Now Hear This Festival – Out Loud
Event Ended- Where
- Mile Zero Dance Space - 9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta View Map
- When
- Price
- $25/$20 Festival passes $100/$80 Buy Tickets
- Ages
- All ages
- Website
- https://newmusicedmonton.ca/out-loud/
- Contact
- nmegeneralmanager@gmail.com 7802441465 (New Music Edmonton)
Day 2 of New Music Edmonton’s Now Hear This festival: Out Loud is a two-part opera, a contemporary feminist take on classic female characters in literature. Using live performance, electronic audio, and video, the three performers present multi-layered versions of familiar tales, exploring and exposing new strengths and approaches to understanding these well-loved women. Part I, “Solstice Queen”, is a re-examination of Titania, Queen of the Fairies, familiar to many from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania is represented here as a powerful leader, gathering her fairy troupe around her as night falls and the mystical Solstice night begins. Part II, “Mermaid”, is a re-telling of the Little Mermaid fairy tale: in our version, the Mermaid has authority and strength, and explores her powers through conversations with her ancestors. Created and Performed by Helen Pridmore, Jennifer Beattie, and Terri Hron