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The Making of an Opera program brings students together with OA’s creative team to learn about all the components that make up an operatic performance. From the music, costuming, set design, dancing and dramatic technique, students participate in an interactive workshop to understand how Opera Atelier produces a Baroque opera and how all aspects of the arts are involved. Teachers and students walk away with newfound appreciation for ballet and opera from the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

MOAO is a 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. workshop and all participants attend a dress rehearsal performance.  Workshop dates for 2010/11 are:

DATES*:    September 20 – 24, 2010

                  March 5 – 11, 2011

TIMES:      9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
VENUE:     Elgin Theatre

                 158 Victoria St.
COST:        FREE

Students from all disciplines are welcome: Classics, French, Italian, Music, Drama, Dance, Visual Arts, History, Social Studies and Career Planning.

Space is limited. To reserve your spot contact Nancy Hitzig at 416.703.3767 x24 or nancy.hitzig@operaatelier.com. As soon as possible.

Culture Days is a collaborative movement to encourage awareness, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. This Canada-wide celebration represents the largest-ever collective public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and cultural community in this country. During Culture Days, thousands of volunteers will organize activities across Canada for the public to experience and co-create arts and culture in the communities where they live. Culture Days will take place on September 24 to 26, 2010, in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and on September 17 to 19 in Alberta.  Visit www.culturedays.ca to find out more.

Culture Days is for everyone – professional or amateur artists, groups or organizations, including culturally diverse, Aboriginal, urban and rural communities. Culture Days fits directly into the goals of the new Ontario Arts Curriculum by introducing the creative process through interactive, participatory and behind-the-scenes activities. Activities can be aimed specifically at students or open to the community at large. Register an activity by visiting: http://www.culturedays.ca/en/organizing-activities/.

Here are some possible activities:

• guided tours (galleries, museums, backstage, historic sites)
• outdoor walking tours (historical, architectural etc.)
• interactive demonstrations of technique, how-to etc.
• introductory courses / workshops / classes
• meet the artists events
• presentation / performance with discussion period
• public rehearsals (with artists talk-back)
• interactive performances, improv creations & street theatre
• collective creations

Risa Productions is presenting Cinderella in the fall. For the CODE members' discount, read to the end of the post!

"Cinderella" is one of the most popular and recognizable pantomimes of all time. This magical, musical tale is of a girl who is picked on and cruelly treated by her stepsisters; who does all the dirty dishes, cleaning and cooking;who wished to go to the Grand Ball; who is granted the once-in-a-lifetime chance and who eventually, wins the hand of the handsome prince and lives happily ever after! Our show is great entertainment for the whole family.  Children and adults alike love the combination of outrageous costumes, slapstick comedy, recognizable songs, dancing and audience participation.  Come and participate in one of the best Festive traditions of all time!

Tuesday November 30, 2010 - 10:30am & 12:30pm

Wednesday December 1, 2010 - 9:30am & 12:30pm

Dates for Whitby Centennial Theatre school shows are:

Tuesday December 7, 2010 - 10:30am & 12:30pm

Wednesday December 8, 2010 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Thursday December 9, 2010 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Tuesday December 14, 2010 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Wednesday December 15, 2010 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Thursday December 16, 2010 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Dates for Whitby Centennial Theatre general public performances are:

CODE MEMBER DISCOUNT:

For school performances, tickets for students are $10 each plus tax and for every 10 tickets purchased the 11th ticket is free.

For general public performances we can offer our discounted group rate price of $22 per ticket plus tax (regular price is $25 per ticket plus tax) and for children 13 years and under $12 per ticket plus tax (regular price is $15 per ticket plus tax)

For more information go to www.risaproductions.com

"Lyric Canada 2010 will bring creators of lyric theatre in Canada and abroad together with scholars, researchers, and critics concerned with historical and contemporary expressions of lyric theatre. For this conference the term "lyric theatre" encompasses a wide range of dramatic works in which sung text is an integral part, including cabaret, musicals, operetta, opera and all points in between."

Theatre Ontario Festival 2010

The Drama Starts Here! London Community Players, Western Ontario Drama League & Theatre Ontario are pleased to be co-hosting Theatre Ontario Festival 2010 at the Palace Theatre in London, Ontario -  May 19 to 23, 2010.

Four of the Ontario regions - ACT-CO (Association of Community Theatres - Central Ontario), EODL (Eastern Ontario Drama League), QUONTA (Northern Ontario Drama Region) and WODL (Western Ontario Drama League) will each send their winning production to this Festival - four plays in four days. A reception at the Aeolian Hall will kick off this week of theatre. There will be a public adjudication by our adjudicators, Theresa Sears and David Switzer, after each evening’s performance, followed by an “Encore” reception . The following morning a detailed adjudication will be held, open to all, and several workshops are planned. The five day event will close with an Awards Lunch on Sunday, when awards will be presented and one of the productions declared “Best Production”.

http://theatreontariofestival2010.webs.com/