Following the inaugural event last fall, Public Energy Performing Arts is presenting “Rough Cuts #2” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough.
The performance showcase provides an opportunity for local artists to test-drive their new creations, from novels to dance to music to multidisciplinary mashups, in an informal setting before an audience.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale from $10 to $25 plus fees ($20 suggested) and are available at eventbrite.ca/e/1676537511829.
In an informal and low-tech setting without the need for sophisticated lighting and sound, five local artists of varying backgrounds and experiences will present their works-in-progress to an audience.
Rough Cuts gives artists an idea of what works and what doesn’t and, for the audience, a rare opportunity to watch an artist’s creative process in action.
The five artists participating in Rough Cuts #2 and their works are described below.
Mintu Maria James
Raised in a family of professional dancers and training since age three, Mintu Maria James is an Indian-born and Canada-based classical dancer specializing in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi styles. She will be performing a Bollywood fusion piece with a mix of semi-classical Indian dance.
Sandra Kasturi
Mixed-race poet, fiction writer, book reviewer, and former publisher Sandra Kasturi has garnered numerous awards for her writing, and is fond of red lipstick, gin and tonics, and the movie Aliens. Kasturi will read from her new, funny, and fast-paced first novel Medusa Gorgon, Lady Detective.
Wyatt Lamoureux
Writer, actor, script consultant, and fledgling filmmaker Wyatt Lamoureux creates stories inspired by careers in emergency shelters, journalism, printing, and the service industry. Lamoureux and two actors will read from his play Stuck, supported by visual images and followed by a brief video.
Nicole Malbeuf
Circus, physical theatre, and visual artist Nicole Malbeuf is creating a book. While recovering from hip replacement surgery, she is working on a children’s story/art book adaptation of her circus-theatre performance piece Hen Called Freedom, a draft of which she will read from accompanied by projected images from the live show.
Lynn Teatro
A writer, facilitator, and listener whose work explores the ethics and ecology of attention, Lynn Teatro will read from Listening Is an Ecosystem. The work-in-progress explores listening as a whole-body, relational experience combining spoken word, embodied stillness, and intentional pacing, inviting the audience into a heightened state of noticing, where listening becomes participatory rather than passive.
Public Energy is planning another edition of Rough Cuts in the fall, with a call for applications expected in early fall.
With files from Megan Gallant. kawarthaNOW is proud to be a long-time media sponsor of Public Energy Performing Arts.
