Hearts Made Great
A staged work presented with orchestra and four performers.
A young Canadian man and his Red Cross nurse sister ship off to England to await the time when they are called into active duty in World War II. They leave behind their mother who lost her husband to WWI. Via the intimacy of letters and music, the story of a Canadian family's odyssey comes to life.
Review: One of the finest ways Londoners could ever salute the Year of the Veteran is on the stage at Centennial Hall this weekend.
Hearts Made Great: "an original combination of period music from the 1940s, new compositions for the orchestra, powerfully restrained words, documentary touches and some glorious singing and playing." (James Reaney)
A universe of emotions -- sorrow, pride, fear, patriotism, hope and relief among them.
See it and hear it and feel it.
In Good Company
Co-Producer: Vast project that celebrates women’s enormous contribution to the arts. IGC brings together artists and audience while supporting the development of new artistic work and celebrating the artists who live in our community.
Northern Daughter
Written, developed and produced by Donna Creighton, “Northern Daughter” provides the audience with an opportunity to view life in an isolated community south of Algonquin Park through the lens of Maria Magdalena VanHelwye. A woman now in her 40s, Maria looks at her life growing up in the Canadian “bush”. The audience, through music and stories get an intimate and often hilarious look at the effects of isolation on women who choose to leave the bush for the city: culture shock, noise and no one who understands their view of the world. Much is known about camping and holidays in “The Park”; much less is known about what it takes to live there, with no plumbing, running water, ice, snow, death and black bears and no way to get out. This intimate glimpse into the hearts and home of one displaced Canadian through different media connects the audience to shared experience regardless of the location.