On Friday, August 19 Off The Wall hosted an Open House at Factory163 to showcase the absolutely stunning Dracula set created by their Theatre Production Arts and Setting the Scene students. Off The Wall, founded 11 years ago by Susan Starkweather and Ken Dubblestyne, holds a series of backstage production skills courses every summer to […]
Factory163 was lucky enough to host the Stratford Middle Years School while they created, rehearsed and then performed “The Wizard of Oz.” Stratford Middle Years is a private school in Stratford that prides itself on providing a complete, well-rounded education. A well-rounded education includes the arts and Stratford Middle Years encourages creativity out of all of their students. […]
Springworks Festival recently wrapped up here at Factory163. Springworks Festival is an indie festival of juried performances, ranging from theatre and cabaret to dance to poetry and spoken word to visual theatre to puppets and everything in between. More than 100 performances take place over 11 days in the Stratford area. We had several performances everyday at […]
Sizzle and Spark Fandango have been married forever. Desperate to restore the romance, the duo look to the ancient Sama Kutra. As Jacqueline Russell aka Sizzle Fandango puts it, the two are “magically whisked off to sama kutra hotel, learn the ancient secrets of love and passion and things explode and get very messy.” Russell and […]
ESSENTIA is a riveting contemporary dance performance showing off the athleticism and skill of performers Janelle Hacault and Hilary Crist. ESSENTIA encompasses identity and spirituality, confronting reality head on. As Hacault put it, “the work wants to speak for itself and it’s our job to listen to it.” After studying the Gaga Technique with the Batsheva […]
