2019 2020 Season

TICKETS

LINE-UPSHADBOLT PRESENTS:Live At The ‘Bolt: Kasandra Flamenco 4Bruce McCulloch 7Jazz Walk At The Shadbolt 9Madama Butterfly 15Live At The ‘Bolt: Typing Pool 19

INDEPENDENTS/THEATRE:No Foreigners 5Kismet, Things Have Changed 7Mama’s Boy 12The Believers Are But Brothers 12God’s Lake 13Between Breaths 17Hedwig & The Angry Inch 18

LOUNGE:Sarah Slean With Kevin Fox 4Don Amero 6Tonye Aganabe 8Charlie Brown Christmas 9Emilie-Claire Barlow 14Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar 14Farofa And Caro Pierotto 15Marion Cowings 16Còig 18

SOLE:Margie Gillis: Evolutions 5Telemetry loop 8Spooky Action 17

ARTS CLUB SERIES:Bed & Breakfast 6The Shoplifters 13Kim’s Convenience 16

INTROI have a cool job...I spend my time seeing art, being surrounded by art and collaborating with wildly creative people that have resulted in amazing artistic experiences. Artists keep the world spinning for me with their passion, integrity and just flat out kick-assery. Their commitment to tell their unique stories in their unique ways, informs, inspires, ingnites and, most importantly, connects me to all my humanity. I’m hooked, I admit it. The performers at the Shadbolt this season will get you hooked as well. They will tell you fantastic tales, lead you down paths untraveled and set fire to your imagination. Most importantly, they will open your heart to the deep, certain knowledge, that we are all connected.

And isn’t that cool?

Cory PhilleyTheatre and Facility Services Coordinator

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LIVE AT THE ‘BOLT: KASANDRA FLAMENCOSeptember 20 | 8pmKasandra Flamenco is thrilled to present “Ritmo y Soniquete” a super charged, high octane flamenco show starring one of Spain’s hottest flamenco dancers, Ivan Vargas from the caves of Sacromonte in Granada. Experience the Kasandra Flamenco Ensemble at its most raw and powerful, showcasing the best of improvisational, rhythmic flamenco with spontaneity, passion and emotion. This is pure flamenco at its roots as the artists torch the stage!

NO FOREIGNERSOctober 9-12 | 8pmHONG KONG EXILE

No Foreigners is a multi-media performance that meditates on North American Chinese shopping malls as spaces of cultural creation and clash. Multiple storylines begin in a mall and quickly diverge—catapulting us across cities, between Cantonese and English, in and out of the afterlife, through past, present and future.

Weaving together text, miniatures, digital backdrops and live cameras, No Foreigners examines our changing relationships to these social spaces and the histories, characters, experiences and ephemera that keep inviting us back.

MARGIE GILLIS: EVOLUTIONSOctober 16 & 17 | 8pmEvolutions offers a new tour concept: a transcendental and transformative adventure for audiences, with the fluidity and distinctiveness associated with Margie Gillis. In each show, Margie will be accompanied by seven Legacy Project dancers.

Audiences will be offered an entirely singular experience, depending on the composition of the group performing. Spectators will be transported through a selection of works from Margie’s prolific repertoire, both in solos and group dances, interpreted acknowledging the individuality of each dancer’s experience. Every show includes new choreographies and a Margie Gillis solo performance.

SARAH SLEAN WITH KEVIN FOXSeptember 26 | 8pmCanadian Sarah Slean is a three-time JUNO nominee. Her music borrows from cabaret, rock, pop and orchestral: knit together by the startling poetry of her lyrics, virtuosic piano-playing, and that voice, described by the CBC as “a 19th century Kate Bush”. Sarah has headlined across Canada and toured internationally with Bryan Ferry, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morissette, Andrew Bird, Feist, Ron Sexsmith and Chris Isaak.

Kevin Fox is a sought-after arranger/composer and in-demand recording artist. He has composed arrangements for Justin Bieber, recorded with Celine Dion and Chantal Kreviazuk and performed with Steven Page and Olivia Newton John. Kevin’s three solo albums combine his signature instrument and charismatic voice to create a captivating cello-driven folk/pop

Photo: Daniel O’Shea Inlay courtesy of Hong Kong Exile & fu-GEN Photo: Michael Slobodian

Photo: Elvira Yebes

Photo: David Leyes | Inlay: Bob Gaudette

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BRUCE MCCULLOCHTALES OF BRAVERY AND STUPIDITY November 8 | 8pmTales of Bravery and Stupidity is a one man show that is funny and, at times, touching. Part stand-up, part storytelling, it looks at some of the bravely stupid things that Bruce has done, and things we all do as we get ourselves in and out of trouble as we “throw ourselves at life.”

Bruce McCulloch is a member of The Kids in the Hall and the creator and star of Young Drunk Punk. Bruce is currently producing and directing the series TallBoyz for CBC.

DON AMERONovember 2 | 8pmDon Amero is an award-winning, singer/songwriter who has been performing and speaking across Canada for a decade. This three-time JUNO nominee genuinely connects with his audiences with his easy and effortless charm. Don impresses wherever he goes with his messages of encouragement, positivity and beauty.

KISMET, THINGS HAVE CHANGEDNovember 13-16 | 8pmCHOP THEATRE

A show about fate and destiny a decade in the making. Ten years ago, four artists in their twenties travelled across Canada and interviewed one hundred people, aged 1 to 100, about their beliefs.

Now, with four marriages, five kids, two parental deaths and two cross-country moves between them, the artists are in different places in their lives, with different concerns. So the team set out to find the surviving people and interview them again later— 10 years later and with some new questions. What they discovered on the road is revealed in a complicated yet intimate portrait of change.

BED & BREAKFASTBY MARK CRAWFORDOctober 26 & 27 | 8pm ARTS CLUB SERIES

When Brett inherits a family estate, he and his partner, Drew, move to a quiet little tourist town to set up a B&B. But will these big city boys face friction in their new community? With dozens of hilarious characters all portrayed by two actors, it’s a heartfelt comedy about “being out,” skeletons in the closet, and finding a place to call home.

“Arts Club has a definite hit with Bed & Breakfast” —Vancouver Sun

Photo: Paul Dunn and Mark Crawford by Moonrider Productions

Photo & inlay: Trevor Johnson

Photo: Michael Poole

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TONYE AGANABENovember 28 | 8pmTonye is a singer-songwriter born in London England to Nigerian and Zimbabwean parents. She moved to Canada in her teens and started a career in music at 17. Her style can be described as Soul / Neo-Folk / Hiphop. She is a Much More Music Video Award recipient, social justice advocate and the kind of singer/performer that turns heads wherever she plays.

In 2015 her trajectory was interrupted by a MS diagnosis, yet a new Phoenix-like person is emerging from the proverbial ashes. She now calls MS the best thing that ever happened to her and is on a career trajectory that involves connecting deeper with her audience and that sees her creating a new community for herself.

CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMASDecember 11&12 | 8pmA CORY WEEDS PRODUCTION

Jerry stands on stage and tells the story of how it, all of it, almost never happened. Somehow disaster was averted at every turn and the magic of the music, of Charlie Brown, the vision of Vince Guaraldi, persevered. It is, today, undeniably a classic, a part of the canon. It was 1965; drummer Jerry Granelli, the newest member of the Vince Guaraldi Trio, with Fred Marshall on bass went into a San Francisco studio one afternoon. In just a three-hour session they recorded the soundtrack for a scrappy little animated Christmas special featuring the Peanuts gang.

JAZZ WALK AT THE SHADBOLTDecember 1 11am-10pmA CORY WEEDS/SHADBOLT CENTRE CO-PRODUCTION

Cory Weeds and The Cellar Music Group will take over the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts with international headliners such as organist Chris Hazelton, drummer Roy McCurdy and tenor saxophonists Grant Stewart and Stephen Riley as well as local groups led by Brad Turner, Dave Robbins, Jill Townsend and more. Travel from room to room and hear some of everything, or hang out in one room and enjoy a whole set! In addition to performances there will be round table discussions by the likes of archival record producer extraordinaire, Zev Feldman, and more!

All in one day, all under the same roof!

TELEMETRY loopNovember 21-23 | 8pm November 21 | 10pm November 23 | 4pmRADICAL SYSTEM ARTS

Telemetry loop is the re-imagination of RSA’s most successful work Telemetry. This 360 immersive experience pushes the audience further and digs deeper into its’ artistic concepts. One of the most direct reception/transmission cycles from an audial signal is dance. Telemetry loop looks to transmit the art forms of bebop footwork, swing and tap dance with House and Contemporary dance, supported by a live-interactive environment of light, sound and video. This environment is controlled by a singular source, returning to concepts around radio sciences and the idea of a control tower. In Telemetry loop, the tap dancer is the control tower – directly controlling and affecting the lighting, video and sound throughout the piece. Photo: David Cooper Photo: Liz Roza

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2019-2020SEPTEMBER20 Live at the ‘Bolt: Kasandra Flamenco

26 Sarah Slean with Kevin Fox

DECEMBER1 Jazz Walk at the Shadbolt (11am-10pm)

11 & 12 Charlie Brown Christmas

APRIL19 Opera on a Sunday Afternoon (3pm)

22-25 Spooky Action

29 Còig

NOVEMBER 2 Don Amero

8 Bruce McCulloch

13-16 Kismet, Things Have Changed

16 Birds of Chicago Deer Lake After Dark

17 Opera on a Sunday Afternoon (3pm)

21-23 Telemetry loop

28 Tonye Aganabe

FEBRUARY1 The Believers Are But Brothers

5-8 God’s Lake

8 & 9 The Shoplifters Arts Club Series

14 Emilie-Claire Barlow

20 Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar

22 Farofa and Caro Pierotto

22, 27, 29 Madama Butterfly BLO (8pm)

24 & 26 Madama Butterfly BLO (2pm)

JUNE 18-20 Live at the ‘Bolt: Typing Pool

21 Opera on a Sunday Afternoon (3pm)

OCTOBER 6 Opera on a Sunday Afternoon (3pm)

9-12 No Foreigners

16 & 17 Margie Gillis: Evolutions

26 & 27 Bed & Breakfast Arts Club Series

JANUARY23 & 24 Mama’s Boy

29-Feb 1 The Believers Are But Brothers

31 Begonia Deer Lake After Dark

Photo: Telemetry loop by Cara Trench

MAY 20-23 Hedwig & The Angry Inch

MARCH13 The Jerry Cans Deer Lake After Dark

14 & 15 Kim’s Convenience Arts Club Series

19 Marion Cowings

25-28 Between Breaths

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THE SHOPLIFTERSBY MORRIS PANYCHFebruary 8 & 9 | 8pmARTS CLUB SERIES

Meet Alma, a career shoplifter who prefers the “five-finger discount” over any senior citizen’s deal. When a grocery store theft goes awry, her elaborate life of petty crime is halted by an overzealous security guard and his affable mentor. With sharp-witted comic observations, Morris Panych has expertly drawn a cast of misfit characters that will leave you rooting for all sides to come out on top.

“Rich, smart comedy” —Vancouver Sun

THE BELIEVERS ARE BUT BROTHERSJanuary 29 – February 1 | 8pmJAVAAD ALIPOOR

We live in a time where old orders are collapsing. From the post colonial nation states of the Middle East, to the EU and the American election.

Amidst this, a generation of young men find themselves burning with resentment; without the money, power and sex they think they deserve. This crisis of masculinity leads them on a journey into an online world of fantasy, violence and reality. This Fringe First award winning and Total Theatre Nominated (Experimentation & Innovation) multi-media show weaves together their stories.

Photo: The Other Richard

Photo: Naomi DevineInlay: Ziibiwan Mahgagahbow

Top: Dean Paul Gibson and Patti Allan Bottom: Agnes Tong and Raugi Yu Photos by David Cooper

GOD’S LAKEBY FRANCESCA ALBRIGHT & KEVIN LEE BURTONFebruary 5-8 | 8pmA CASTLEREIGH THEATRE PROJECT

God’s Lake is documentary theatre about the strength and resilience of people in the remote fly-in reserve of God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba following traumatic events of unresolved justice and a complex and challenging past. A rare glimpse into the lived reality of this community as told verbatim from interviews with its members over six months in 2017.

Using bold northern imagery, a live score by Ziibiwan, and heightened physicality — God’s Lake offers a unique opportunity to witness the complex issues facing people in a remote community and provides understanding for those with no comprehension of the reserve system, let alone life on a remote First Nations reserve.

MAMA’S BOYJanuary 23 & 24 8pmMIKE DELAMONT

Mama’s Boy is the heart-breaking, funny and endearing true story about a young boy being raised by a single mother who struggled with an addiction her entire life.

It is an intimate and beautiful performance, told through the eyes of one of Canada’s most popular comedians.

“A spectacular evening of theatre! ...Delamont has an almost supernatural gift for storytelling” —CBC Manitoba

Photo: Jenna and Tristan Shouldice Photography

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FEBRUARYMADAMA BUTTERFLYFebruary 22, 27 & 29 | 8pmFebruary 24 & 26 | 2pmBURNABY LYRIC OPERA

Madama Butterfly is the tragic story of a beautiful young geisha who falls in love and marries an American Naval Lieutenant, only to have him leave her and take their only son back to America. Puccini’s magnificent music soars throughout this heartbreaking story of love, betrayal, and the clashing of two cultures in the late 1890’s. One of the world’s most popular operas with some of the most beautiful music ever written, Burnaby Lyric Opera’s production team and the best of BC’s young opera singers bring this “must see” opera to life.

FAROFA AND CARO PIEROTTOFebruary 22 | 8pmFasten your seatbelts, you are about to take a ride on BR-101, the major highway connecting Brazil from North to South! Brazilian exports, Farofa and vocalist Caro Pierotto will be your guides on this musical tour featuring the smokin’ hot rhythms and sensuous melodies of their birth place.

Farofa’s raw talent thrives on the collaborations of its members, touring musicians Felipe Fraga (Percussion), Isaias Elpes (Bass), JP Mourão (Brazilian Viola Caipira) and Luis Mascaro (Violin). Through their independent journeys, they have worked with such prolific artists as Ricky Martin, Lee Ritenour, Selena Gomez and Foo Fighters – and together, they are turning heads with their fresh and imaginative set lists and avante-garde mashups.

SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGARFebruary 20 | 8pmBubbling up from the cauldron of roots Americana music, Samantha Martin is an artist of extraordinary power, gravitas and deep-seated emotion. A dynamic front woman, she possesses a stunning voice that is capable of summoning up tidal waves of spine-tingling emotion in one instance while delicately bringing out the nuances of a gut wrenching lyric in the next.

The vocal alchemy of Delta Sugar is not the work of a single talent though, with her “co-vocalists,” Sherie Marshall and Mwansa Mwansa, the vocal blend Delta Sugar produces is pure, unadulterated gospel-tinged, neuron-tingling magic.

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Top Photo: Sun RolonBottom Photo: Melissa Castro

EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOWFebruary 14 | 8pmEmilie-Claire Barlow is an award winning and critically acclaimed Canadian jazz singer, arranger, record producer and voice actress. A two-time JUNO Award winner and six-time nominee, she has released 11 self-produced albums on her own label, Empress Music Group.

She is known for her inspired re-imaginings and affectionate treatment of both classic pop and jazz songs, delivered with a relaxed, polished demeanor, charming humour, and a voice of unforgettable beauty.

Top Photo: Melanie Bernier Bottom Photo: Steve Webster

Top Photo: Jen Squires Bottom Photo: Paul Robert Wright

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MARION COWINGSMarch 19 | 8pm Marion Cowings is a bandleader, singer and educator. He was mentored by the legendary vocalist Jon Hendricks, and while still in high school was chosen as a vocal soloist with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. He went on to replace Dave Lambert in the ground breaking Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and over the course of his career has appeared at venues such as Lincoln Center, the Blue Note New York and Tokyo, the Berlin Jazz Festival, and in Holland’s North Sea Jazz Festival.

BETWEEN BREATHSMar 25-28 | 8pmARTISTIC FRAUD OF NEWFOUNDLAND

Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets. Often risking his very life in the water with the formidable and frightened animals, Dr. Lien would seek to earn their trust as much as the fishermen’s. He looked for the best way to free whales while doing as little damage to the fishing gear as possible. His efforts saved the lives of over 500 animals, and earned him the hard-won respect of the island’s fishermen. Between Breaths jumps time backwards, from the final moments of Lien’s life – in a wheelchair and dealing with brain damage due to a car accident – to his very first whale intervention. As his life becomes further and further confined, his mind stretches itself in memories of release and salvation.

KIM’S CONVENIENCEBY INS CHOIMarch 14 & 15 | 8pmARTS CLUB SERIES

Mr. Kim, a Korean shopkeeper, grapples with both a changing neighbourhood landscape and the chasm between him and his second-generation offspring. This journey of a fractured but loving family forgiving the past and confronting the future is a new Canadian classic. Ins Choi’s hilarious and touching debut play inspired the hit TV show of the same name.

Photo: James Yi and Jessie Liang Inlay: The cast of Kim’s ConveniencePhotos by Emily Cooper

Photo: Rich Blenkinsopp

Photo: David Cooper

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SPOOKY ACTIONApril 22-25 | 8pmINVERSO PRODUCTIONS/ LESLIE TELFORD

Spooky Action is a dance project inspired by Einstein’s famous phrase referring to particles that are so closely linked, they share the same existence. This new interdisciplinary work by Inverso Productions extends the theory of particle entanglement to human connections. Spooky Action brings together thought- provoking dance, engaging narrative by Barbara Adler and original composition by James Meger to probe the mysterious ways we act on each other’s lives. It is by turns intricate, mysterious, refined, and dryly witty.

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HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCHMay 20-23 | 8pmATOMIC VAUDEVILLE

This rock musical tells the story of a genderqueer rocker from East Berlin, touring North America with her band while telling her life story and following the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics are by Stephen Trask.

Atomic Vaudeville is an award-winning performance company based in Victoria, BC, known for their hilarious and topical Cabaret Series which has been produced throughout Canada and the United States for 15 years. Atomic Vaudeville is also known for new works such off-Broadway musical Ride The Cyclone, Legoland, and Circus Fire.

LIVE AT THE ‘BOLT: TYPING POOLJune 18-20 | 8pmTHE ONLY ANIMAL

Welcome to Typing Pool, where we aim to change the world at seventy-five words a minute! Flex those fingers and get ready to dive in…

Join The Only Animal on a journey of discovery in beautiful Deer Lake Park. As new recruits to Typing Pool, you will be tasked with an important mission: to open your eyes and hearts to the natural world around you and uncover its hidden stories. Which path will you follow? Which sights will you see? Part choose-your-own-adventure tale, part treasure hunt, Typing Pool mixes live performers, audience participation, vintage typewriters and outdoor exploration to create a delightfully engaging, open-air experience.

18CÒIGApril 29 | 8pmCòig is one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting Celtic traditional groups made up of four accomplished multi-instrumentalists, Chrissy Crowley, Rachel Davis, Darren McMullen, and Jason Roach. With the fiery Celtic high-energy style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century-old tunes of past generations to original and upbeat compositions, featuring the band’s range of over a dozen instruments (vocals, fiddles, piano, guitars, banjo, mandolin, viola, bouzouki, whistles, and more). With driving tunes, haunting songs and infectious energy, Còig is an unparalleled music force.

The best in traditional music, in a non-traditional way. That’s Còig.

Photos: Ryan Macdonald

Photo: Georg Pahl

Photo: Trevor BallSHADBOLT

Deer Lake After Dark brings you three fresh nights of music featuring performances by artists that are

drenched in Canadian soaked roots.WE WANT TO GET YOU ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’ THIS YEAR!

NOVEMBER 16, 2019 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO

JANUARY 31, 2020 | BEGONIA

MARCH 13, 2020 | THE JERRY CANS

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