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| | SAF - Broadway Bound
90 min - PG
Join us for a fun-filled, music-filled, sure to get you dancing in your seat-filled night with our Musical Theatre Young Company! Broadway Bound dives into the musical theatre world throughout the ages and catapults its audience into the musical theatre experience as they deliver the trickiest moment of any show: transitioning from scene to song to dance! | Buy Tickets |
| | SAF - Herbeaver
90 min - 14A
Herbeaver, a Toronto based female sketch comedy group travels north of the city to bring us their fast paced, feminist and absurd comedy through music and satire!
Summer Arts Fest Mainstage - Mt Alverno | Buy Tickets |
| | Kids Fest - Music Together Class
45 min - limit 24 kids + guardians
Join Pam Scott-Dimetriou for a 45 minute Music Together class. Using song, rhythmic rhymes, movement and instrument play to engage young and old alike; your whole family will have a blast singing and dancing along in this informal, interactive experience. | Buy Tickets |
| | Kids Fest - Music Together concert
45 min -
All children are Musical! Pam Scott-Dimetrious takes to the stage for a Music Together concert experience. Sing, dance and play along to some of your children's favorite songs. While geared for our younger demographic , we promise siblings, parents and guardians alike will have equally as much fun! | Buy Tickets |
| | SAF - John Who
60 min - 14A
Company - Preamble Productions
Writer - Ken Pak
Director - Stefan Dzeparoski
Coming to you from the Toronto Fringe, John is a playwright in crisis. As he writes his ‘Last Play’, his four opinionated yet inspirational muses create chaos, just as his past and present collide. Is he suffering from severe writer’s block? Or losing his grip on reality? A fast-paced, anything-goes live deconstruction of a playwright in crisis | Buy Tickets |
| | SAF - The Chels Stands Alone
50 min 14A
Writer, Creator, Performer - Chelsea Larkin
Director - Stacey McGunnigle
Coming to you from the Toronto Fringe, I know what you're thinking, but don't worry- The Chels Stands Alone isn't your typical one woman show, we promise! Comedian Chelsea Larkin (Just For Laughs, Second City) guides you through a hilarious and relatable journey of characters, songs and wild true stories, inspired by her own real life mission to accept herself as she is (or at least pretend she does). Directed by Stacey McGunnigle (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Second City), The Chels Stands Alone begs the question: what happens when a sweet, funny, pushover speaks her mind for the first time, and it's on stage? | Buy Tickets |
| | Kids Fest - Dungee the Dragon and the Just Okay Juggler
45 min
Journey back in time to the Medieval Ages where the Kingdom of Awesome is under attack by a sassy fire-breathing dragon! The King calls on the Great Knights of the Land to save the day to defeat the dragon, but somehow the job falls on a lonely juggler who must learn to handle three swords (at the same time!) to slay the dragon. Featuring light-hearted humour, a mysterious visitor, a dragon puppet with attitude, and a knife juggling act, this original story will bring laughter and fun to one and all! Join him post show for an interactive workshop free of charge | Buy Tickets |
| | Kids Fest - Fay and Fluffy Storytime
45 min - Geared for kids 3+
Fay & Fluffy, of Family Junior’s The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy, are here to make Storytime a little more FABULOUS (with MUCH more glitter!). Fay and Fluffy’s storytimes are for EVERYONE! With culturally diverse books, a few off key songs, and a supportive and inclusive environment focused on fun, it’s an event enjoyed by everyone willing to have some laughs from babies to grandparents. | Buy Tickets |
| | SAF - Drag Music Bingo & Performances
2+ hrs - 14A
A twist on the classic game we all love. Get Ready to Stamp and Dance! Fluffy Soufle brings a whole new twist to bingo. Spin the records and match the song to your bingo card. Rediscover music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s … and if that wasn’t enough fun, throw in local favourite drag star TroyBoy Parks and friends and you have a party for the ages!
2+ hrs … let’s see where the party takes us | Buy Tickets |
| | Kids Fest - The Campy Camp Campfire Show
45 min
Join Campy Camp’s Camp Director Dan around the (super safe and not at all real) campfire. Original Songs! Original Stories! Original Fun! ! A summer’s worth of camp fun condensed into a one of a kind sing-along or don’t-sign-along show, it's not like any camp you’re used to! Join Dan post show and help him write a brand new camp song in a FREE interactive workshop | Buy Tickets |
| | SAF - Nicholas Mustapha Quartet
90 min - PG
After an action packed week of Summer Arts Fest programming join Nicholas and his quartet as they play us out with some easy listening swing and jazz music. Soak in the speakeasy atmosphere with a cocktail, enjoy the sunset off the horizon and put off thinking about Monday morning for just a couple more hours. | Buy Tickets |
| | She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition
Written by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Murdoch Schon
She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition tells the story of high schooler Agnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister, Tilly. When Agnes stumbles upon Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and ’90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all. She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Recommended for audiences ages 13+
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| | Suddenly Single
Written and Starring: Anne-Marie Scheffler
Your whole life, you just wanted to get married and have babies. It took a bit of time to get there, but you got there. But your perfect life has fallen apart. Now you have your beautiful children and a parenting schedule with the ex. Did you really just land back on the dating market? You may no longer be twenty, but you’ve never been better, and truly, the best is yet to come. | Buy Tickets |
| | They're Found in Trees
A World Premier Written by Norm Foster
They’re Found in Trees is a story about three birdwatchers, or ‘birders’ as they are commonly referred to. William and Mitchell are two middle-aged men who meet every Saturday morning at Fundy National Park in New Brunswick to engage in their birdwatching passion. On this particular Saturday they have advertised in a ‘birder’ magazine looking for other bird lovers to join their club. The two men figure if they have more members, then they will get a break on the exorbitant $7.50 admission fee to the park. Enter Paula Bismark. Paula has just split up from her husband and has decided to try ‘birding’ in order to get her mind off of her failed marriage.
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| | The Last Christmas Turkey
Book by Dan Needles & Music by Clive Vanderburg
Nancy and her younger brother Braden take in an abandoned turkey, only to find that it was supposed to be the guest of honour at the local church Christmas supper. With the help of Spartacus the owl, Petunia the skunk and a cat named Cleopatra, the two set out on an adventure that you’ll never forget! | Buy Tickets |
| | Beneath Springhill
Created by Beau Dixon and Starring Jeremiah Sparks
Created by Beau Dixon / Starring: Jeremiah Sparks
Beneath Springhill is the incredible story of Maurice Ruddick, “the singing miner,” an African-Canadian who survived nine days underground during the historic Springhill mining disaster of 1958. The play is a celebration of hope, courage and community. | Buy Tickets |
| | The Bluff
Written by Kristen DaSilva
Disturbed by a recent tragedy, scientist Edwin Voss is urged by his fiancée, Aurora, to take a sabbatical in the secluded house Edwin inherited from a dying aunt. But, when they arrive, they soon learn the bluff is no place for peace and quiet, and the ghosts of their past may not be the only thing haunting them. | Buy Tickets |
| | The New Canadian Curling Club
Written by Mark Crawford
Four new Canadians from around the globe sign up for a weekly “Learn to Curl” class. Trouble is, their reluctant coach has some strong opinions about immigrants. What follows is the hilarious and inspiring story of a group of unlikely athletes who face off against local prejudice to become a true team. A reflection on the meaning of what it means to be a Canadian, no matter how long you've called the place home. | Buy Tickets |