Season: 2025-2026
Current Performances:
who will save the night sky?
Philip Geller
INDIGENOUS THEATRE
Co-presented with Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
Curated by Indigenous Performance Initiatives
With tail swishes, tall tales, and celestial mischief, who will save the night sky? whisks audiences into a starry boardroom where the fate of Earth (and the two-leggeds!) hangs in the balance.
Venue: Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space (1 Gzowski Way Peterborough) Nozhem venue guide
Date: November 9th, 2025
Tickets available now through eventbrite
Pricing*: Pay what you can
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
Philip Geller (Red River Métis, Ashkenazi)
Allow me to take you on a celestial journey to a big board room in the sky. Plleeeaaassee, allow me to whisk my tail and weave you a tale on the tell tale signs of a GOOD STORY! A long time ago, in the future, an important group of star beings go...
Trickster Performance Methodology with Philip Geller
WORKSHOP with Philip Geller
Venue: Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space (1 Gzowsky Way, East Bank of Trent Campus)
Date: Monday November 10th, 11:00am-1:30pm
Sign up online here. Please note that if this workshop reaches capacity, priority will be given to Indigenous participants.
Accessibility: Nozhem is a wheelchair accessible venue. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions and requests
Join experienced creator and performer Philip Jonah Logan Geller to explore trickster methodologies of performance and creation. Drawing from contemporary clown, physical theatre, Indigenous knowledges, and Land-based practices we will uncover our tricksters to play and generate material for perf...
Bijuriya
Gabriel Dharmoo
DRAG/MUSIC/THEATRE
Part drag spectacle, part sonic experiment, all radiant presence—Bijuriya is Gabriel Dharmoo’s jubilant celebration of queer South Asian identity.
Venue: The Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough) Market Hall venue guide available here
Date: November 18th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available through the Market Hall Box Office
Pricing*: $10-$50 + Fees
Suggested Price: $30 + Fees
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Run time: 2 hours
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
To shock, ignite, empower and delight- Bijuriya is a jubilant exploration of Gabriel Dharmoo’s hybrid identity as both a composer/experimental vocalist and a charismatic drag artist. Constantly code switching between drag performance, original songs, and the porous space between singing and lip...
Workshop for Queer Youth: Finding Your Drag Identity with Gabriel Dharmoo
Workshop for Queer Youth
Venue: The Theatre on King (171 King Street)
Date: Wednesday November 19th, 5-7pm
Pricing: PWYC
Accessibility: Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions and requests
Gabriel Dharmoo
Gabriel Dharmoo is a composer, vocalist, improviser, drag artist, interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Montréal – Tio’Tia:Ke – Mooniyang (Canada). His works have been performed in Canada, the U.S.A, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Es...
RINSE: Amrita Hepi
DANCE
With striking dance and evocative storytelling, Rinse dives into the intoxicating romance of beginnings—and the inevitable question of what comes after.
Venue: The Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough) Market Hall venue guide available here
Date: January 28th, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available through the Market Hall Box Office
Pricing*: $10-$50 + Fees
Suggested Price: $30 + Fees
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Run time:
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
What is it about the beginning that remains intoxicating? Created by extraordinary dance artist Amrita Hepi (Bundjulung/Ngapuhi Territories, Australia) with acclaimed theatremaker Mish Grigor, Rinse explores the romance of beginnings and what happens next, when those initial thrills begin to fade...
the village trilogy/Matryoshka Crush
Laura Taler
FILM / DANCE / VISUAL ART
Romanian-born Canadian artist Laura Taler marks 30 years since her acclaimed filmmaking debut the village trilogy with a special screening that pairs it with her most recent film, Matryoshka Crush.
Venue: The Art Gallery of Peterborough
Date: March 27, 2026, 7:00 pm
Romanian-born Canadian artist Laura Taler began her career as a contemporary dance choreographer before turning her attention to filmmaking and visual art.
In 1995 Taler made her first film, the village trilogy. Heralded by Dance International Magazine as marking the beginning of the dance...
Masterclass with Laura Taler
Pricing*: $10 + Fees
Accessibility: Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions and requests
Using her first film, the village trilogy (1995), and her latest film, Matryoshka Crush (2025) as bookends, Laura Taler will lead a masterclass about how her practice has evolved over the years. In the early 1990s, with no formal film training, Taler created the village trilogy. The film was shot...
Intro to Improv with Chris Earle
Date: April 2026, Date & Time: TBD
Pricing*: $10 + Fees
Accessibility: Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions and requests
Workshop: Intro to Improv with Chris Earle
Chris Earle
Chris Earle is a Dora winning playwright, director, actor, and teacher, and a Second City alumnus who has directed seven revues for the company, including their current smash hit Sixteen Scandals and the Canadian...
Donnie and Me and the CBC: Chris Earle & Shari Hollett
BLIND FRIENDLY THEATRE
Chris Earle turns the dial to 1970s Montreal in this funny, heartfelt solo show about a fiercely loving mom, growing up, and the CBC soundtrack of a childhood
Venue: The Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough) Market Hall venue guide available here
Date: April 15th & 16th, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available through the Market Hall Box Office
Pricing*: $10-$50 + Fees
Suggested Price: $30 + Fees
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Run time: 60 minutes
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
From award-winning Toronto theatre company The Night Kitchen comes a touching, hilarious show about love, listening, and growing up in 1970’s Montreal.
In 1974, 11 year-old Chris Earle’s fiercely unconventional mother, Donnie, ditched the family TV. From that moment on, the radio was ...
Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream
Animacy Theatre Collective & Theatre Direct
THEATRE
Finding Home follows two best friends—and Lake Ontario salmon—on a funny, heartwarming journey through the circle of life
Tickets not available to the public, this show will be presented to school audiences only
Finding Home is the story of two best friends who also happen to be salmon from Lake Ontario. Beagle and Sojo do everything together, as true best friends always do. Until one day Beagle starts to change and gets the urge to set off on an adventure upstream–whether Sojo wants to come or not.
Previous Performances:
Afro Fusion Dance Class with Pulga Muchochoma
Venue: The New Canadians Centre (221 Romaine Street, Peterborough)
Date: Monday September 22nd @ 6:00 PM
Tickets: $10 Available through Eventbrite. Free for New Canadians.
This workshop is limited to 25 participants. New Canadians please email bhisham@nccpeterborough.ca to register.
Pricing*: $10 + Fees
Workshop Lengths: 90 minutes
Accessibility: Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions and requests
Workshop
Pulga will teach a dance class on September 22nd from 6-7:30 at the New Canadian Centre. Pulga teaches a high energy, beginner-friendly class that combines Afro Fusion and Mozambican traditional dance, mixing in movements from Nigeria, Ghana and Angola. Pulga fosters an inclusive ...
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Pulga Muchochoma
DANCE
From the first drumbeat in his mother’s womb to the rhythms of freedom and endurance, Pulga Muchochoma leads us through NGOMA and INKOSI—two powerful works of movement and meaning.
Venue: The Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough) Market Hall venue guide available here
Date: September 25th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available through the Market Hall Box Office
Pricing*: $10-$50 + Fees
Suggested Price: $30 + Fees
*Sliding scale tickets make our general admission shows affordable for all.
Run time: Approximately 70 minutes including intermission.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level, accessible washroom available. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
“In my mother’s womb, I heard the first drum beat.”—Pulga Muchochoma
Experience power and depth of movement in this compelling double bill from acclaimed Mozambican-Canadian dancer and choreographer Pulga Muchochoma, performed with a company of 5.
NGOMA, a solo rooted in Pul...
Rough Cuts
From novels to dance, music to multidisciplinary mashups—Rough Cuts is where local artists test-drive new creations in a super low-tech setting
Venue: The Theatre on King (171 King Street)
Date: October 24th @ 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available through Eventbrite
Pricing*: $10 – $25 + Fees
Suggested Price: $20 + Fees
*Sliding scale pricing is offered to make our tickets accessible and affordable for everyone. All tickets are general admission.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating available at the ground level. Accessible washroom on site. Please reach out to eva@publicenergy.ca with accessibility questions, requests, or to save a seat that’s accessible to you.
Introducing Rough Cuts, a new program built to get creative work on its feet. Rough Cuts is a super low tech opportunity for local artists to showcase works in progress of any genre.
Artist line-up for the inaugural Rough Cuts:Angel Hamilton – a documentary media art piece that bl...