Harpist Michael McKay Concert Cancelled

From Mr. McKay:

My darlings, it is with great disappointment that I must announce that I have to cancel this concert (due to illness)

I really wanted to perform for all of you, but I hope you understand that I have to make my recovery a priority.

Sorry,

Mike

CoexisDance 64

Join coexisDance #64 at the Majlis Art Garden on July 19th at 8pm. 

Tickets are $10 at the door.

coexisDance #64: performance on July 19th

Join coexisDance #64 at the Majlis Art Garden on July 19th at 8pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Performers are as follows:


Set one

chris adriaanse (double bass) / emily saunders

rob piilonen (flute) / chelsea papps, jessica houghton

andy yue (keyboards), cassie norton (violin) / corrie sakuluk

rod campbell (trumpet), michael lynn (double bass) / alison keery, emily saunders

Set two

michael lynn (double bass) / chelsea papps

andy yue (keyboards), cassie norton (violin) / corrie sakuluk

rod campbell (trumpet), rob piilonen (flute) / jessica houghton

chris adriaanse (double bass) / alison keery

Harpist Michael McKay to perform at the Majlis

Join singer/harpist Michael McKay for a evening of Medieval and Renaissance music: songs of love, songs of war; songs sacred and profane…and a few good dance tunes thrown in for good measure. 

The concert will take place on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Majlis Art Garden (163 Walnut Ave., Toronto) at 8:00 PM. 

Admission: $20, payable at the door.

coexisDance "from the handbook"

Of Shapes Transformed By Love

 Postcard design by Hilary Scott.

Aim For The Tangent Theatre and Newborn Theatre are proud to present the Toronto debut of Kyle Capstick's latest work - Of Shapes Transformed By Love. 

"When heartbreak transforms us into trees, and passion turns us into beasts, how do we love? Of Shapes Transformed by Love imagines daggers in every smile in a world ruled by the wildness of the heart." 

The Cast:

Wesley J. Colford

Erin Eldershaw

Alexi Pedneault

Matt Pilipiak

Andrew Pimento

Brittany Robinson

Hilary Scott 

Amy Marie Wallace

The Creative Team:

Director - Kyle Capstick

Set Design - Joe Pagnan

Costumes & Props - Lindsay Junkin

Stage Manager - Thalia Leonard 

Movement Dramaturgy - Suzanna Derewicz

The show will be presented in the stunning Majlis Art Garden and runs between May 7th and May 18th.

[163 Walnut Avenue, Toronto Ontario.  map]

Tickets are now on sale (15$ for Students/Arts Workers, 20$ for General Admission) be sure to book quickly as this is one theatrical premiere you will not want to miss!

http://shapes.brownpapertickets.com/

Transport concert

LAST TFF show of YARN then WindDown Fest with Comedy and Storytelling

Final Toronto Fringe Festival show performance of
YARN
is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Saturday Night, July 13th:

COMEDY/STORYTELLING NIGHT 

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WindDown winds up with a night of stand-up that will have you on the edge of your seat... or something.

Hosted by Paul Hutcheson

With performances by:

Titus Androgynous 

Ryan Horwood

Rachelle Elie  Tamara Robert

Nile Séguin
Fay Slift

and special guests...

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Amy Thiessen, Saini and Brulee

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Thursday Night, July 11th:

AMY THIESSEN solo

 AND on Friday Night, July 12th:

Songwriter's Circle:
AMY THIESSEN, ANGELA SAINI, MELANIE BRULÉE

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Calgary singer-songwriter Amy Thiessen headlines the WindDown Festival for two nights. Amy is performing a solo concert (July 11), and leading a Songwriter's Circle with Toronto-based singers Angela Saini and Melanie Brulée (July 12).

      With a resonant voice and a delicate but powerful approach to her acoustic guitar,
an Amy Thiessen performance is reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Sarah Harmer or Beth Orton. A spider weaving together worlds through raw and confessional songs, Thiessen bridges the gap between folk, pop, spiritual, and something uniquely her own.

In 2009 Thiessen released her first EP Tell me and in 2011 her debut album Give up the Fight.
Along with producer Russell Broom (Jann Arden, Micheal Bernard Fizgerald) Thiessen begins recording her next full length album this fall. The disc showcases Thiessen’s revelations and songwriting in their raw yet refined entirety like Damien Rice’s 9
or Beth Orton's Central Reservation.

Woven within the lyrics are subtle personal revelations gathered on her sequestered journeys. 

(Greg Tjepkema)

Singing from the womb, Angela Saini picked up the guitar at 14 and started writing songs in between teaching herself Nirvana covers. Playing in pop/rock outfit ”Supernal” that took her across the continent a few times, performing at festivals alongside bands like Evanescence and Sum 41, she garnered enough experience and road cred to move to Canada’s biggest city.

Runner-up for “Best Female Artist” in the 2010 International Acoustic Music Awards for her song Nurse Me Back to Health (Dear Diary), the debut EP ”Cake and Callouses” was released April 2012. Two cross-Canada tours and a Toronto Independent Music Award nomination later, Angela is poised to release Leap, her follow-up EP filled with songs about self-renewal, empowerment, love and life.


(Steffen Paulus)

Folk-Cabaret performer Melanie Brulée sounds like Edith Piaf and Eartha Kitt walking down a cobblestone road in Paris in high heels while Stevie Nicks and Serena Ryder ride past on vintage bicycles. Her debut solo release, Sucré/Salé, is a 5-track EP which includes lyrics in French and in English and has been described as “quirky and inventive…with instrumentation that adds Euro flair."  2013 will see two of Melanie’s tracks on the Ladies In Waiting Ladies in Waiting collective compilation album Lovesick. 

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Fringe Artist Open Stage #2

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Wednesday Night, July 10th:

FRINGE ARTIST OPEN STAGE #2

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Another night of performers from the 2013 Toronto Fringe 
(plus special guests) 
- with a completely new line-up!

Performers in the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival share scenes, talents, tunes and stories - including material you won't see on the Fringe!

PLUS quirky interviews with performers, including unexpected questions drawn from a hat -
the questions having been written by YOU, the audience.

Is there a burning question you've always wanted to ask a performer - ANY performer?
No matter how strange and personal?
From behind the veil of anonymity?
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.

  

Fringe performers:

Laura Anne Harris

Brad Hart

Andrew Gaboury

Andrew Wade

Richard Willis

PLUS special guests:

satirical songs by Xave Ruth and clown/juggling by Aji

  

  Hosted by Alex Eddington

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Therevox

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Tuesday Night, July 9th:

THEREVOX (soprano meets theremin) 

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Two of the talents behind last year's Toronto Fringe hit The Enchanted Crackhouse bring us an evening of eclectic music for solo soprano... and soprano with theremin. 

KRISTIN MUELLER-HEASLIP -- soprano

            HILLARY THOMSON -- theremin

with Martin Loomer (guitar) and Jason Doell (bass) 

Featuring original music by Hillary Thomson and Alex Eddington as well as new arrangements of Délibes, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Nick Cave, and David Bowie...

   

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with NIghtfall for Fools" (Clown/Mask/Mime)

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Monday Night, July 8th:

 Clown/Mask/Mime: "Nightfall for Fools"

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Join Mildred the Maid as she takes you on a magical journey
of storytelling, dance and speed knitting with her friends.
An evening under the stars with mask, clown and mime artists. 

         

Hosted/curated by Helen Donnelly  as Mildred the Maid 

With: 

Marla Brennan (mask)

Alex Eddington (clown)

Rob Faust (mask)

Stephen LaFrenie and Dana Fradkin (mime/mask)

Andrew Gaboury (clown)

Laura Anne Harris (clown)

Stevie Jay (clown)

Sigrid Johnson  (clown)

Mackenzie Muldoon and Isaac Luy (clowns)
Christopher Sawchyn and Rachelle Elie (clowns)

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with "Fringe Artist Open Stage #1"

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Sunday Night, July 7th:

FRINGE ARTIST OPEN STAGE #1  

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Performers in the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival share scenes, talents, tunes and stories - including material you won't see on the Fringe!

PLUS quirky interviews with performers, including unexpected questions drawn from a hat - the questions having been written by YOU, the audience. 

Is there a burning question you've always wanted to ask a performer - ANY performer?
No matter how strange and personal?
From behind the veil of anonymity?
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.

     

Fringe performers:

Todd Charron

John Grady

Bruce Horak

Jeff Leard

Tonya Jone Miller

Tim Murphy 

WITH surreal physical comedy duo James and Jamesy
from their touring Fringe show
"2 for Tea"

 

PLUS special guest: New York City playwright, theatre performer and podcaster Tom X. Chao

Hosted by Alex Eddington

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Festival with Puppetry Night

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Saturday Night, July 6th:

PUPPETRY NIGHT

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        A casual evening of short acts and scenes by several local puppetry companies, working in a variety of styles, including...
 

 

(photo by Tamara Romanchuk)

Tyler Séguin,  Helen Juvonen and Bonnie Thomson (Tangled Web Theatre)
-- excerpts from Handle with Care

Ben Lee (The Smiling Pets) -- Little Widow

Studio Babette -- Little Fairy Tales for Little People: "Little Red Riding Hood"

Sing-a-long with Puppet What What

  

 AND a special guest appearance by Buttercup

Hosted by Tyler Séguin

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Array Session Players

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Friday Night, July 5th:
  
ARRAY SESSION PLAYERS

Four of Toronto's top musical improvisers come together for
a summer evening session on the intimate Majlis stage.

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Barnko Dzinovic - accordion
Michael Lynn - Bass
Pierre Mongeon - trumpet and flugelhorn
Rick Sacks - percussion

YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with a Dance Night - "Moving Words"

The Toronto Fringe Festival show YARN is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door.
For the following show, delight in:

The WindDown Festival

of intimate, multidisciplinary performance

 @ 9:00pm (doors open at 8:40 pm)

 Tickets for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)

On Thursday Night, July 4th:

DANCE NIGHT - "Moving Words"

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   Emma Letki (photo by Andrea de Keijzer)

Performances by:

Marilena Stalteri and Steve Yee - three Tango pieces

Emma Letki - "Garrison Creek"

Lauren Runions and Kate Houston - "Manic Slang"   

Aisha Sasha John with vocalist Tuku - Untitled Improvisation

PLUS performance poetry by Lo Bil

Fringe with YARN and the WindDown Festival.

It is our pleasure to announce the Fringe festival is coming to the Majlis (a.k.a Venue #27)!

The Majlis will play host to YARN - written/performed by Alex Eddington and directed/dramaturged by Tyler Séguin - as well as to the WindDown Festival, a series of intimate performances with different acts.YARN, "a true story (with live music) of standing stones, superstition... and sheep", runs July 4-14, every night at 7:30pm ( a 60 minute performance).

Fringe show YARN is  followed by WindDown Festival shows at 9:00pm (why have one festival when you can have two different ones at the same venue!?!). Each performance - for both YARN and WindDown Festival performances -  is $10 at the door.

For more information see www.alexeddington.com

More details about the WindDown Festival to come in upcoming posts.

Garden Evening Concert and Cheryl O with friends

It's been pretty quiet at the Majlis, perhaps due to the unending heat.  But we have 2 concerts coming up:

Tricia Postle (mezzo) with William Shookhoff (piano)
August 3rd, 8 pm - suggested donation $20

"Garden Evening" - songs from the 16th century to contemporary. Includes Belle Époque works by Roger Quilter and Raynaldo Hahn, and three Canadian premieres.

Songs about romantic bowers, nightingales, roses, lilacs, gardeners, and talkative crows.
(Storm date August 4th.)

Other upcoming performances

Cheryl O and friends - August 2nd, 8 pm

Cheryl and her cello will be back at Majlis, with percussionist Jeff Luciani and others TBA. We look forward to another evening of deftly-pulled-together, playful, improvisational music.

More details to follow!

Yoga with Gauri Vanarase

It's not just performing arts and roses at the Majlis - there's fitness too!

Gauri Vanarase is offering Yoga classes on Tuesdays, 6 pm to 7 pm. Her teaching style is gentle but highly informed.

$15 per class, Students: $12 or pwyc, through July and August.

Previous experience not required, attending consecutive sessions is encouraged
Please BYO mat and water bottle  For more information: gssv9 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Rose update

Our great leader, Ms Postle, has provided me with the names of the roses I posted:  see here.