A. Gaboury

Trolls by Lamplight

a field of crowns will be performing a brand new Christmas play as part of

CHRISTMAS BY LAMPLIGHT @ Black Creek Pioneer Village:

The Fantastic Voyages of the Three Kings

written by Andrew Gaboury

Starring Blythe Haynes, Alexi Pedneault and Andrew Gaboury

With Masks by Alexi Pedneault and Evan Harkai

A young man who hates Christmas dinners turns a wish into a joke that will ensure he never has to attend another Christmas dinner again. Little does he know that even bad wishes have a tendency of coming true and partway through the night he is visited by two uninvited guests.

Saturday, Dec. 6th, 13th, and 20th

4 showings nightly

@ the Dickson’s Hill School

Visit www.blackcreek.ca for tickets

ON AND ON AND ON @ Nuit Blanche

On October 4th, we were invited to be part of Urbanspace’s The Shape and Form of the Future, an installation at site 68 (401 Richmond) during Nuit Blanche. Shape and Form was all about getting an audience to play and the importance of play in our artistic practice.

ON AND ON AND ON was designed to be a drop-in, all-night, indoor campfire where people were invited to sit around and tell us a story in whatever way they knew how. We offered a pianist, a guitarist, percussion, sharpies and paper, some dancers and actors to help bring these stories to life. We even had Nicole Ratjen participating via twitter all the way in Berlin; every now and then she’d send photos of landmarks and ideas from another time zone.

Our overarching question for the night was, How do you tell a story to a room full of strangers? With the answer being, We’ll help you.

We ensured a steady group of artists to be present throughout the night, to keep the improvisation moving and to keep the dynamic shifting as new artists and new audience came in.

Participating artists included:

Rob Schuyler
Nicole Ratjen
Jeff Giles
Alexi Pedenault
Christian Quaresma
Evan Harkai
Oliver Georgiou
Thomas McKechnie
Jesse Byiers
Kitty Orsten
Damian Norman
Kallee Lins
Colleen Snell
Fiona Sauder
Andrew Gaboury

Ever tell a story to a room full of strangers?

a field of crowns is pleased to bring together a talented group of artists to host a night of improvised storytelling. The piece, ON AND ON AND ON, is part of Urbanspace’s “THE SHAPE AND FORM OF THE FUTURE” at 401 Richmond, Location 68, during this year’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche!

ON AND ON AND ON is an experiment in large group storytelling that challenges any audience member who wants to take part to try something they have never done before. How do you tell a story to a room full of strangers? I’m not entirely sure, but with a room full of actors, dancers, visual artists and musicians, I’m sure we can find a way.

ON AND ON AND ON

on a box on the street

It is a wonderful, scary and large feeling to set up on the side of the street, unannounced, and step up onto a white box wearing all black and begin sharing physically-animated poetry and stream of conscious with whoever is passing by. Thanks to those that stopped, even for a moment, to hear a bit of the world I experience, and to Lisa Pijuan-Nomura and the James North Studio for hosting me this past weekend. It’s always a pleasure to share with and receive artistic impulses with the exciting city that is Hamilton.