The Only Planet Cabaret: Environmental poetry & song performance: Sat, Oct 4 & Sun, Oct 5
Written by Operations Director on 09/29/2014
It’s been 44 years since the first Earth Day and the oceans are more acidic than ever, more species have gone extinct more rapidly than ever, and carbon levels in the atmosphere have shot up above 400 parts per million. So, The Only Planet Cabaret says — It’s time to unleash the power of poetry and song!
The Only Planet Cabaret is a unique collaboration between five Salt Spring Island writers, performers, musicians and activists — Nomi Lyonns, Murray Reiss, Ahava Shira, Phil Vernon and Maggie Ziegler — who bring together passionate singing and songwriting, intimate story-telling, powerful performance poetry and exuberant musical theater.
The Cabaret combines original material with rewritten and repurposed show tunes, folk songs and rock ‘n’ roll to raise spirits and encourage engagement with the many challenges we face. Its creative approach to environmental crises opens up space for our unspoken fears and doubts, hopes and inner strengths.
Check them out on Saturday, October 4 at the Metchosin Community Hall (4401 William Head Road) and on Sunday, October 5 at the Cadboro Bay United Church (2625 Arbutus Road). Both shows start at 7:30 pm.
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