What a Weekend!: The Colores, Saving Monarchs and Fantastic and Fantastical

The Colores –Written by Donna Wootton The COLORES presentation at The Canadian Tapestry and Texture Centre in Oak Heights was a rich tapestry of song cycles, music history and personal resistance, starring the energetic and talented Fabian Arciniegas. I didn’t know exactly what to expect from this local opera singer, who wowed the audience with…

Behind the Scenes at Fantastic & Fantastical

Just before their very first rehearsal, Bob Bailey interviews cast members from “Fantastic and Fantastical”, three evenings of three one-act plays that will be given staged readings featuring local actors. To give audiences a chance to see these plays close to home, all three plays will be presented on three different days in three different…

Get Ready for Drama! by Jessica Outram and Felicity Sidnell Reid

The NFOTA Drama Project Committee is delighted to announce the names of the three one-act plays chosen for presentation as staged readings during the Festival. Congratulations go to Donald J Anderson for his play Screwed, Christopher Cameron for Nail Polish and Karen Palmer for Wind on Weller’s Bay. Eighteen local playwrights submitted, and an independent…