First Friday Fundraiser with Jon Hedderwick
Stories and excerpts from his play enkidu
Friday September 4
Doors at 6:30 & 8:30pm
no cover, Donations Accepted
Come join us as part of your art crawl to hear excerpts from the work that started it all!
In just under two weeks, on Friday, September 4th, at The Theatre on King, Jon Hedderwick will be sharing poems and stories from the play that inspired our forthcoming short film, Enkidu.
As you may have heard, the short film adaptation of Enkidu is all but finished and now the team is raising funds to help cover the cost of submitting it to festivals. While they can’t show the film to you just yet, they’re dying to talk about it and share glimpses of what they’ve been working on. So please, join us as part of your art crawl and consider making a donation to help us get this work out into the world.
As part of these half-hour presentations of poetry and storytelling, Jon will share pieces from the play and stories about writing, performing, producing, and filming the work. We will also be screening some footage from the high-contrast film shoot we did
last February, and we’ll be offering an exclusive sneak peek of the film’s trailer.
And… of course, we’ve got SWAG!! There will be stickers and some fun merch on hand to purchase.
So come through!
Where: The Theatre on King, 171 King St, Peterborough, ON
What: Poetry and Storytelling
Doors: 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM
Shows Start: 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
There is no cover for this event
Donations are very welcome!
No one turned away for lack of funds
About the work:
Based on the Epic of Gilgamesh, Jon Hedderwick’s original, one-person play follows the character of Enkidu into the subterranean underworld of ancient Sumer after his death. Horned and clad in black feathers, Enkidu struggles to remember as he works to assemble a ceremonial dreamhouse. If he can just get the ritual right, maybe the gods will show him a good dream, and maybe, just maybe, a way back to Gilgamesh. While at its core, the play is about immeasurable loves separated by death, this work also reflects on the themes of mental illness, separation from the natural world, isolation, and memory.
Jon Hedderwick a spoken word poet, playwright, filmmaker, and youth employment counsellor of mixed Ashkenazi Jewish and Scottish heritage based in Nogojiwanong/ C.K.A. Peterborough, Ontario. Jon is one of the Electric City Poet Laureates in Residence and the Artistic Director for the Peterborough Poetry Slam. He has performed poetry across Canada, and his work has been featured at poetry series and poetry and storytelling festivals across Turtle Island North.
Photo Credit: @J.Gillis.Photography
We wish to acknowledge and are grateful for the generous support of Theatre Trent.
IMPRO’s & PTBOs in the Ball Pit
Friday September 18
Doors @ 7:30pm, Show at 8pm
Tickets $20 or PWYC
Rapid’s End Improv is BACK for its Season 3 opener! Dive into The Ball Pit—a high-stakes improv battle royale where teams clash in back-to-back, made-up-on-the-spot comedy chaos! You call the shots: laugh, cheer, and vote to crown the funniest team as the ultimate champions of the Pit. Only the sharpest, silliest, and most hilarious shall be crowned—who will take the title? Come find out and be part of the madness!
This time, we’re teaming up with PAPA (Proactive Academy of the Performing Arts) and the legendary Linda Kash to bring you an improv extravaganza like no other! Alongside the beloved Ball Pit, we’re rolling out the red carpet for a powerhouse lineup of pro comedians and local improv stars in ImPros + Ptbos—where quick wit meets wild storytelling.
Watch as these improv maestros take your suggestions and spin them into a full-blown, laugh-out-loud comedy epic—right before your eyes! Whether it’s sharp one-liners or absurd, sprawling tales, these performers will have you in stitches with their unscripted hilarity.
Whether you’re rolling with your besties, your partner-in-crime, or going solo, The ImPros + Ptbos in The Ball Pit is the must-see improv showdown you don’t want to miss. Get ready for a night of big laughs and even bigger surprises!
FrottaGE – tEA dANCE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19
3-8PM
$15 OR PWYC, CASH AT THE DOOR
NO ADVANCED TICKETS
Come shake your ass and celebrate the end of summer at the incredible and intimate Theatre On King.
Frottage is a dance party and safe space for all male and Masc gender queer identifying folks, and their allies! Nobody (respectful) gets turned away. Come enjoy a fun few hours as the sun falls, highlighting classic disco, modern pop, dance and electronic music.
It’s Peterborough Pride – A Men’s Tea Dance, and we’re going full-on Yacht Rock, with cool remixes and killer summer anthems, all delivered via DJ Jeffary Fudge.
Nobody is turned away for lack of funds. Bring your friends, hang with the boys and find some community!
Joanne Majoko Live
Sunday September 20 @ 2pm
Tickets $47 – Available through eventbrite
Jazz in Peterborough presents: Joanna Majoka
For many Canadian music fans, the name Joanna Majoko is a familiar one: the Toronto-based vocalist, composer, and bandleader has established a reputation as one of Canada’s most exciting young singers. Majoko has been a regular presence on the bandstand with some of the country’s top musicians, including Jane Bunnet and Maqueque, David Clayton-Thomas, of Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Larnell Lewis, of Snarky Puppy. She has performed at some of the world’s biggest festivals, such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, France’s Jazz sur son 31 Festival, and Switzerland’s Internationales Jazz festival Bern, where she participated in a week-long residency with Maqueque. Majoko has also been the recipient of a number of notable accolades, including Emerging Jazz Artist at the 2021 Toronto Arts Foundation awards, Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2019 ByBlacks People’s Choice Awards, major grants from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council, and FACTOR, and has been a master class artist at Humber College and the University of Toronto.
Are We Sleeping by Esther Vincent
Friday September 25 @ 7pm
Saturday September 26 @ 2 & 7pm
Tickets $20 or PWYC Fri & Sat evening
Saturday Matinee is Free, PLs click the above link to reserve your spot
In this intimate and deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis, Florence, a renowned botanist can no longer remember her life’s work—or recognize her own children. Siblings Andrew and Maggie navigate the difficult realities of caring for their once-brilliant mother who is struggling with dementia. Over the course of a deceptively ordinary afternoon, old resentments resurface as they struggle to balance duty with their own busy lives, while Florence drifts between the fog of dementia and moments of determined clarity. Tender, unflinching, and achingly human, this compassionate exploration asks profound questions about identity, forgiveness, and the cost of caregiving. Are We Sleeping invites us to search for grace in mundane moments and love where memories falter.
Florence: Dianne Latchford
Andrew: Matt Gilbert
Maggie: Lindsay Unterlander
Writer/Director: Esther Vincent
Producing Partner – New Stages
Supported by EC3 and OAC via 4th Line Theatre
