Arts& culture
Here’s a look at upcoming arts ts and entertainment events in the Annapolis Valley.
Film screenings
Fundy Cinema screens The Devine Order. In this feel good drama, director Petra Volpe revisits the Swiss women’s struggle for the vote through the lens of Nora, a young housewife living a quiet life in a small village, untouched by the major social upheavals of 1968 until she picks up the fight for women’s suffrage, which the men are due to vote on in a ballot on Feb. 7, 1971.
The Devine Order will be shown Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., at Al Whittle Theatre, 450 Main St., Wolfville.
Fundy Cinema will also show Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. An eye-opening documentary about actress Hedy Lamarr, revered in the 1940s tabloids as “the most beautiful woman in the world” but also an ununacknowledged genius who helped invent radio-control technology during the Second World War, which ultimately paved the way for current communication systems such as GPS and WiFi.
Bombshell will be shown Wednesday, Dec 6 at 7 p.m., at Al Whittle Theatre, 450 Main St., Wolfville.
Tickets for both shows are $9 and are available 30 minutes before screening.
Loving Vincent at King’s Theatre
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman explore the circumstances of illustrious painter Vincent van Gogh’s death in the first ever fully painted animated film, each of its 65,000 frames an oil painting on canvas created by 125 animators, imitating Van Gogh’s distinctive technique and style, over a six-year period.
Loving Vincent will be shown at King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 per adult, $9 with Film Buff Card, $8 per youth. All prices include HST. General admission seating.
Doors open 45 minutes before show time.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a hilarious, irreverent, and brilliantly insightful examination of faith and the concept of betrayal.
Directed by Michael Devine, the historical Judas will be placed on trial in purgatory, with a motley group of witnesses, including the other Apostles, Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Satan, in this play presented by the Acadia Theatre Company.
Remaining shows will be held Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Show time is 7:30 p.m., with Saturday matinees at 1 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the Acadia Box Office. Cost: $15 for regular admission; $10 for seniors and students; $7 for groups of eight or more.
At the Gallery
Paintings by Evangeline Artist Co-op members will be on exhibit until Jan. 7 at Jack’s Gallery, 450 Main St., Wolfville.
Jack’s Gallery is always looking for new work to display. For submission forms, email jacksgallerywolfville@ gmail.com.
Scrooge! The Musical Runs Until Dec. 8
Scrooge! The Musical by Leslie Bricusse is being presented at CentreStage Theatre in Kentville.
Tickets: $15 for adults; $12 for seniors/students; $5 for children 12 and under. CentreStage takes cash or cheques only. Reservations are held until 15 minutes before show time.
The show, directed by Thea Burton, will be on stage Fridays and Saturdays until Dec. 8. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a matinees Dec. 3, with doors opening at 1:15 p.m. and the show starting at 2 p.m. Call 902678-8040 for reservations.
A Christmas Carol: The Musical
Quick as a Wink Theatre Society in Windsor is getting ready for their production of A Christmas Carol: The Musical, featuring the classic Dicken’s narrative with completely different music as Scrooge: The Musical (see above). It features a cast of more than three-dozen local actors and music by Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast), and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Directed by Mark Wainman, with musical direction by Katrina Salmon. See Steve Roe as Scrooge, and the three ghosts are played by Olivia Lee, Logan Levesque, and Francesca Cornetta.
Shows will take place at Fountain Performing Arts Centre of King’sEdgehill School in Windsor, Dec. 1-2, and Dec. 8-9, at 7 p.m. with special matinees on Dec. 2, Dec. 9, and Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at QAAW.ca or by visiting Mosaic Market in Windsor and The Box of Delights Book Shop in Wolfville.
Blain Henshaw in concert at Clementsport Legion Dec. 10
Dartmouth singer, songwriter and author Blain Henshaw presents Words and Music, an afternoon concert, at the Clementsport Legion Sunday afternoon Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.
In September, Henshaw was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame in recognition of his talents as a songwriter.
His CDs, as well as both books, will be available for sale. Tickets for the show are $10 at the door.
The Rink at Al Whittle Theatre
There’s a new show hitting the Al Whittle Theatre stage in late November — a perfect little comedydrama to share with your friends and family. The Lighthouse Theatre Company, that brought you Creely Mountain Law and Marion Bridge, presents their fall offering, The Rink, a comedy, written by local playwright Allen D. Hume and directed by Brenda Ley.
The Rink begins with three former citizens of this small town returning for the funeral of an old childhood friend. They try to combine their talents to build an outdoor rink to help rejuvenate the town and give some energy and excitement to the citizens with a common goal (no pun intended).
Tickets are $15 each and available at the door or in advance at The Box of Delights Bookshop in Wolfville. The Rink plays at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. If that time and location doesn’t work for you, then head to Margaretsville as The Rink plays at Evergreen Theatre on Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Choral Concert in Annapolis Royal
Attend the festive choral concert And Bells Do Ring with Annapolis Voices and Annapolis Treblemakers, under the musical direction of Deirdre Morrell-Ormerod and accompanist Elizabeth Harwood on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m., St. George and St. Andrew United Church in Annapolis Royal. Tickets are available by calling Donna Cummings at 902-532-5200 or from choir members. Cost: $15 for adults; $5 for children.