Just who are you?
Photo: Hintonburg Park will hosting two theatre productions in early July
And how did you get to be who you are?
The nature/nurture debate has been going for decades but after this upcoming Tuesday you just might come around to a new point of view; playwright and performer Eleanor Crowder claims that we are each the sum total of all the stories we have been told, starting with the ones we hear about our own families as we grew up.
That’s the premise of “Family Album” a performance booked to take place in Hintonburg Park on July 7, at 7.00 P.M. Click on the audio link below to hear Eleanor describe the kind of story that just might be revealed from her own past.
The show starts with stories from the performers’s own background using a “rehearsed improv” format and in the second, the stories are suggested by audience members themselves. Perfect for children 6 and up, the play is the first of two coming to Hintonburg Park in the next fortnight. Company of Fools will be presenting their “Shakespeare in the Park” experience with Much Ado about Nothing on the 15th, again at 7.00 P.M.
Both shows are free at the gate, but a hat is passed after the performance.
UPDATE: “Family Album” will also be featured in a backyard theatre performance on July 26, at 244 Northwestern Avenue, in Champlain Park. The show starts at 2.00 P.M. Tickets are available on-site at $10 for adults and $5 for children; proceeds go to the local charity “Achillea Endeavours”
