Theatre Events
March 3rd, 2012
Join the Women Next Door and Very special guests from around the province for a night of feminist singing (and shouting!).
Concert begins at 7:00pm
There will be a reception with refreshments after the concert.
March 14th - 17th, 2012
April 2nd - 10th, 2012
In 2012, the world will be commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Special projects and commemorative events are being organized around the globe for the world’s most famous ship. In recognition of this special occasion, Anthony Sherwood Productions is producing a new stage play that will premiere in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia April, 2012. “TITANIC: The Untold Story” is a play about the only Black person to sail aboard the Titanic. The play was written and directed by Anthony Sherwood, one of Canada’s most successful African-Canadian actors and producers.
On April 15, 1912, the world’s most famous luxury liner, the Titanic, sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Since then, many books and documentary films have been produced about the world’s most famous ship. But it wasn't until 1994 it was discovered that of the 2,228 passengers aboard the Titanic there was a black family that traveled on the ill-fated vessel.
Mr. Joseph Philippe Laroche was born in Haiti and was aboard the Titanic with his family. Joseph Laroche managed to save his pregnant wife and two daughters by making sure they boarded a lifeboat before the Titanic sank.
There is also a legend that the heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, was refused passage aboard the Titanic. Legend has it that Jack Johnson was in England in 1911 and heard the great ship Titanic was sailing to New York. It is speculated that Johnson applied for a first-class ticket aboard the Titanic but was refused because of his race. The legend was popularized in a famous song by the great African-American blues singer, LEADBELLY.
Titanic: The Untold Story is a play that confronts fact with legend. Joseph Laroche and Jack Johnson have come back from the past to tell their story. As Laroche and Johnson tell their stories, there is an intense inter-play between the two characters, each one challenging the other’s actions in life. The two men couldn't be more different. Laroche is the engineer, an academic with reason backed by science. Johnson is a loud braggart who thinks with his fists. The two men square off in a fight defending their actions, morals and ideas. It is a play laden with fierce verbal battles, quick wit, and startling information about two black men and their relationship with the most famous ship in the world.
OPENING PREMIERE:
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE, DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
APRIL 2 – 10, 2012
TITANIC: The Untold Story will premiere at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia is where the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic became the focus of world attention because of the rescue and recovery mission. Later, Nova Scotia’s three Titanic cemeteries, which have more buried Titanic victims than any place in the world, the 24 historic sites, including film locales for the 1997 blockbuster movie, have made Nova Scotia an important historical site for the world’s most famous ship.
NORTH AMERICA TOUR:
In May, 2012, “Titanic: the Untold Story” will be presented in Montreal in both English and French. In the summer of 2012, Anthony Sherwood Productions is planning to tour the play through the United States.
WORLD TOUR
“Titanic: The Untold Story” will be translated into French and Spanish and will tour France, England, Ireland, Spain and the Caribbean (including Haiti) in 2013.
ANTHONY SHERWOOD PRODUCTIONS INC.
Anthony Sherwood Productions Inc. (ASP) is an award-winning multimedia company specializing in the production of documentary films, stage productions and television programs. ASP is one of Canada’s leading producers of African-Canadian historical projects. (www.anthonysherwood.com)
ANTHONY SHERWOOD
Anthony Sherwood is one of Canada’s most successful African-Canadian actors and documentary filmmakers. Sherwood has worked as an actor, writer, director and producer in the entertainment industry for over 35 years and has received national and international awards for his work in the arts. He is the recipient of the Martin Luther King Achievement Award, Planet Africa Award and the Harry Jerome Award.
April 11th, 2012
**CD RELEASE CONCERT**
The Spinney Brothers are truly ambassadors of Nova Scotia. The Annapolis Valley siblings are recognized across North America as Canada's top Bluegrass band. Their extensive tour schedule has already seen them perform this year in Maine, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Texas & Arizona. To say they are wowing audiences would be an understatement. This past October at the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass Convention in Nashville they became the first Canadian act to perform on the prestigious Fan Fest main stage. Their standing ovation, encore performance made them the talk of Industry professionals. Mountain Fever Records of Willis, Virginia was so impressed they presented the Spinney Brothers with a recording contract. As Rick Spinney has recently noted, "It is an honour to be associated with Mountain Fever as they share the same passion and desire as the Spinney Brothers to deliver this music with professionalism and integrity".
In partnership with Alderney Landing, Mountain Fever Records is proud to present this latest chapter in the incredible musical journey of the Spinney Brothers. This promises to be a CD Release concert like none other.
