Who is the ugliest, smelliest most loveable ogre in the kingdom? Anyone who guessed Shrek wins the big prize.
For their big winter extravaganza, St. Albert Children’s Theatre will sing and dance their way through the Shrek the Musical.
This lively adaptation, based on the 2001 Dreamworks Oscar-winning film Shrek, runs Nov. 20 to Dec. 1 at the Arden Theatre.
In this faraway kingdom, relive the magic with a crusty old ogre, a blabbermouth donkey, a short-tempered villain, a cookie with attitude, and a dozen or so oddballs that somehow pull it all together.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 12 at 10 a.m. Adults $26, child/senior $20, available through the Arden box office at 780-459-1542 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Three singers from the Edmonton area francophone community are earning their spurs at Polyfonik tonight at Campus Saint-Jean theatre.
Some of the francophone community’s strongest up and comers, St. Albert’s Nicole Koch, Morinville’s Jaleze Cochlin and Columbian transplant Cristian Murillo team up for a showcase night with a multi-cultural vibe.
Since the fall of 2012, they have worked under the guiding hand of Le Gala Albertaine de la Chanson. Legal’s Joelle Prefontaine was handpicked to conduct special workshops with the trio to polish their chops.
“I mentored them and we went on retreats. We did vocal and physical warm-ups, jam sessions and discussed the meaning of songs. I wanted to bring them back to the basics of song and how we communicate with an audience,” Prefontaine says.
The trio of emerging artists balance a 90-minute concert with everything from francophone and Latin to Irish Celtic and country.
Prefontaine, who has paired up with Mireille Moquin to create new bilingual duo Moon Drifts, will perform the electro-funk Camille j’ai torte as well as the ethereal and dissonant Dimanche aprÄŤs-midi.
“It’s an opportunity to see the diversity of local talent. People get excited about seeing performers on the charts from across the world. But it’s also fun to see what is brewing at home.”
The concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door.
For 12 years, Concrete Theatre has provided little munchkins with imaginative and creative live theatre. This year’s festival takes place June 8 and 9 at the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre in Edmonton.
The crop of four new plays includes: Tracy Caroll’s Letters, about a little girl with dyslexia; Minister Faust delivers The Wonderful Wizard Wangari, a music and movement production about a Kenyan environmentalist; Vern Thiessen gives us Old Nessin, a tale of a boy caught in a snowstorm and saved by a surprising hero, and finally, Michelle Todd’s Kuya, a story about a boy who takes on extra responsibilities when his mother has a baby.
In addition, the festival also encourages other artistic endeavours through face painting, storytelling and crafts. Children are encouraged to interact with playwrights or write their thoughts and hang them on the Common Tree.
Tickets are $5. Children under three get in free. Advance tickets are available at 780-420-1757 or online at tixonthesquare.ca. Tickets at the door are cash only.
It’s 15 years since the Francis Winspear Centre for Music opened its doors as a world-class performance hall. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, organizers are hosting Winspearation 2013 tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It’s an entire day of free activities – crafts, demonstrations and exhibitions – held in the lobby. It’s an opportunity join behind the scenes tours and listen to top tier entertainment.
The all-day entertainment ranges from the World-inspired music of Audrey Ochoa Quartet and the classical Onyx String Quartet to the jazz grooves of Edmonton Jazz Collective and the choral performances of the Kokopelli choirs. Jeremy Spurgeon closes the day with a one-hour organ recital.
The Winspear is at 4 Winston Churchill Square.
