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Season: 2023-2024

Zaagi’idiwin: Our Mothering Heart  in the photo.

Zaagi’idiwin: Our Mothering Heart

O.Dela Arts (Vancouver)

Olivia C. Davies, Sophie Dow, Samantha Sutherland

Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
(Room 101, Enwayaang Building, 1 Gzowski Way, Peterborough) Venue accessibility guide available here

Nov 3 & 4, 2023 @ 7:00 PM
Nov 4, 2023 @ 2:00PM

Run time is approx. 50 minutes

Co-Presented by Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space, O.Dela Arts and Public Energy Performing Arts

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale* from $5 to $25.

Reserve your tickets online now!
Please note that the above link is only to reserve tickets. Tickets are pay-what-you can at the door and Nozhem is a cash ONLY venue.

*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our ticket...

Bubie’s Tapes – SOLD OUT IN PERSON! ONLINE STILL AVAILABLE  in the photo.

Bubie’s Tapes – SOLD OUT IN PERSON! ONLINE STILL AVAILABLE

Jon Hedderwick

(Peterborough)

The Theatre on King  (171 King St, Peterborough)

Click here for venue accessibility information

January 17 – 20, 2024 @ 8:00 PM
January 21, 2024 @ 2 PM

Director/Dramaturg: Kate Story

Bubie’s Tapes Show Program

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale from $5 to $25.

IN PERSON TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT – we apologise for the disappointment! Following the in person run an online presentation of Bubie’s Tapes will be available beginning on January 22nd, 2024 at 2:00pm. All Bubie’s Tape...

Performing Arts Documentary Workshop with Mouvement Perpétuel (Montreal)  in the photo.

Performing Arts Documentary Workshop with Mouvement Perpétuel (Montreal)

Presented by ReFrame Film Festival and Public Energy Performing Arts

Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer St N, Peterboroug)

January 27th, 10:00am – 4:00pm

Register through ReFrame Film Festival here

Filmmakers Philip Szporer and Marlene Millar (Mouvement Perpétuel), creators of MABOUNGOU: Being in the World , host this workshop for anyone interested in the intricacies of the creative process. This full day workshop will Illustrate a variety of approaches, cover interview techniques and rese...

Vástádus Eana (The Answer is Land)  in the photo.

Vástádus Eana (The Answer is Land)

Elle Sofe Sara

(Guovdageaidnu, also known as Kautokeino, Norway)

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte Street, Peterborough) Venue accessibility guide available here

March 3rd at 2:00 PM

Run time is approx. 70 minutes.

Please note that this performance begins outdoors, in the Peterborough Square Courtyard outside the theatre. The dancers will perform briefly at this location, then move with the audience into the Market Hall via a wheelchair accessible route. Guides will be on hand to provide assistance.

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale from $10 to $50.

Purchase tickets online now! – TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT – we apologize for the disappointment!

*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admissio...

Now Online: Izzie M: The Alchemy of Enfreakment  in the photo.

Now Online: Izzie M: The Alchemy of Enfreakment

Chocolate Woman Collective

(Tkaronto)

Word Conjurer: Monique Mojica (Guna and Rappahannock)

Spectaculars: Monique Mojica and Barry Bilinsky (Métis/Cree)

Directed by: Carlos Rivera Martínez (Nahua/Mexica)

Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space (Room 101, Enwayaang Building, 1 Gzowski Way, Peterborough)
Venue accessibility guide available here

March 8 & 9, 2024 @ 7:00 PM

Co-Presented by Chocolate Woman Collective, Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space and Public Energy Performing Arts

 

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale* from $5 to $50.

Please note that the below link is only to reserve tickets. Tickets are pay-what-you can at the door and Nozhem is a cash ONLY venue.

Reserve your tickets online now! In-person tickets are SOLD OUT!

Click here to purch...

NOMADA Diana Lopez Soto performs isuspended in the air by aerial rigging. She pours sand from a large clay pot. in the photo.

NOMADA

Produced by Uarhi Creations

Created and Performed by Diana Lopez Soto

Market Hall Performance Centre (140 Charlotte Street, Peterborough) Venue accessibility guide available here

April 5, 2024 @ 7:30 PM

Run Time is approx. 70 minutes

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale from $10 to $50.

Purchase tickets online now!

*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission*

You can also reserve tickets by email or phone (no credit ca...

No one’s special at the hot dog cart  in the photo.

No one’s special at the hot dog cart

Public Energy presents a Theatre Passe Muraille and Erroneous Theatre Co-Production

Presented with ASL Interpretation

Access Guide Available Here!

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte Street, Peterborough) Market Hall venue guide available here

April 24th @ 7:30 PM

Run time: 60 minutes

Mask Policy: Face masks are optional but encouraged for this performance

Hot Dogs available in the lobby following the performance!

Written and performed by Charlie Petch
Dramaturg: Donna Michelle St Bernard
Director: Autumn Smith
Deaf Performer: Jaideep Goray
ASL Coach: Gaitrie Persaud, Phoenix The Fire
ASL-English Interpreters: Aneesa Mustafa & Emma Dehez

Accessibility questions can be directed to admin@publicenergy.ca or to Liaison for the Deaf Community Amber Gage at amber@publicenergy.ca

Tickets are sold on a sliding PWYC scale from $5 to $50.

Purchase tickets online now! SOLD OUT! Wait list available at the door.

*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission*

You can also reser...

Workshop: De-escalation Technique From a Former Hot Dog Vendor  in the photo.

Workshop: De-escalation Technique From a Former Hot Dog Vendor

April 27th, 1:00pm-3:00pm

The Theatre on King (171 King St, Peterborough, ON)

PWYC $5-$20

Tickets available through Eventbrite

Or reserve your spot by emailing admin@publicenergy.ca

The Theatre on King: 171 King St, Peterborough

Join us for a vital workshop on de-escalation techniques facilitated by artist and certified instructor in Non Violent Crisis Intervention, Charlie Petch.

Built to address situations where, much like any street vendor, escape is not a clear option. Workshop participants will practice how...

small dance for a small space festival 2024  in the photo.

small dance for a small space festival 2024

Presented by The Theatre on King

Wed May 29 – Sat June 1 @ 8pm
$20 or PWYC cash
Seating is limited, secure your spot by clicking this link!

It’s back! This fantastic festival is always eclectic, exciting, and rewarding. Come see brand-new movement-based short performances from the likes of: Kate Alton, Naomi Duvall, Kollene Drummond, Liza Ingram, and Colleen KimiArts. And rumour has it that Ryan Kerr is going to make a new piece, t...

Weathering and Waiting  in the photo.

Weathering and Waiting

Created by Jennifer “Opal” Elchuk

Canadian Canoe Museum (2077 Ashburnham Dr, Peterborough)

presented by Public Energy Performing Arts

June 27 & July 4, 2024 @ 8:30PM

Run time is approx. 30 minutes

Tickets available here

 

Weathering and Waiting will premiere as part of the celebrations for the opening of the Canadian Canoe Museum‘s new waterfront site.

This inter-arts performance features a unique apparatus -the aerial canoe – taking audiences on an emotional journey, told with the spectacle o...

Celebrating 30 Years  in the photo.

Celebrating 30 Years

Explore 30 years of Public Energy history here in our Archives. Beginning with the early years when we were known as Peterborough New Dance, right up to the 2023-2024 season, our 30th.

  • Every Season Every Show
    This is where we listed every event we’ve ever presented or co-presented. If you don’t find a show you remember going to, please let us know and we’ll get it in here.
  • Artists
    Everyone who is credited with creating a performance that we presented is here. From the up and coming choreographer making their very first professional dance to Canada’s most celebrated international stars.
  • Companies
    Every company or group that’s ever been presented by Public Energy or Peterborough New Dance.
  • Time Machine
    Highlights of 25 events from each of our first 25 years. Each year has one or two short (under 10 minutes) video(s) and a descriptive essay.
  • Emergency Minutes
    Short video highlights from all 22 Emergency Festivals, going back to 1992. Yes, that is prior to our founding in 1994. The first two were presented by Artspace, but you can see them here. Emergency was our festival of brand new creations from local artists working in any form. It was a real potpourri of dance, theatre, circus, media by artists both emerging and veteran.
  • The Public Energy Video Vault
    This vault does not feature Public Energy events. It is a collection of video highlights of performing arts events that have taken place locally between the mid 1980s and late 1990s. Compiled by Public Energy’s founder, Bill Kimball, from his collection of ¾” and ½” video, they chronicle local events that span his career working in the local dance and theatre world.
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