Season: 2014-2015
Dusk Dances 2014
July 24 – 27, 2014
Band @ 7PM
Dances @ 7:30PM
Rotary park, lower section of Nichols Oval; accessed from Hazlitt Street on the east side of the London Street foot-bridge.
DUSK DANCES PETERBOROUGH
is presented by Public Energy as a licensee of Dusk Dances Inc.
Hosted by: Dan Watson
Opening Band: Nick Ferrio & His Feelings
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Readings From The Port Dalhousie Stories
Public Energy presents
Readings From The Port Dalhousie Stories by Dennis Tourbin (1949-1998)
August 8, 2014 @ 6PM
The Red Garnet, 231 Hunter St. W
The underground classic banned from broadcast on CBC.
Featuring celebrity Peterborough poets, performers and spoken word artists reading the true, rollicking, ribald reminiscences of growing up in a small Ontario town near the U.S. border. Published in 1986 by Coach House Press, with illus...
Baba Yaga and The Lost Babuska
September 6, 2014 @ 3PM; Lil Stewart Street Park (Sherbrooke & Dalhousie)
September 7, 2014 @ 3PM; Victoria Park (Brock and Water)
Baba Yaga and The Lost Babushka, a family-friendly afternoon performance, set among the trees of a little park on Saturday; or the trees and rolling lawns of Victoria Park on Sunday as part of Artsweek 2014.
Join our band of merry-makers and follow the Giant Fire Bird on a roving adventure...
Paris, La Nuit
Artspace and Public Energy present
Paris, La Nuit by Dennis Tourbin
Performed by Edwin Conroy
September 12, 2014 @ 8PM
Artspace, 378 Aylmer St.
Paris, La Nuit and Totally Multi are happening in conjunction with The Language of Visual Poetry (September 12 to November 2), an exhibition of Tourbin’s work curated by Marcie Bronson and organized by Rodman Hall Art Centre/Brock University. The Language of Visual Poetry is presented by...
Totally Multi: Dennis Tourbin’s World of Performance
Public Energy and Artsweek Peterborough present
Totally Multi: Dennis Tourbin’s World of Performance
September 13, 2014 @ 8PM
Market Hall, 140 Charlotte St.
Paris, La Nuit and Totally Multi are happening in conjunction with The Language of Visual Poetry (September 12 to November 2), an exhibition of Tourbin’s work curated by Marcie Bronson and organized by Rodman Hall Art Centre/Brock University. The Language of Visual Poetry is presented by the Art Gallery of Peterborough and hosted by Artspace, institutions Dennis had a strong association with and which are both celebrating their 40th anniversaries in 2014.
Performers
The Art Tarts
The CeeDees
Elizabeth Chitty
Michael Dennis
Catherine Jenkins
Ryan Kerr
Marion Lewis
Ward Maxwell
Ian McLachlan
Bob Nasmith
ScratchMouth
Sue Nelson & Christine Nicholson
David Ramsden
...
elsewhere
Heidi Strauss (Adelheid)
October 10, 2014 @ 8PM
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
PRE-SHOW CHAT with Heidi Strauss, choreographer, 7pm in the lobby.
POST-SHOW RECEPTION meet the artists in the lobby following the show.
elsewhere, the latest work from Heidi Strauss and her company, adelheid, features some of Canada’s best dancers – Danielle Baskerville, Miriah Brennan, Luke Garwood, Molly Johnson, Brendan Wyatt. Supported by a creation residency with Public Energy, elsewhere takes inspiration from...
eidolon
October 24, 2014 @ 8PM
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
PRE-SHOW CHAT with Ruth Madoc-Jones, director, 7pm in the lobby.
POST-SHOW RECEPTION meet the artists in the lobby following the show.
eidolon noun 1. an idealized person or thing. 2. a specter or phantom.
Bill James’ newest work is inspired by important relationships he has had
throughout his life with those who have passed away. While it is his first full-length
solo work, it can also be seen as a series...
Bill Coleman & Mark Shaub: The Brothers Plaid and Gordon Monahan: Sauerkraut Synthesizer
Bill Coleman is our artist-in-residence from January 3 to 8, working on a new dance project, called Dollhouse, with audio artist Gordon Monahan. read more about Dollhouse…
This show is a way of inspiring Bill ...
damned be this transmigration
written and created by Kate Story
based on the works of Don Marquis
January 29, 30, & 31, 2015 @ 8PM
February 1, 2015 @ 1 PM
The Theatre on King, 159 King St
Take a wild ride through the raucous, tragic world of writer Don Marquis and his creations: literary cockroach Archy, morally-careless alley cat Mehitabel, and more.
A dancing, singing theatrical rollercoaster with original music, brought to you by a star-studded team of Peterborough artis...
NTU and Skwatta
Vincent S. K. Mantsoe
February 3, 2015 @ 8PM
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
Post-Show Talk Back with Vincent Mantsoe following the show.
Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe was born and raised in Soweto, South Africa. Born in the middle of Apartheid, he was more interested in cultural growth than in politics. As a child he and his siblings woke everyday to the sound of drums, when his grandmother, mother and aunt were greeting the Ances...
Marathon
Aharona Israel
February 12, 2015 @ 8PM
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
Concept / choreography / direction
Aharona Israel
Text
Aharona Israel, Asa Wolfson
Actors / dancers / vocals
Ilya Domanov, Merav Dagan, Gal Shamai
Music
Udi Berner
Costumes
Liat Ezra
Marathon has been a hit at festivals around the wor...
Emergency #21
March 26 – 29, 2015
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St
& The Theatre On King, 159 King St.
Program A: Thurs @ 8PM, Sat @ 7:30
Program B: Fri @ 8PM, Sat @ 9PM
Myrmidon: Thurs @ 8PM, Fri @ 8PM, Sat @ 5PM, Sun @ 1PM
View Program for Programs A + B
View Program for Myrmidon
Thursday, March 26
8pm – Program A at Market Hall
8pm – Myrmidon at The Theatre On King
Friday, March 27
8pm – Program B at Market Hall
8pm – Myrmidon at The Theatre On King
Saturday, March 28
5pm ...
Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Award-winning choreographer Bill Coleman returns, with dancer Mairi Greig (Toronto Dance Theatre) to offer his moving vision of Purcell’s first opera, supported by soloists from the Theatre of Early Music and Schola Cantorum (U of T), accompanied by Christopher Bagan (Opera Atelier), ...
The 2015 Wearable Art Show Featuring the Runway Challenge
The 2015 Wearable Art Show, featuring the Runway Challenge
April 25, 2015 @ 8PM
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
A showcase of Peterborough artists unleashing wild creations upon the catwalk, all to benefit Public Energy’s work in the community. As an audience member, it is an opportunity to dress up and get down with the artistic milieu while showing your support of Public E...
Kate Story – Artist in Residence
Local Artist Kate Story Awarded for Theatre
Public Energy Celebrates Kate Story
May 22, 2015 @ 9:45 PM
The Theatre on King, 159 King St.
A public recognition of the award featuring a screening of short video clips from Kate’s many productions with Public Energy, selected by artistic producer Bill Kimball will take pla...