970s. This is…
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