Wood and Emma-Lee will grace Factory 163 By DONAL O’CONOR A singer-songwriter evening with Royal Wood and Emma-Lee is Thursday at Factory 163. Wood, who’s been compared with Ron Sexsmith and Rufus Wainwright for his brand of songwriting and performing, was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at this year’s Juno Awards. Born and raised […]
Actor Robert King gives the impression he’s more than just a little keen to be bringing “Bolsheviki” to Stratford’s Alternative Theatre Works next month. The one-man show that asks probing questions about war — and about Canadians at war — recently wound up a highly acclaimed run at Montreal’s Infinitheatre and director Guy Spung will […]
The City of Stratford has a goal: the Top Seven list by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). In October, it was named as one of The Smart21 — the 21 most intelligent communities in the world for 2011. Stratford developed a vision for the future with an economic revitalization plan to diversify its economic development […]
A renovated factory performance space, wine, poetry, laughter, food, a bit of chaos, and … chamber music? Who said classical music had to be stuffy? With a vision for “reshaping the typical concert-going experience,” this is the feel of a new music series — INNERchamber — in Stratford, and if Saturday night’s inaugural performance was […]
New Series At Factory163 Starts Sunday dubbed InnerChamber — is promising to reshape the typical concert-going experience in Stratford. All events are held at Factory163 and will include food from the County Food Company and music. The first concert, “Beginnings,” takes place Sunday. Artistic director Andrew Chung will be joined by three colleagues as the […]
