Miniball is a micro-version of Cannonball Festival featuring encores of previous Cannonball shows, as well as other works not featured in the festival before, to keep the spirit of Cannonball sailing strong throughout the year. Make sure to follow @cannonballfest on Instagram and turn on notifications to be the first to hear about upcoming festivals, show announcements, pop-up programming, and more!

THE OTHER GARDENERS by Very Good Dance Theatre

What happens to (y)our gardens when we can no longer tend to them? When do the things and thoughts we leave behind become burdens, and when are they gifts? Can we both be refreshing fountains of reprieve for others, while we remember to pour into ourselves? What to do when our cup runneth over, and what to do when she's dryyyyyy ... we don't know, will you help us find out?

"The Other Gardeners" is a new project created collaboratively by Very Good Dance Theatre by and for Black artists and/or those from African lineage. "Gardeners" playfully (re)imagines what remains of Eden after its more popular residents (Adam & Eve) have moved on, and reminds us that paradise cannot be destroyed, only lost.

This project explores questions around lineage, diaspora(s), liberation, and asks all those in its midst to grapple with which burdens have been placed on them, by who, and how we can shoulder them (together). This is a Black queering of our origin stories, both a prequel and a sequel, and a conjuring of all the auto-biographies that never came to be ... or at least not yet?

Expect sobbing and laughing, remembering and visioning, dreaming and forgetting, and loving and loving and loving.

Come to learn, come to share, come to mourn, come alone (or not), leave together - connected - nurtured, just as gardens should be.

ABOUT THE EVENT:

Cannonball Festival is an independently produced performing arts festival, concurrent with the Philadelphia Fringe, that presents risk-taking independent artists in back-to-back performances next to delicious lounge spaces, fostering creative collisions and community conversation. Learn more at cannonballfestival.org

Miniball Spring keeps the spirit of Fringe rolling April 6-8, 2023, with back to back performances of new works from some of Philly’s best independent artists. Learn more at cannonballfestival.org/miniball

LINKS:

Philly Theatre Week - Theatre Philadelphia

https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/2023-philly-theatre-week

Support Theatre Philadelphia

https://theatrephiladelphia.org/make-a-donation

Support Cannonball Festival | Miniball

https://www.cannonballfestival.org/donate

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The World

https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/the-world

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Today on the podcast, as part of our 8-part summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, our conversations continue with EgoPo Classic Theatre as we explore how the organization has fared during the pandemic. Here is my interview with Katrina Foy, Managing Director of EgoPo Classic Theatre.

EgoPo transforms timeless works of literature into innovative and immersive theatrical events.

We re-envision the classic canon by re-introducing diverse works and re-bodying existing canonical works to ensure a wide range of voices, bodies and stories are shared on our stages.

We honor and re-awaken these classic texts through a rigorous practice fusing psychological and physical acting and staging.

We curate season-long journeys that foster an inclusive audience space for shared experiences and human connection across cultures and communities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://egopo.org

Learn more about RestART!

RestART: The Arts are Back!

https://phillyfunguide.com/editorial/restart-the-arts-are-back

ABOUT A QUEER CHRISTMAS CAROL

The Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe is thrilled to be partnering with the brand-new performance venue The Painted Mug Cafe to bring you A Queer Christmas Carol, a retelling of the classic ghost story by Charles Dickens...but this time every character is gay.

On Christmas Eve, notorious miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits who vow to make him see the error of his ways. Can Scrooge overcome his greed to become a good person? Is that the real problem here?

Written by: CJ Higgins & Quinton J. Alexander

Directed by: CJ Higgins

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION:

http://www.humnbards.com

https://humnbards.ticketleap.com/a-queer-christmas-carol/

Today on the podcast, Connor Hogan stops by to talk about the FringeArts offering, “Gilligan Gigs Again”, a trivia cabaret on radical self-acceptance. Here is my interview with Connor Hogan.

BONUS: Editor-In-Chief, Alaina Johns talks Accessibility in our first BSR Editorial Corner!!