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Past Folk Play Performances - Ontario
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Ontario, Canada
| Date | Group | Time | Venue | Contact |
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 20:00 | Nationwide
[Hour-long documentary film on Mumming in Newfoundland, Ireland and Philadelphia. Timing, Ontario time] |
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| - | - | 23:00 | Nationwide
[Hour-long documentary film on Mumming in Newfoundland, Ireland and Philadelphia. Timing, Ontario time] |
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Wassail singers and dancers | 19:30 | London, Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club
[We are doing a Mummer's play from Newfoundland. At the Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, we are appearing with the Wassail Choir of London.] |
Tom Siess (519)690-0083 |
[View This Day Only] |
Wassail singers and dancers | 20:00 | Georgetown, John Elliott Theatre
[We are doing a Mummer's play from Newfoundland. In Georgetown, the play is part of a stage performance which includes carols, Morris and sword dance, English country dance, and seasonal prose and poetry.] |
Tom Siess (519)690-0083 |
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Tranzac Mummer's Play | 21:00 | Toronto, Tranzac Club
[The Tranzac Christmas Party (formerly the Parry Family Christmas Party) has included a Mummer's Play for some years now. For the last dozen years or so this has been written, directed and performed by the children of Toronto's Folk Community. This year's play was adapted and directed by my niece, the world famous Madison Watson.] |
Watson Madison |
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Wassail!, True North Music and Dance | 19:15 | London, Waverley Mansion, Christmas Open House
[The play (adapted from a Newfoundland Mummers' script) was included in a production called Wassail?, which included carol, morris and sword dances, English Country dance, and seasonal prose and poetry from the 18th and 19th Centuries.] |
Tom Siess (519)690-0083 |
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Wassail!, True North Music and Dance | 14:00 | London, Wassail!, New St. James Presbyterian Church
[The play (adapted from a Newfoundland Mummers' script) was included in a production called Wassail?, which included carol, morris and sword dances, English Country dance, and seasonal prose and poetry from the 18th and 19th Centuries.] |
Tom Siess (519)690-0083 |
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Wassail!, True North Music and Dance | 13:00 | London, Wassail!, Colborne St. United Church
[The play (adapted from a Newfoundland Mummers' script) was included in a production called Wassail?, which included carol, morris and sword dances, English Country dance, and seasonal prose and poetry from the 18th and 19th Centuries.] |
Tom Siess (519)690-0083 |
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Toronto Morris Men | 12:00 | Toronto, The Pump, Bloor just W. of Brunswick, N. side
[Twelve bars in twelve hours, including an eight-man mummers' play. We will try to avoid 'pirate-acting', and find that fine point that lies near the intersection of self-absorption, well-meaning earnestness, drunken abandon, reverential traditionalism, and nihilistic, dada-inspired, audience-responsive street theatre. ] |
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| - | - | 13:00 | Toronto, Cloak and Dagger, 394 College St. | - |
| - | - | 14:00 | Toronto, The Embassy, 223 Augusta Ave. | - |
| - | - | 15:00 | Toronto, Magpie, 831 Dundas St. West | - |
| - | - | 16:00 | Toronto, The Press Club, 850 Dundas St. West | - |
| - | - | 17:00 | Toronto, Communist's Daughter, 1149 Dundas St. West | - |
| - | - | 18:00 | Toronto, Sweaty Betty's, 13 Ossington Ave. | - |
| - | - | 19:00 | Toronto, Done Right Inn, 861 Queen St. West | - |
| - | - | 20:00 | Toronto, Gypsy Co, op - 815 Queen St. West | - |
| - | - | 21:00 | Toronto, Squirly's, 807 Queen St. West | - |
| - | - | 22:00 | Toronto, Miracle Cafe, 685 Queen St. West | - |
| - | - | 23:00 | Toronto, Wheat Sheaf, 667 King St. West | - |
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