The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is getting ready to launch a year of female power.
The Shadbolt鈥檚 2018/19 season is dedicated to female artists 鈥� starting with the opening Live at the 鈥橞olt event with Elektra Women鈥檚 Choir on Friday, Sept. 21.
鈥淚 have been fortunate throughout my career to work with some awe-inspiring women,鈥� said Cory Philley, theatre and event services coordinator, in a message in the Shadbolt鈥檚 season brochure. 鈥淭hey were and are the kind of artists who challenged me with their fierce intelligence, sly humour, overt kindness, shining talent, silent strength and undeniable humanity to open my heart and be a more compassionate and empathetic human. Something, I think, we can agree the world is very much in need of at the moment.鈥�
Philley noted the whole Shadbolt season will celebrate female artists.
鈥淭hese are the kind of artists who will challenge you with their intelligence, humour, kindness, talent, strength and humanity to open your heart and help make this big, old world a better place for every person,鈥� she said.
Elektra鈥檚 opening performance will see director Morna Edmundson lead her renowned choir in a program that features works by Canadian composers.
A variety of female performers will also be in the spotlight for the Shadbolt鈥檚 Lounge series: singer-songwriters Martha Wainwright on Sept. 27 and Krystle Dos Santos on Oct. 25; comedian Mary Walsh on Nov. 8; soul singer Tanika Charles on Nov. 28; jazz singer Mary Stallings on Feb. 14, 2019; and Juno Award-winner Kellylee Evans on March 21.
The Sole dance series will also feature the works of women. Mandy Parfitt and Amber Funk Barton bring am a to the stage Oct. 3 to 6. Tara Cheyenne Performance comes to the stage Oct. 17 to 20 with I Can鈥檛 Remember The Word for I Can鈥檛 Remember. In the new year, Vanessa Goodman is onstage in a new work from Action at a Distance, In Fiction, Feb. 6 to 9, while Company 605 brings new work to the stage Feb. 21 to 23. Hako, from Ouro Collective and Tangible, brings a multi-disciplinary dance experience to the stage May 22 to 25.
The Independents theatre series will see Theatre Replacement鈥檚 MINE onstage Nov. 14 to 17, Carmen Aguirre鈥檚 Broken Tailbone from March 13 to 16; Alley Theatre鈥檚 The Good Bride April 9 to 12; and Let鈥檚 Try This Standing, from Keep Good Theatre Company, April 24 to 27.
The season-ending Live at the 鈥橞olt event, Persistence, will be curated by Philley and Maiko Yamamoto and run in Deer Lake Park from June 20 to 22. It will feature a multi-disciplinary evening of women artists in response to the now-infamous words of Senator Mitch McConnell 聽- remember 鈥淣evertheless, she persisted鈥�? - describing his colleague Senator Elizabeth Warren鈥檚 refusal to yield the Senate floor when told to sit down and be quiet.
鈥淭he artists will 鈥榲oice鈥� their response to his directive, creating an evening that will be anything but quiet,鈥� says a write-up about the event. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not sure what鈥檚 going to happen, but you can be sure it will be fun, informative, cheeky and defiant. We will persist!鈥�
For all the Shadbolt Centre details, see . Tickets for all shows can be purchased at tickets.shadboltcentre.com or by calling the box office at 604-205-3000.
