Kings arts scene - as of March 3

BY WENDY ELLIOTT

Kings County Register

Irish drama

The Acadia Theatre Company presents The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh.

The play runs March 5 to 8 and again March 12 to 15 at 8 p.m., with Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. March 8 and 15, in Lower Denton Theatre at Acadia.

Ticket prices are $12 regular and $10 for students/ seniors and may be purchased at the Box of Delights Bookstore in Wolfville or at the door. Tickets may also be reserved by calling the reservation line at 585-1766.

Pianist performs

The Acadia Performing Arts Series presents pianist Janina Fialkowska March 8 at 8 p.m. at the Festival Theatre in Wolfville

Tickets are $26, $17 (students) and are available at the Acadia Box Office at 542-5500 and at the door. Any remaining tickets will be available at 7 p.m. March 8 for half-price (adults) and $10 for students.

At the Evergreen

Stan Carew and the Magpies will perform at the Margaretsville Evergreen theatre March 9 at 2 p.m.

Carew has been the host of Weekend Morning on CBC Radio since 1997. He hopes it's the final stop on a radio road that started in 1968 at CHNS in Halifax. He’s also an actor and musician, having appeared in movies that featured Harrison Ford, Sissy Spacek, James Caan and Cybill Shepherd. His television credits include Trudeau, Made in Canada and Trailer Park Boys. He is also the off-camera voice of CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

As a musician, he is currently performing with his band, The Magpies, at concert venues around the Maritimes and is planning to record and release an album later this year.

Tickets are $15 and may be reserved at 825-6834 or evergreentheatre@gmail.com

Fundy Film showing

The society continues its Winter Edge Series continues with a double-bill: the Oscar-nominated short Madame Tutli-Putli and The Tracey Fragments.

Both screen at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville March 9 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The society continues its Winter Doc Series with My Kid Could Paint That. This fascinating documentary chronicles the rise and fall of child artist Marla Olmstead. It will screen at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville March 12 at 7 p.m.

For further information, see www.fundyfilm.ca or call 542-5157. Tickets ($8) are available 30 minutes prior to the film.

Speaker coming

The Authors @ Acadia series will present Ian Storey, speaking on C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Sub-Creation and Imagination, at the Beveridge Arts Centre, Room 141, March 10 at 7 p.m.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Tribute show

Live Bait Theatre in Sackville, N.B. is touring a two-man tribute to Simon and Garfunkel. Billed as the show they never gave, the duo playing Art and Paul will be in Wolfville March 14 and 15.

The musical comedy will feature 20 songs and has been playing to packed houses. The venue is the Al Whittle Theatre, 8 p.m.

Coming up

March 14-15

Simon & Garfunkel tribute show, Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, 8 p.m.

March 15

Rose Cousins & Edie Carey, Union St. Café, Berwick, 9 p.m

March 20

Rustic Harmony, Berwick Lions Hall, 2 p.m.

Until March 20

Death of the Party, art exhibition @ Ross Creek Centre, near Canning

Until March 28

Acadia Art Show, Beveridge Arts Centre, Wolfville