WEDNESDAY JUNE 4th, 2008

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The Postman Enveloppes et Déballages by Velo Theatre, France Par Vélo Théâtre Grades K + up www.velotheatre.com Performance: Wednesday June 4th @ 1 pm Friday June 6th @ 10 am & 1 pm Venue: Wolf Performance Hall Central Library - 251 Dundas Street

A postman’s daily route is an odyssey of illusions and dreams that surge from the extraordinary parcels he carries on the back of his bicycle. As the secret of each parcel is uncovered, he reveals a fanciful continent, a fantasy of holidays, and an atmosphere of uninhibited games set against a background of palm trees and ocean. The images unleashed from these carefully wrapped packages will transport the audience from the jungle, to the circus, to a world full of sharks, mermaids, and tropical birds. Warm, funny and poetic, The Postman is a living postcard sure to unleash the imagination. www.velotheatre.com

Curriculum Connections: Verbal & Non- Verbal Communication, Poetry, Drama, Symbolic Expression of Ideas.

En grande tenue de livraison, un facteur apporte sur son vélo le théâtre de ses rêves, en paquets piégés, bourrés d’images explosives. En forçant le secret de ces colis, il va faire surgir un continent fabuleux, une illusion de vacances, un climat de jeu sans pudeur sur fond de palmier et d’océan. On voyage du paquet jungle au paquet cirque au gré de la fantasmagorie de ces emballages réglementaires des postes. Une belle aventure en forme de carte postale animée, pleine de tendresse, de poésie et d’humour. Ce modeste préposé est un livreur de rêves. www.velotheatre.com

Programme d’etudes: Communication Verbale et Non-Verbale, Poésie, Drame, Expression des Idées Symbolique

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Youth Leadership Program by Wildfire Dance Theatre, Ontario Grades 6 - 8 www.wildfiredt.com Performance: Wednesday June 4th @ 10 am Thursday June 5th @ 10 am Venue: The Arts Project 203 Dundas Street

Wildfire Dance Theatre, a group of international young adults ages 17-23, use art to explore the inescapable challenges facing youth today: extremes in wealth and poverty, peer pressure, inequalities among race and ethnicities, and bullying. Wildfire and London International Children’s Festival present the Youth Leadership Program, consisting of a main-stage production, a workshop of discussion and activities, and community service project at the Festival. Through youth teaching youth, children are motivated to change the world and inspire action for positive change.

Curriculum Connections: Interpretive Dance, Music, Social Issue Awareness, Cultural Diversity, Leadership, Healthy Development.

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The Ugly Duckling by Little Red Theatre, Ontario Grades K - 4 www.littleredtheatre.on.ca Performance: Wednesday June 4th @ 1 pm Thursday June 5th @ 1 pm Venue: The Arts Project 203 Dundas Street

Once upon a time, there was a dejected misfit who grew into the most glorious creature of them all. Never has such a fairy tale transformation touched more hearts than the one in The Ugly Duckling, one of Hans Christian Andersen's most familiar and cherished stories. Little Red Theatre retells the fable through seasons and film media touching on themes of acceptance, loneliness and self-discovery.

Curriculum Connections: Dance, Drama, Puppetry, Media Art, Storytelling, Music, Life Skills. Suitable ESL students

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A Promise is a Promise Adapted by Barbara Poggemiller From a book by Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak Music by Holly Harris Directed by Dean Patrick Fleming Grades K - 4 www.geordie.ca Performance: Wednesday June 4th @ 10 am & 1 pm Thursday June 5th @ 10 am & 1 pm Venue: Spriet Theatre

Based on an Inuit Folktale, A Promise is a Promise tells the adventure of Allashua, a young girl who promised her parents she would not go fishing by the sea because deep under the Arctic Ocean lives the Quallupilluit, a monster who steals children into her underwater world. But Allashua breaks her promise to her parents, and now must make another promise to the Quallupilluit. Using masks, music and dance – and a few willing kids out of the audience – Geordie brings back its best loved production of all time so that a new generation can share the magic of Robert Munsch's story.

Curriculum Connections: Oral Storytelling, Masks, Mechanics of Inuktitut Language, Nunavut Geography, Social Studies, Dance, Drumming, Family Relationships

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