Footprints and Fossils by Port Stanley Festival Theatre Artistic Director, Liz Gilroy The search for the unknown and the discovery of extinct beasts from the past seems to fascinate us, especially as children. Whether it be travelling to Scotland in search of ‘Nessie’ or uncovering the remains of dinosaurs, we are all looking for something mystical and larger than life. When I was a wee child in the Scottish Highlands, I was positive I saw actual Fairies tripping through the forest. Their iridescent wings and the songs they sang are still etched in my mind today. When I went to the Museum of Natural History and witnessed the dinosaur exhibits, it took my breath away. It seems hard to believe that creatures of this size once dominated the earth. Maybe as we grow older, we lose our belief in the mystical world, or perhaps we just don’t see it anymore. Perhaps we are also not as enthralled with the giants of the past as we deal with the day-to-day minutia of our lives. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to just let go for a couple of hours and find ourselves lost in wonderment again? If you are searching for a little magic, our last two shows of the season may fit the bill. Our World Premier of Bigfoot! by Ephraim Ellis takes us on a quest to prove that Sasquatch is alive and well and living in the wilds of British Columbia. Dr. Abagail Franklin is positive this is the summer; she will spot him once and for all and prove to her esteemed colleagues that she isn’t a joke but a bonified researcher. Along for the journey are Jake, a podcaster and huckster who’ll do anything to make some money and have
his 15 minutes of fame, and his apprentice, the naive Leaf, who looks pretty good in a t-shirt, much to Abby’s chagrin -- she doesn’t have time for distractions. These three explorers take us on a funny, heartfelt adventure full of possible danger. If you’re fast enough, you might even spot the elusive Bigfoot himself. The last show of our summer season is The Perils of Persephone by Dan Needles. We’re going all the way back to 1989 to the Currie homestead where the Great Wooly Mammoth once reigned supreme, but where the new town reeve and his family now reside. Throw in a toxic mishap, small-town politics, a wily statesman, a spin doctor, a couple of farmers, the press, a professor, and you have a recipe for possible disaster and a rural comedy that will have you chuckling all night long. Bigfoot! runs from August 7thto the 24th, and The Perils of Persephone runs from August 28th to September 14th.
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