Walden

Walden by Amy Berryman is currently being presented by Icarus Theatre at The Theatre Centre. It’s set in the United States in a not too distant future where the impacts of climate change have become acute. Summer temperatures in New England push 50C and millions die in tsunamis but social cohesion (such as it is in the USA!) seems largely unaffected. Back to the Earthers flourish unhindered in the mountains but NASA is still funded to the point where it can send manned missions to the Moon or Mars.

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September upcoming

The season starts to ramp up a bit…

Concerts and Opera

  • September 1st at Lula Lounge, Louisa Lyne & di Yiddishe Kapelye, present Leonard Cohen in Yiddish as part of the Ashkenaz Festival.
  • September 18th is the opening of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Four Seasons Centre. There are ten performances split between two casts with the last on October 17th.
  • September 23rd sees the Ensemble Studio open the Free Concert Series in the RBA. Note these shows are still free but are now ticketed.
  • September 30th is National Truth and Reconciliation Day and the COC has a lunchtime lecture/recital in the RBA by mezzo Camryn Dewar on The Evolution of Female Indigenous Representation in Canadian Opera from 1879 to Present.
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