The Kick & Push Festival continues this weekend, offering accessible live performances for the whole family in City Park.
Kick & Push Continues to Play in City Park
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Getting Caught Up: Summer Theatre in the Kingston area is underway!
So much going on!!!
The Thousand Islands Playhouse has launched their 2021 Season, with “Sexy Laundry”. They will be running one show at a time, now through November, in the Firehall Theatre. They have a wonderful outdoor lobby with table service in place, ensuring that the experience of catching a show in Gananoque continues to be enjoyable in every way. My Whig-Standard Review can be found here.
The 2021 edition of The Kick & Push Festival has begun as well, with “Roll Models” being their first offering City Park. It’s a fun evening, offering an opportunity for “audience players” to get right in on the action…The Whig review for this show can be found online, as well.
And finally, City of Wine: Kingston mounted a production of the final play of Ned Dickens’ epic cycle, “SEVEN”, over the course of a week earlier this month. Although this production has closed for now, ambitious plans are afoot for future productions of all the City of Wine is plays. Kingston Theatre Alliance carried my review for “SEVEN”.
It’s so exciting to be back in the swing of things! Watch for upcoming reviews as theatres continue to open up in the region…
2021 Storefront Fringe Festival – In Person or Online
Anyone who has followed this blog must be aware that even under typical circumstances, the Storefront Fringe Festival always excites me, and gets me in the writing groove…This year, of course, it’s even more inspiring, as we gradually open up and figure out how to reintegrate theatre and the performing arts back into our lives…
This year’s Festival offers a variety of mediums in various formats that cater to any and all levels of comfort audience members may have…Also, this is the first year that the local newspaper, the Kingston Whig Standard, has provided review coverage for the Festival shows! The reviews ran as smaller capsule entries in two parts – one featuring the virtual offerings, and another the live productions…
The downside of traditional media coverage is that I had to limit content to this short-term format, BUT that is the advantage of this blog! If you have questions or differing opinions, please share them here, and let’s have a conversation…
(Also the Kingston Theatre Alliance is featuring full reviews from their contributors!)
“To Kill A Mockingbird” is a Triumphant Success
Domino Theatre jump starts an exciting year of theatre in Kingston with “a triumphant success”! In the words of Atticus Finch, played with depth and charisma by Don Mitchell, “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” Those who attend “To Kill A Mockingbird” to see Harper Lee’s iconic book come to life in all of its diversity, complexity, and controversy will be entertained and moved by director Rachael McDonald’s interpretation, featuring an incredible ensemble of local talent…
Read the full Kingston Whig Standard review!
Storefront Festival’s Final Days
There’s still time to take in some of these Festival productions before it all ends tomorrow (Saturday) night! I’ve seen all of the shows with the exception of “Danny, King of the Basement”, which I will be catching tomorrow morning at 10:30 am with some family friends…
If you are looking for my recommendations, here are my thoughts…
PICKS OF THE FESTIVAL
My Silly Yum (Venue 2, Sat at 7 pm); CUL-DE-SAC (Venue 3, Fri & Sat at 7 pm)
MUST SEE
Mary’s Wedding (Venue 1, Fri at 6:30 pm & Sat at 9 pm); Fake Nerd Girl (Venue 3, Fri at 9:30 pm)
CATCH IF YOU CAN
Anybody Can Be Pussy Riot (Venue 2, Fri at 7 pm), Women Who Shout At The Stars (Venue 1, Sat at 1 pm)
OF COURSE…If you have any differing opinions of your own to share, please feel free to add a comment!
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