SPARK
Welcome to the SPARK Festival 2012
From March 12 – 25, 2012 we’ll be presenting our annual SPARK Festival, full of new plays, new ideas and a ton of free events crafted just for you. We’ll be updating this page as we progress but right now we wanted to give you the heads up as we’ve been getting lots of inquiries.
To get the latest news on all of these events you can follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook or sign up for our SPARK email list.
Single Tickets
Single Tickets for our SPARK shows will go on sale January 3, 2012. All tickets are $20 (Adult), $15 (Post Secondary Students) and $10 (High School Students). ID required.
SPARK Festival Passes (4 tickets)
If you are a Belfry Season Ticket Holder you can get a SPARK Festival Pass right now for $64. Just give us a call at 250-385-6815.
No Season Tickets? No problem. You can get your SPARK Festival Pass now for $72.
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THE BIG SHOWS
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March 13 – 18, 2012
Goodness
by Michael Redhill
Volcano, Toronto
Winner, Best of Edinburgh Award, 2006
“Explosive… I doubt if there will be a more gripping theatrical experience…at Edinburgh this year.” The Independent
“One of the top ten shows of the past decade” NOW Magazine
“Gripping and important” The New York Times
Goodness, from Toronto’s Volcano, has played Edinburgh, New York and Rwanda, stunning audiences at each theatre. While the play examines genocide through a series of concentric stories enveloping each other, we are never told where the genocide has occurred, leaving us all to question what we believe. Goodness is about what happens in the gaps between experiencing, telling and hearing.
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March 14 – 18, 2012
Kitt & Jane
by Ingrid Hansen, Kathleen Greenfield and Rod Peter Jr.
Belfry Incubator Project 2012 – Premiere
SNAFU Dance Theatre
“Kitt is the sort of girl that director Terry Gilliam might have dreamed up.” The Calgary Herald
Fourteen-year-old social-rejects (and possible geniuses) Kitt and Jane host an interactive survival guide to the post-apocalyptic future.
SNAFU’s work has been described as fresh and daring, provocative and engaging —and, at times, wonderfully silly. Kitt & Jane is a sequel to their highly acclaimed production, Little Orange Man seen at the 2010 Calgary Fringe and our 2012 Incubator Project. Through our Incubator program, we provide support and mentorship for local independent theatre companies wishing to explore new work, new practices, or new artistic territory.
While SNAFU’s work is inspired by a radical collection of ideas (Viewpoints – a creation practice that provides a vocabulary for thinking about and acting upon movement and gesture, Butoh – a Japanese avant garde performance art, found-object puppetry, clown, ritual, fables, politics, children, history, and lore), it is always surprising and delightful.
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March 21 – 24, 2012
When I Was A Kid
by Shane Koyczan
” He has an ability to take you straight to the heart…. He makes you feel the depth of love, joy and pain in everyday life.”The Guardian
“Shane Koyczan is electrifying. It’s a rare poet who can make his audience laugh and cry; this is a writer who will break your heart then heal it.” – Val McDermid, author of The Grave Tattoo
You probably know Shane. He’s best known for the piece “We Are More,” which he performed at the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies, but he was an established and well-respected artist long before that.
Accompanied by his band, The Short Story Long, Shane explores what it means to grow up – what we learn, what we forget, what we gain and what we give up. When I Was A Kid is a quest to rediscover our silliness and to embrace our wonder, to let go of our fear and spark our imaginations.
You only have to hear Shane Koyczan once to be hooked. He is humane, furious, sexy, political, tragic and so funny you’ll be laughing through your tears.
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March 21 – 25, 2012
Fish Eyes
by Anita Majumdar
Fish Eyes will have you laughing. Anita’s piece, Fish Eyes, complete with Bollywood dance moves, tackles imperialism and cultural misapproriation, with a sly nod as she struggles to find herself and her cultural identity. This comedic “east meets west” story celebrates the joy of youth and heritage.
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Workshops
On the weekends during SPARK we’ll host professional development workshops for local theatre artists. You can learn new skills (like Acting Shakespeare) or dive into an artist’s creative process.
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Free Stuff – Miniplays
During SPARK Festival 2012 you can see our free miniplays. We commission an eclectic group of local artists to create 10 minute plays for SPARK. You can see them most evenings before the Big Shows.
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Free Stuff – New Play Readings
Each week of SPARK starts with a free new play reading. We team the playwright with a director and actors and together they will present their work – it could be a new show the Belfry has commissioned or a piece we think merits another look.
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