Thanks so much to Richie Wilcox for the great chat about @liveheist ’s 10th Anniversary performance of The Princess Show tomorrow at @themarqueeballroom . There are two shows- a 4pm all ages dry show and an evening performance at 9pm with pre and post show music, mingling and dancing. Coming up they are bringing the show to @eltuekarts in Sydney and @artsguildpei in Charlottetown in August. Link in bio as always!
The Princess Show is the first show of a trilogy. It has spawned two other theatre shows - Princess Rules and Princess’ Pride ‘n’ Joy. The lore of Princess Edward and Abel T. Suckizone is endless. Here’s a look back at the other two shows. Where will she go next?
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The Princess Show has garnered much attention over the years! The Princess Show won Best of Fest at the Halifax Fringe in 2016, Outstanding Sound Design at the Robert Merritt Awards and was one of three finalists for the prestigious Nova Scotia Masterworks Award. The show was presented digitally by the National Arts Centre during the pandemic. And the script of The Princess Show has been published in Canadian Theatre Review.
Now is your chance to see where it all began.
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Deonie Hudson, co-creator of the Princess Show, has been working theatre for more than 20 years, filling a variety of roles. She attended the University of Lethbridge where she took a BFA in Dramatic Arts focusing primarily on the technical side of theatre, making her well versed in every aspect of bringing a show to life. Deonie also worked for a number of years on the technical end of numerous touring shows such as Cats, Riverdance, Alice Cooper, Nickleback, Elton John, Motley Crue and many more. She has directed several stage shows including Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Blood Relations, Hairspray and Peter Pan. She also worked as a designer for New West Theatre, Raymond Playhouse Theatre, Carriage House Theatre, Lethbridge Musical Theatre and the Center for Indigenous Theatre on shows such as The Wizard of Oz, Big River and Apaanii. She also has an extensive background in costume design and construction which can regularly be seen at various Comic Conventions in addition to on stage. Deonie is currently the Resident designer for Theatre Outré where she has expanded her design credits to include set, costumes, props, makeup and more. She won the award for " Best Technical Aspect" at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for her work on Like Orpheus.
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Our Saturday night performance features a special guest performance by a member of our HEIST family: the one and only Elle Noir. The night also features a post-show dance party with two of our favorite Halifax dj’s: Douvet and Hotmail Summer! Come watch the show and then boogie with us!
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Thank you so much to show sponsor Rosie Porter. A long standing fan and supporter of live theatre, we are so grateful to Rosie for their championing of the local arts community.
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The Princess Show features an award winning original electronic score by Aaron Collier along with a full seventy-minute projection designed show. At the time of creation, Collier and his cohorts were obsessed with anime. They wanted to try to put anime elements into live performance. The result was driving beats and fantastical landscapes.
Don’t miss your chance to see this mesmerizing performance onstage!
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Sylvia Bell, the production stage manager for this tour, is the Managing Director for HEIST and a freelance Stage, Production and Event Manager with more than twenty years of professional experience. Throughout her career, Sylvia has participated in the growth of some of Atlantic Canada’s most dynamic theatre companies, has toured internationally and has assisted in the development of more than 20 world premieres. She has proudly dedicated her career to the promotion of and the act of using and supporting those around her to use their voice believing strongly in making space for the dreaming, the hard conversations and the ever changing schedules and budgets; it is all important. And it is important that it be done with kindness and truth leading the way.
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Richie Wilcox, who plays Abel T. Suckizone, is a multi-talented director/actor/writer who has spent the last twenty years creating, devising and writing original works. They are the founding artistic director of HEIST where they have helped create several acclaimed works including The Princess Show, Frequencies, Princess Rules, and New Waterford Boy. Wilcox has worked with numerous companies across the Maritimes including Neptune, Festival Antigonish, 2B Theatre, Kazan Co-Op, Opera Nova Scotia, the Highland Arts Theatre and more. Wilcox was Artistic Associate with Theatre Outre in Lethbridge, Alberta from 2012 - 2016 where they premiered acclaimed works including UNSEX’d and The Confessions of Jeffrey Dahmer. From 2019-2022 Wilcox served as the artistic director of Ship’s Company Theatre where they premiered award-winning original productions such as Good Grief and Dayboil. Wilcox is a Merritt-award winner in acting, directing and playwriting as well as a past Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist recipient. They were also a finalist for the 2021 Nova Scotia Masterwork award for their work on The Princess Show. Most recently, Wilcox directed the acclaimed production of Casey & Diana at Neptune Theatre as well as the premiere of his original script Coal Bowl Queen.
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Aaron Collier, who plays the titular character of Princess Edward, was born in Prince Edward Island in 1981 and is an award-winning multi-talented musician/composer, sound and video designer, performer and theatre creator. His composition, sound, production and video design work has toured throughout Canada, Ireland, the UK, and India and he has 14 years of touring and performance experience throughout the world with his previous bands The Jimmy Swift Band and Scientists of Sound. He is the co-founder of Halifax-based live art company HEIST and is the co-creator of their lauded productions The Princess Show, New Waterford Boy, Nature Vs Nation, FACE, Princess Rules, and their award-winning hybrid physical/digital production Frequencies. His work often explores themes of queerness, depression, self love, natural law and technology. His auto biographical production “Frequencies” has been called “…so smart and so beautiful it will charm your socks off” by the Vancouver Arts Review and “…daringly original and unlike anything I had ever seen” by the Kingston Theatre Alliance.
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Creator Aaron Collier says, “Many people resonate with the show because for many of us, what self love looks and feels like can be elusive and difficult, or maybe people just like seeing folks in drag going on a strange and fantastical adventure. Turns out the two are closely related for me”. Collier continues, “I hope this puts a smile on your face and lights up your heart a little."
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