Where Stories Come Alive

Fascinating Maritime Ladies, will celebrate some of the wonderful female singers and songwriters from the East Coast and Quebec. Anne Murray, Rita MacNeil, Ginette Reno, Catherine Mackinnon, The Rankin Family, Edith Butler and many more artists will be explored; with the Fascinating Ladies’ tight harmonies, choreography and delightful banter.

Featuring Nadine Haddad, Kelley Mooney & Catherine O’Brien

Tickets: $15 (taxes & fees included)

Following the success of I Know You, Desert Island Theatre Company returns with a brand-new comedy written and performed by Justin Shaw. This spring, brace yourself for the force of nature that is Midnight Baby. 

Midnight Baby tells the story of a man obsessed with planning and how this obsession has impacted his relationships. He shares stories of his experiences floundering as a sentimental junior high dweeb, as an awkward adolescent incapable of deviating from routine, and as an adult faced with a poor self-image and the dietary habits of a raccoon. In exploring his anxieties, shame, and embarrassment, Midnight Baby strives to answer the question ‘how can you be enough for another person?’

This one-person comedy is written and performed by Island born storyteller Justin Shaw. Shaw is better known to Island audiences from his work with Popalopalots Live Improv Comedy, Lorne Elliot’s Culture Shock (Harmony House Theatre) and the classic Canadian drama Salt-Water Moon (The Guild 2019 Summer Festival). His debut solo show The Wrestling Play earned the Patron’s Pick distinction at the 2017 Island Fringe Festival and was later presented at Edmonton’s Nextfest Arts & Culture Festival. As a comedian, Shaw has performed across Canada and opened for the likes of Scott Faulconbridge, Elvira Kurt, and the late great Mike MacDonald. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting 2017) and loves making people laugh.

This play is directed by Desert Island Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Benton Hartley. ‘This project checks so many boxes for me,’ says Hartley. ‘It’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, and it affords me the opportunity to work with my immensely talented best friend on a show he’s been working on for a very long time. It’s a humbling opportunity, and an honour in the purest sense of the word.’