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Q+A with Aveleigh Keller

Q+A with Aveleigh Keller

Aveleigh Keller truly wowed the crowd at Factory163 during her August performance in the Women of Broadway and Beyond. After watching her charismatic performance, as well as seeing her truly impressive drive and behind the scenes work to get the show off the ground, we knew we had to talk to her! We caught up with Aveleigh recently to find out more about this talented and determined performer!

Brontae Hunter

Brontae Hunter

Brontae Hunter has known right from the start what she is meant to do. At three years old her mother took her to see the Lion King in Toronto and she remembers “just wanting to be there [on stage] so bad.” After seeing the classic musical Hunter “begged and begged and begged to do a show” Her determination paid off as Hunter appeared in her first performance at the local Kincardine theatre in A Christmas Carol. Hunter laughs as she recalls running on stage and dancing around, “I loved it. I was just super at home and it felt so natural to me.” Not much has changed, as the determined and hardworking young performer continues to wow with her talent and passion.

Off The Wall Open House

Off The Wall Open House

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 […]

What Inspires Creativity

What Inspires Creativity

When Meghan Maguire started her co-op at Factory163 she had a vision in mind. The Stratford Central student wanted to reach into the minds of Factory163’s artists, determining how the space functioned as each artist’s “creative sanctum.” The Stratford Central student devised a long term project to do just that entitled “What Inspires Creativity.” Setting out to […]

Stratford Middle Years School

Stratford Middle Years School

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

SpringWorks Festival

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 […]

The Sama Kutra

The Sama Kutra

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

ESSENTIA

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 […]

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

Giuseppe Condello’s The Immigrant is a dynamic corporeal mime piece that taps into both historic and modern-day issues of immigration. Condello, who immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1953, used his real-life experience in the creation of The Immigrant while also keeping current global issues in mind. Condello spoke of The Immigrant coming to life [...]
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