Award-winning drag tragicomedienne Pearle Harbour presents her cabaret spectacular Agit-Pop! – musical meditations for the pre-post-apocalypse. Developed over five years of live performance, Agit Pop! is an ever-changing collection of Pearle’s favourite, best, and most heart-wrenchingly hilarious short acts. Weaving her signature acid wit and demented storytelling through the day’s headlines, Pearle takes on the … Read more
Sō Percussion is your guide for intriguing journeys to new worlds of sound. The adventurous percussion group is joined by groundbreaking beatboxer Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero. The contemporary music program will include a diverse range of repertoire from contemporary “classics” to new works in an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New … Read more
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme tells the story of middle class Mr. Jourdain who dreams of becoming a gentleman, with comedic results. This concert production features the full KBC ensemble, with special guests Edgar Tumak and Debra Donaldson (Baroque dancers), and Craig Walker (Narration). The KBC is Kingston’s newest orchestra devoted wholly to Historically Informed practice of … Read more
Come celebrate Kingston’s great artistic talent in Art for All! Brainchild of Kingston’s Catie Allan, this is an exhibition and balloted sale of selected works of art in various media created by talented artists from Kingston and beyond. Ballots will be available for entry at the Isabel during the exhibition from October 11 to 14, … Read more
UNO-nominated Cree artist Cris Derksen is an internationally respected Indigenous cellist and composer who weaves her classical background and her Indigenous ancestry together with electronics to create genre-defying music. The ensemble includes the talents of Cris Derksen and her artistic colleagues who together tie the group together with signature pop culture beats and inventive improvisation. … Read more
Chantal Thompson is one of Kingston’s star jazz vocalists who is also a multidisciplinary artist with an international reputation. She performs with leading jazz musicians from Canada, the United States, and Europe, and her music is played on radio and satellite stations around the world. She has performed in many notable festivals such as the … Read more
The Crossing (2017) is a single channel art film made with 7 Syrian refugees who have recently arrived in Europe, many on rafts over the Mediterranean, some just weeks before the filming. The piece is filmed in a former casino (and present-day contemporary Kunsthalle). The Crossing unfolds as a series of slow moving tableaux in … Read more
Since its formation in 2000, Italy’s Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Regularly invited to perform in major music festivals in Europe, North and South America, and Far East, they garner universal acclaim for their high level of interpretive artistry. Be moved … Read more
Two of Canada’s beloved bands join forces to present a special night of music on “The Northern Happiness Tour”. The Northern Pikes bring hits like ‘She Ain’t Pretty”, “Girl With a Problem” and ‘Things I Do for Money” while The Pursuit of Happiness will rock audiences with classic favourites like “I’m an Adult Now’, ‘Hard … Read more
The Comic Strippers are a fictitious male stripper troupe, played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians. These guys try to be sexy it just comes out funny. Constantly grooving and gyrating, in between scenes they banter with the crowd and perform their sexylarious twist on improv sketches. They sing, they dance; … Read more