Artpark
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Cinderalla - August 9 to 17
Mainstage, Artpark, Lewiston, New York
www.artpark.net
Carousel Players
Jennifer Overton: Spelling 2-5-5 - May 3 to 5
Michaela Washburn & Carrie Costello: Water Under the Bridge - Showcase presentations, April & May
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines
905-682-8326, ext. 26www.carouselplayers.com
Centre for the Arts, Brock University
Ravi Coltrane Quartet - February 2
Al Simmons (Wee Ones) (David S. Howes Theatre) - February 5, 2:30 pm
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre - Medicine Bear (David S. Howes Theatre) - February 19, 2:30 pm
Emilie-Claire Barlow with special guest Brandi Disterhet - February 23
The Improvised Shakespeare Company - February 29
DRUM! - March 1
605 Collective - Audible (David S. Howes Theatre) - March 3
Arturo Sandoval: A Tribute to My Friend Dizzy Gillespie - March 4, 2:30 pm
Michael Kaeshammer - March 8
Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love - A Celebration of "Lady Day" - March 22
The Adam Growe Comedy & Quiz Showe - March 24
Volcano Theatre - Goodness - March 28
Julliard String Quartet - March 30
Light Wire Theatre: The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and the Hare (Wee Ones) - April 1, 2:30
Pavlo, Rik Emmett & Oscar Lopez - April 5
Classic Albums Live: The Doors - L.A. Woman - April 11
India Jazz Suites - April 12
James Hunter - April 19
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - April 21
Brass Transit: Plays the Music of Chicago - April 25
Joel Plaskett Emergency - April 27
Jim Cuddy - April 29
Straight No Chaser - May 25
All performances at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
905-688-5550, ext. 3257; www.Arts.BrockU.ca
Chorus Niagara
No Mortal Business - Premiere performance by Canadian composer Alan Bevan (with Orpheus Choir of Toronto) - March 3 - Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria, downtown St. Catharines
Deep In My Heart - Sparkling operetta delights - June 2, 3 - Centre for the Arts, Brock University
905-688-5550, ext. 3257/1-866-617-3257; www.arts.brocku.ca
Essential Collective Theatre Company
William Shakespeare with Raoul Bhaneja - Hamlet (solo) - March 3
Wine & Reading # 6 at 13th Street Winery - May 5, 2012
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines
905-684-6255; www.ectheatre.ca
Gallery Players of Niagara
Silence is Golden - February 11 - Niagara Artists Centre, downtown St. Catharines
Tall Tales and Short Sketches - March 25
Let The Cycles Begin! - April 29
All performances at St. Barnabas Church, St. Catharines, unless otherwise noted
905-468-1525; www.galleryplayers.ca
Lewiston Council on the Arts
Toast & Jam open mic jam sessions - Monday evenings, February 13 to March 19
The Brickyard Pub, Lewiston, New York
1-716-754-0166
Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects, St. Catharines
Thornton Wilder: Our Town (Young Company) - April 10 to 21
All performances at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines
905-938-1222; www.lyndesfarnetheatreprojects.com
Marilyn I Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts, Brock University
ENCORE! Professional Concert Series
Africville: Joe Sealy, George Elliott Clarke & Friends - February 3
Tempted by Opera...Give in to Carmen! - March 23
The University Wind Ensemble; Zoltan Kalman, cond.
April 3
Tuesday music@noon Recital Series
Faculty Recital: Tim White, trumpet; Karin Di Bella, piano - February 7 - Concordia Seminary Chapel
Recital: Piano, Voice & Instrumental students - February 14 - Concordia Seminary Chapel
Faculty Recital: Gordon Cleland, cello; Erika Reiman, piano - February 28
Recital: Voice students - March 6
Recital: Instrumental students - March 13
Recital: Voice students - March 20
Recital: Instrumental students - March 27
Recital: Piano students - April 3
Viva Voce! Choral Series
The Avanti Chamber Singers - February 11 - St. Barnabas Anglican Church
The Brock University Choirs - November 26 - St. Thomas Anglican Church
All performances at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre unless otherwise noted
905-688-5550, ext. 3257; www.Arts.BrockU.ca
neXt Company Theatre
Richard O'Brien: The Rocky Horror Show - February 16 to 25
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines
905-688-5550, ext. 3257; www.nextcompanytheatre.com
Niagara Concerts
Leahy - April 21
Michael Burgess & Rebecca Caine - May 12
Niagara Centre for the Arts, Niagara Falls
905-358-6174
Niagara Dance Company
2nd Annual Seeds in Time - March 4, 2 pm
Pearl - June 8, 9, 8 pm; June 10, 2 pm
All performances at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre unless otherwise noted
www.niagaradancecompany.com
Niagara Symphony
Masterworks Series
March 18 - Kevin Mallon, guest conductor; Douglas Miller, flute; Deborah Braun, harp
Quesnel/Ridout: Overture to Colas et Colinette
Cimarosa: The Italian Girl in London (North American premiere)
Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major
May 13 - Bradley Thachuk, cond.; Erika Raum, violin
Estacio: Spring's Promise
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Pops! Series
February 25 & 26 - February Fiesta! - Laura Thomas, cond.: Lisa Lubin, steel drums
April 14 & 15 - Last Night at the Proms: 1812 Edition!; Bradley Thachuk, cond.; Niagara Youth Orchestra
All performances at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre
905-688-5550, ext. 3257; www.NiagaraSymphony.org
Primavera Concerts
Yegor Dyachkov, cello; Jean Saulnier, piano - February 12, 3:00 pm
Erica Goodman, harp; Leslie Newman, flute - April 15, 3:00 pm
Patrick Wedd, organ; Alain Trudel, trombone - June 1, 7:30 pm
All concerts at St. Barnabas Church, St. Catharines, unless otherwise noted
905-934-9285; www.primaveraconcerts.ca
Shaw Festival
Documentary Film Series, Festival Theatre
Forks Over Knives (U.S.A., 2011) - February 3
Page One: Inside the New York Times (U.S.A., 2001) - February 10
Project Nim (U.K., U.S.A., 2011 - February 17
Documentary films screen Friday evenings at 5:30
1-800-511-7429 or www.shawfest.com
St. Catharines Chamber Music Society
Laura Secord - a Concert Presentation of Chamber Music - March 17, 1 pm - St. Catharines Centennial Library
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ - April 6 to 9 - St. Catharines United Mennonite Church; St. Thomas More Catholic Church; Maranatha Christian Reformed Church
Rachmaninov Concert - date TBA - St. Catharines United Mennonite Church
905-934-8148; www.stcatharineschambermusicsociety.com
Suitcase in Point Theatre Company
The Daredevil Project (workshop presentation) - February 9 to 12
A Family Day Cabaret - February 19, 7 & 10 pm - The Merchant Ale House, downtown St. Catharines
In the Soil - Niagara's Homegrown Arts Festival - April 23 to 29 - various locations throughout downtown St. Catharines & Centre for the Arts, Brock University
The Big Time, A Suitcase in Point Fundraiser - June 2 - Robertson Hall, downtown St. Catharines
All performances at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines, unless otherwise noted
www.suitcaseinpoint.com
Theatre Beyond Words
Potato People: the Next Generation - Tales from the Garden (2012 edition) - March 23, 24
Potato People: the Next Generation - Tales from the Garden (2012 edition) - March 26 to April 22 - Ontario Tour
All performances at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, downtown St. Catharines, unless otherwise noted
905-468-7582; www.theatrebeyondwords.ca
John Laing Singers
Mystery & Majesty - February 25, 7:30 pm - Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
February 26, 3:30 pm - St. Paul's United Church, Dundas
Dreams & Dances - April 28, 7:30 pm - Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
April 29, 3:30 pm - St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Oakville
905-628-5238; www.johnlaingsingers.com
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Masterworks Series
One Thousand And One Nights - February 11 - Matt Haimovitz, cello; James Sommerville, cond.
Debussy (orch. Caplet): Clair de lune
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo et Juliette
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1
Dvorak: Silent Woods
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony - March 31 - Cameron Crozman, cello; James Sommerville, cond.
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Ehnes & Beethoven's Ninth - May 26 - James Ehnes, violin; James Sommerville, cond.
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Ode to Joy" - soloists; Chorus Niagara; Bach Elgar Choir
Pops Series
Cherish The Ladies: Celtic Pops Spectacular - March 3
When Swing Was King - Carl Topilow, cond. & clarinet; Helen Welch, vocalist - April 28
Family Series
How the Gimquat Found Her Song - February 25, 2 pm - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at Mohawk College
Special Benefit Concert
Hamilton's own funnyman Martin Short & the HPO - June 21
All performances at the Great Hall, Hamilton Place, unless otherwise noted
905-526-7756; www.hpo.org
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society
WLU Composers, Improvisers Association concert - Gone with the Winds Trio & Ad Astram Quartet - February 1
Winston Choi, piano - February 3
New Orford Quartet - February 7
The Cecilia Quartet - February 9
New Orford Quartet; Arthur Rowe, piano - February 10
Jorge Caballero, guitar - February 12
Kate Boyd, piano - February 16
Penderecki Quartet & Pentaedre Woodwind Quintet - Maureen Forrester Hall, WLU - March 1
David Jalbert, piano - March 6
Michael Lewin, piano - March 26
Winston Choi, piano - April 14
KWCMS Music Room, Waterloo, unless otherwise noted
Tickets available for all performances online through TicketScene
Aluna Theatre in association with Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
Panamerican Routes/Rutas Panamericanas: A New Festival of Theatre for Human Rights - May 15 to 27
Theatre Passe Muraille MainSpace & Backspace
www.alunatheatre.ca
Art of Time Ensemble, Toronto
Cantabile: An Evening of Italian Music - February 10-11
Brasil (co-production with Koerner Hall) - March 3
Russian in Exile - April 20-21
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - May 31 to June 2
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
416-973-4000; www.artoftimeensemble.com
Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto
Steve Solomon: My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! (starring Paul Kreppel) - to February 5
Jim Brochu: Zero Hour (starring Jim Brochu) - February 8 to March 11
Bathurst Street Theatre
1-855-985-2787; www.italianjewish.ca
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto
Puccini: Tosca - to February 25
Saariaho: Love From Afar - February 2 to 22
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann - April 10 to May 14
Double Bill - Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy/Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - April 26 to May 25
Handel: Semele - May 9 to 26
Handel: Semele (Ensemble Studio Performance) - May 23
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
1-416-363-8231; www.coc.ca
Dance Immersion, Toronto
4 Spectacular Showcases as part of the 24th Annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference & Festival - to January 29
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Exhibition Place
1-416-504-7529; www.danceimmersion.ca
DanceWorks presents Sylvain Emard Danse
Fragments - Volume 1 (Toronto premiere) - March 3
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
1-416-973-4000; www.danceworks.ca
National Ballet of Canada
Herold: La Fille mal gardee - February 29 to March 4
The Seagull - March 21 to 25
Hamlet - June 1 to 10 (North American Premiere)
Mixed Programme: Chroma/Song of a Wayfarer/Elite Syncopations - June 13 to 17
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
1-416-345-9595/1-866-345-9595; www.national.ballet.ca
Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Toronto
the sound and feel of it; choreography by Peggy Baker - to January 29
Betty Oliphant Theatre
1-888-222-6608; www.peggybakerdance.com
TheatreRUN, Toronto
Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Double (World Premiere adaptation by Adam Paolozza) - February 3 to 19
Factory Studio Theatre
1-416-504-9971; www.factorytheatre.ca
Chamberfest, Ottawa
New Music, New Places
The Sacred Space - Beechwood, The National Cemetery of Canada - March 11, 11 am
Irene's Pub - Irene's Pub, Bank Street - March 11, 8 pm
Simon Bolivar String Quartet - Dominion-Chalmers United Church - April 1, 3 pm
1-613-234-6306; www.OttawaChamberfest.com
