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SUMMARY:EVERGREEN THEATRE SERIES - The Knitting Pilgrim
DESCRIPTION:Dates:\nTUE 08 APR\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM \nWED 09 APR\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM \nTHU 10 APR\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM \nFRI 11 APR\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM \nSAT 12 APR\n3:00 PM – 5:00 PM \nSAT 12 APR\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM \n\nThe Knitting Pilgrim\nby Kirk Dunn\n\nThe Knitting Pilgrim\, featuring actor and knitter Kirk Dunn\, is a multidisciplinary one-man show that combines personal storytelling\, image projection\, and three huge knitted panels that look like stained glass windows\, to explore the connection amongst the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism\, Christianity and Islam. The play recounts Kirk’s fifteen-year artistic and spiritual journey of hand-knitting the ambitious project\, and looks at why people struggle to get along today\, the meaning of art\, the hell of grant-writing and the power of love to overcome major obstacles (and minor mishaps). \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nIn 2003\, Kirk was awarded a significant Chalmers Foundation Fellowship through the Ontario Arts Council in support of Stitched Glass\, an installation of 5.5’ x 8’ tapestry panels\, knit in the style of stained glass. The work explores the commonalities and conflicts of the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism\, Christianity and Islam. Kirk’s background as a PK – a preacher’s kid – inspired his interest in religion\, spirituality\, and interfaith empathy. With Stitched Glass\, he found a way to combine both his faith and textile interests. \nKirk could not have foreseen the scope of the work. It took 15 years of research\, design and knitting\, to finally complete all three tapestries. But then the question became\, how to share the installation with audiences so that it could do more than just sit in a gallery? Kirk’s profound desire was to use Stitched Glass to create an opportunity for interfaith dialogue. In 2018\, Kirk and his wife\, Claire Ross Dunn\, co-wrote The Knitting Pilgrim\, a multidisciplinary one-person theatrical experience that uses storytelling\, image projection and the Stitched Glass panels – collectively over 90 pounds of knitting – as its set. \nDirected by Jennifer Tarver\, and performed by Kirk\, the show recounts Kirk’s artistic and spiritual journey of hand-knitting the giant project\, and his hope to contribute to the vital conversation about xenophobia\, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia\, dealing with internal and external strife\, and fear of the other. \nThe show\, produced by Ergo Arts Theatre\, premiered at the Aga Khan Museum’s Auditorium in May\, 2019 and has already toured Ontario for 49 shows. It was given 6 out of 5 stars by CFMU Hamilton\, 5 out of 5 stars by Mooney on Theatre\, and was named a Critic’s Fringe Pick in Toronto\, Ottawa and Hamilton\, as well as One of ‘Top Ten Shows to See in May 2019’ by NOW Magazine. It tells the story of a journey that you need to experience. \n\nSINGLE TICKETS ON SALE:\nAdults: $47 | Seniors: $40 | Students: $16\nSave 20% with a Theatre Series subscription! \nBOX OFFICE: 604.927.6555 | Open Monday – Saturday\, 12 – 5PM
URL:https://artsconnect.ing/artscalendar/evergreen-theatre-series-the-knitting-pilgrim/
LOCATION:Evergreen Arts Studio Theatre\, 1205 Pinetree Way\, Coquitlam\, BC\, V3B 7Y3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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ORGANIZER;CN="Evergreen Cultural Centre Studio Theatre":MAILTO:https://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/about/contact-us/
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