Stratford For All Seasons: Theatre & Arts. Phyllis Hinz

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      SEASON: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

      LOCATION: 15 Church Street and 163 King Street

      WEBSITE: www.findglocal.com/CA/Stratford/198136196982116/Alternative-Theatre-Works

      HIGHLIGHT: Intimate alternative theatre offered by performing artists living in Stratford

      Alternative Theatre Works (ATW) is an independent professional theatre company dedicated to producing theatre outside the mainstream in the Stratford region. The company is a group of professional actors, directors, producers, and educators who live in Stratford, love what they do, and want to share their knowledge and skills with their community. Productions, chosen for their merit as good theatre, are short runs to sold-out houses. You might catch a one-man show, an original play, or an original adaptation of a play. One such production was A Tender Thing by Ben Power, in which Romeo and Juliet did not die but are alive and aging. It’s an alternative take on an ageless story.

      In order to provide a full-stage experience, the small company collaborates with other choreographers, musicians, and designers such as Off the Wall, where theatre professionals offer workshops on backstage production. Working together, ATW and Off the Wall mentor emerging artists. Alternative Theatre Works provides performances and post-show talks for elementary and secondary school students when the subject is suitable. This close contact with the artists who work together to put on a production exposes students to the broad scope of performing arts and perhaps a peek at future careers.

      The Alternative Theatre Works’ performing spaces, The Hall and Factory163, are intimate. No matter where you sit, you are close to the actors. The dialogue, the movement, and the storytelling easily become personal.

      APPETITE FOR WORDS

      SEASON: Fall

      LOCATION: Various locations around Stratford

      WEBSITE: www.stratfordwritersfestival.com

      HIGHLIGHT: Meet chef authors and food writers and taste their literary dishes

      Every October, the Stratford Writers Festival partners with the Stratford Chefs School to feature authors who have written about food or who employ food as a strong component in their novels. Chefs at the Chefs School create dishes inspired by the featured artists’ books. Like dessert at the end of a wonderful meal, Appetite for Words, a literary festival with a culinary twist, takes place during the last three days of the Stratford Writers Festival.

      As an attendee, you can meet and mingle with the authors, taste the food that plays such an important role in their stories, and discuss recipes with the chefs. In addition to literary dinners at the Stratford Chefs School, the Appetite for Words menu also includes meals at Stratford restaurants and rural repasts that showcase the farm-to-table movement in Stratford’s surrounding Perth County.

      Food-writing workshops and tasting sessions during the festival will stimulate your culinary and literary taste buds.

      ART IN THE PARK

      SEASON: Spring, Summer, Fall

      LOCATION: Lakeside Drive between Front and North Streets, just steps from the Avon River

      WEBSITE: www.artintheparkstratford.ca/

      HIGHLIGHT: View original, juried Canadian works of art in an outdoor Stratford space

      What better space for an open-air art show than a tree-lined setting on grass near the walking path along the Avon River? Art in the Park is probably the oldest-running art show in Canada. The first exhibition was held in 1968. All the artists are Canadian residents personally showing their original works. Artists’ pieces are judged prior to being accepted for inclusion in the show. The quality of the work is high. Art appreciators and art lovers looking for new acquisitions return year after year from all around the world.

      Houses on the opposite shore reflect in the water and curious swans drift by as you wander between the easels and around the tables. From one artist’s display to another, you’ll find that everyone is friendly, welcoming, and willing to answer questions. Sculptors, painters, photographers, leathermakers, woodworkers, jewellers, clay and glass artists, printmakers, and others happily talk about their medium and their techniques. You are quite likely to come across unique pieces like pastel paintings of head coverings from past productions of the Stratford Festival or folk harps shaped out of traditional materials. Whether shopping or browsing, Art in the Park will add one more dimension to your visit to Stratford.

      Showings are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from Victoria Day weekend in May until the last Sunday in September, weather permitting.

      CULTURE DAYS

      SEASON: Fall

      LOCATION: Multiple venues around Stratford

      WEBSITE: www.culturedays.ca/

      HIGHLIGHT: Experience Stratford’s cultural talent

      Culture Days are celebrated annually across Canada for three days from the last Friday of September through the following weekend. The goal is to have every Canadian love culture. From morning until night, volunteers run free public events to raise awareness, provide accessibility, and encourage participation in all forms of arts and culture in their communities. Each year, Canadian communities bring a different mix to the smorgasbord of cultural choices.

      In Stratford, over forty different events might include art shows, theatre classes, ballet classes, puppet workshops, readings, dance and musical performances, walking tours, photography, or Stratford Festival workshops. The Stratford Symphony, art galleries, theatres, library, and museums all take part.

      If you are a writer, composer, designer, painter, sculptor, performer, singer, dancer, musician, or any other type of artist, Culture Days provides a platform for СКАЧАТЬ