Lunation | thresholdtheatre

LUNATION is a program of theatrical gatherings in response to significant days on the Canadian calendar. Threshold in association with community partners will bring you LUNATION events during selected months in our St. Clair West and Oakwood Village neighbourhoods. All events are free or pay-what-you -can.

Examples of previous Lunation offerings:

February’s theme was ‘Family’ and the first LUNATION event was a performance of Mark Cassidy’s Allistonian Brockvillian Dionysian: memories of growing up in a hotel and motel in small town Ontario. ABD took place Feb. 24 at the Amp Studio Café 154 Oakwood Ave.

Our March theme was 'Water' and featured a reading of Stormbound by Carol Cece Anderson, Wed. March 28, at St. Matthew's United Church 729 St. Clair Ave. W.

April was National Poetry Month and we celebrated it with Recite Night, Sunday April 29th @7:30 at Ellington's Music & Café 805 St. Clair Ave. West. Admission was free. People from diverse backgrounds came out to share and discuss their favourite poems. Thank you to Ellington's for hosting!

National Mining Week took place in May acknowledging the importance of mining in Canada. Thanks to those who joined us on Thursday May 31 at 8:30 pm in Roseneath Park for a brief workshop and information gathering session for Your Mine & Ours a piece we are developing on the effects of Canadian mining industry both at home and abroad.

Our October event focussed on mental health, in response to World Mental Health Day on October 10. Threshold presented The Girl in the Picture Tries to Hang up the Phone written and performed by Hume Baugh, Saturday October 27, 2018 at St. Matthew's United Church (in the parlour) 729 St. Clair Ave. West.