Magnetic North Theatre festival coming to KW and UW

['Bill Chesney']

Greetings colleagues;

I want to bring to your attention the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, 
Canada's biggest English language festival of Canadian theatre.

Kitchener-Waterloo is hosting the festival for 10 days in June, from the 
9th to the 19th. 10 shows will be presented in a host of venues 
including UW's Theatre of the Arts, the Centre in the Square, the 
Registry Theatre and others, in both cities. UW is a venue sponsor and 
supporter: young theatre artists and students involved with the Compass 
Points program will be on campus attending the festival and launching 
their careers; the Theatre of the Arts is a the venue for two 
productions; and the whole festival will animate the venues and the city 
streets with exciting, provocative live performances.

Plan to see Mump & Smoot 
<http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/pages/programming/mumpandsmootcracked.h
tml>, 
Canada's clowns of horror (definitely not for the kids), in the Theatre 
of the Arts June 9 - 13; or Elephant Wake 
<http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/pages/programming/elephant_wake.html>, 
from Saskatchewan's Globe Theatre, a haunting and moody examination of 
the death of a small town, in the Theatre of the Arts June 14 - 19; or 
any of the other notable, award-winning productions. Local theatre 
companies and artists are prominently featured in a a variety of ways, 
including MT Space's The Last 15 Seconds 
<http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/pages/programming/15_seconds.html> 
at the Registry Theatre June 11 - 14.

Check out the brochure:
http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/pages/programming/index.html

There are other ways to get involved as well, for those who want a 
closer look at the best of Canadian theatre. In particular, the Evening 
with Rick Mercer 
<http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/pages/programming/mercer.html> is a 
great opportunity to spend some quality time with Canada's favourite 
satirist.

I hope you will grab this chance to see some great theatre, support our 
local artists and students, and participate in what promises to be a 
fantastic festival of live theatre.

Best regards,
Bill

William Chesney
Associate Dean of Arts - Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor - Drama
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
519 888 4567 ext. 33554 (Arts Undergraduate Office)
519 725 1794 (fax)
wchesney at uwaterloo.ca