The Pied Piper of Toronto created by Aaron Rothermund/Afterglow Theatre

The Pied Piper played by Eric Hopkins.

Aaron Rothermund dances on stilts in The Sky Dress/Cryptozoology Playground

On June 4th 2010 Cryptozoology Playground performed the first version of "The Sky Dress" at the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival during the noon hour series. We had a great time.

The second version of "The Sky Dress" is shown at Clay & Paper Theatre's "Day of Delight" on June 20, 2010. PWYC Festival of Love in Dufferin Park 2-5, "The Sky Dress" at 4:30pm.

Come if you can.

Aaron

Join us for the 8th annual Day of Delight, a festival of Love, Courtship and Desire in and for Toronto! Theatre, music, dance, stiltwalkers, puppetry and more - all in beautiful Dufferin Grove Park.


The afternoon will feature:



· The Magnificent musical rhythms of Samba Elegua

· The World Premiere of the Bricoteer Puppetry Project's: Great Things Come in Pears

· Spectacular stilt dancing by Zita Nyarady and friends performing: The Sky Dress

· The Amazing Aerialist arts of Diane Mcgrath and friends presenting: Fantasia

· A divine dance piece by Paromita Kar and friends presenting: Detective Lizzarde

· A Passionate puppetry performance of love swimming between a squid and a whale in: Strangers in the Deep performed by Marc Picanto & Delia Farno

· A fantastic fibre arts installation and modern dance collaboration by Fibre Artists Emily Cook, Emily Comeau and dance artist Eden Kahill

· An enchanting worldly dance of love performed by Rainos Mutamba and Rehana Tejpar in Shadows of Desire

· The dazzling Georgian music of love by Darbazi!

· A whimsical version of Midsummers Night's Dream starring kitchen appliances!

· A giant bicycle puppet parade, Cardboardia a silent auction and performances by Clay & Paper Theatre's very own Cyclops: Cycling Oriented Puppet Squad celebrating it's second year of bringing theatreto cyclists and cyclists to the theatre, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.


Bring someone you love to beautiful Dufferin Grove Park for this Delightful afternoon of theatre, music, dance and community arts!


For more info and to volunteer please contact naomi@clayandpapertheatre.org

We look forward to celebrating Day of Delight with you!



About Clay & Paper Theatre:

Out amongst the community bake-ovens and lush gardens of Dufferin
Grove Park, Clay & Paper Theatre has been changing the world. Completely.
Irrevocably. Medieval mystery plays, Punch and Judy shows, African myths,
Indonesian shadow puppetry, Native Canadian masks, commedia dell’arte -
all these and more have influenced Clay & Paper Theatre. The company
is built on the accumulative experience of David Anderson - theatre activist,
producer of new Canadian work, and defender of public space since 1969. This is
theatre on the ground, for the groundlings, in the park and on the street. This
is theatre of exaggeration, of giant puppetry, of satire and wit gone awry.
This is a little theatre company asking big questions with humour and
irreverence.

This is Clay & Paper Theatre.

Emperor reviewed by Jon Kaplan (NOW)

Twitches and Itches Theatre is a Toronto-based company that works on adapting folk tales from around the world.

Three actors. Two folktales. One crown. Emperor adapts a pair of fireside folktales from the island of Majorca into a twisting, exhilarating new play about crooked monarchs, the extent of greed, and the power wielded by kind, honest peasants.

Twitches and Itches Theatre Presents:
Emperor by Colin Bruce Anthes
Directed by Roselie Williamson
With Music by Tom DiMartino
Featuring Aaron Rothermund, Glyn Bowerman, Colin Bruce Anthes
Stage Managed by Holly Lloyd
Set and Costumes by Bryan Hall and Holly Lloyd

Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace April 6-10, 2010

Emperor rules
The energy generated by the three performers in Emperor, a work by young company Twitches & Itches, was enough to lift the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace off the ground by a couple of inches.
Or so it felt in the short piece, adapted by Colin Bruce Anthes from a pair of Majorcan folktales.
Under director Roselie Williamson, the trio played the titular character (Anthes) and his younger relatives, the prince (Aaron Rothermund) and the less clever Pedro (Glyn Bowerman). Stories involving Pedro bookended a longer section in which the emperor and the prince played cat-and-mouse over who would inherit the throne.
The Pedro material proved the more theatrical. The innocent if bungling Pedro, “dim as midnight,” always ignored common sense, mistaking a statue for a man and making a bargain with buzzing flies. The three actors played various human, animal and insect characters with comic zest.
The middle section, packed with too much narrative and stylistically relying on telling rather than showing, didn’t have the same audience draw. Still, Anthes and Rothermund metaphorically circled each other with some elegant parries and thrusts.
Review by

Jon Kaplan
NOW MAGAZINE


Twitches and Itches Theatre
THE EMPEROR FUNDRAISER

A Glamorous Night of Wine, Chocolate Fondue, Steamwhistle Beer, Silent Auction Items and Performances By:

Allison Hogg & Sarah Tompson “I Don’t See Why Not” (Improv)
Zita Nayardy (Dance)
Cristina Taborda (Music)
Ryan G. Hinds (Music)

Please join us on March 13, 2010 from 8:00pm-12:00am Midnight at hub14 for a night of entertainment and fun, in an effort to raise funds for our upcoming production of EMPEROR, playing at TPM’s Backspace from April 6-10, 2010.

Cost is $10 and includes a drink ticket, food, and a chance to see some amazing performances.

All proceeds will go towards the theatre company to help cover the costs of the production thus far.
We are grateful to all and any who can come! If you would like to donate to the company but cannot make the fundraiser, please message us on facebook.