Theatrical experience
Afternoon of laughs, games and performances set for March 17
With World Theatre Day coming in the next few days, P.E.I. will mark the occasion at the Carrefour in Charlottetown with its annual Community Theatre Festival.
This year, marks the 57th celebration of the international day.
Seven short plays (30 minutes or less) will run every 45 minutes through the afternoon on March 17, in a smorgasbord of comedy, charming drama, legend telling and improv.
With the Island’s rich theatre community, the Community Theatre Festival is a chance for participants to strut their stuff and get feedback from adjudicators Laura K. Bird and Monique Lafontaine.
This year’s festival has an array of participants include the Tracadie Players’ skit “News at 6,” and the Mi’kmaq Heritage actors will present several new tellings of imaginative First-Nation legends handed down through the generations. There is also Nadine Salami’s dramedy, “Ma meilleure amie, ma meilleure ennemie.” In the suspenseful comedy, “Any Body for Tea,” with the Murray Players six ‘very proper’ spinsters employ an unorthodox lure to attract the attention of a handsome homicide detective. Students from Spotlight School of Arts will provide a game of theatre improve, and ACT (a community theatre) with offer a sneak-preview of Hank Stinson’s musical “Rainbow Valley.”
There will also be a staged reading from a new original script, “Missing Mom,” by P.E.I. playwright Malcolm Murray, featuring some of the Island’s best playwright-actors.
The Carrefour’s doors open at 12:30 on Saturday. Plays begin at 1 p.m. and run until
about 5:30 p.m.
There’ll be a 15-minute break between plays to provide for adjudication and set-up of the next play, and also to give the
audience a chance to socialize, buy raffle tickets and sample the refreshments.
Snow date is Sunday, March 18.
For information contact Rob Thomson - robthomson @ pei. sympatico.ca or 902-628-6778.
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