Cellar Door continues their ongoing project of bringing iconic Kingston locations to new theatrical life, with this charming exploration of a legendary local record shop. Energetic performances of an imaginative script in a unique setting that money couldn't have bought! Highly recommended
- John Lazarus, playwright & Queen's University Professor
Play an homage to Kingston institution
Peter Hendra in The Kingston Whig Standard
April 2016
""So often, it’s kind of my opinion on history, we show up and say, ‘Wow, that was cool, but that was then,’ and we don’t really internalize the idea of history being in the same space we are.”..." READ MORE
To Crack the Historian in Half
History and Theatre Meet in Emily Keyes' I Was Here
Sean Anctil at Carleton University
March 2016
"It’s February 26, 2016. The ghosts of Robert McCaffrey and Maria Spearman argue before the heavy iron doors of the gallows. Love unrequited and families ruptured. Silence punctuated by the sound of gunfire. A woman half remembered." READ MORE
History and Theatre Meet in Emily Keyes' I Was Here
Sean Anctil at Carleton University
March 2016
"It’s February 26, 2016. The ghosts of Robert McCaffrey and Maria Spearman argue before the heavy iron doors of the gallows. Love unrequited and families ruptured. Silence punctuated by the sound of gunfire. A woman half remembered." READ MORE
Summer theatre festival ekes out a profit
Peter Hendra
The Kingston Whig Standard
September 2015
"Colin Wiginton, The City of Kingston's cultural service director said he was "particularly impressed with The Cellar Door Project's Kingston-centric offering -- Tall Ghosts and Bad Weather -- which told the tale of the restoration of the cemetery at St. Paul's Anglican Church at the corner of Queen and Montreal streets. The play was a collaboration between local historians and the troupe's playwrights, and proved popular with patrons" READ MORE
Congratulations to all involved with The Kick & Push Festival this summer - we had a dusty good time!
Peter Hendra
The Kingston Whig Standard
September 2015
"Colin Wiginton, The City of Kingston's cultural service director said he was "particularly impressed with The Cellar Door Project's Kingston-centric offering -- Tall Ghosts and Bad Weather -- which told the tale of the restoration of the cemetery at St. Paul's Anglican Church at the corner of Queen and Montreal streets. The play was a collaboration between local historians and the troupe's playwrights, and proved popular with patrons" READ MORE
Congratulations to all involved with The Kick & Push Festival this summer - we had a dusty good time!
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Centuries collide in play
Peter Hendra The Kingston Whig Standard July 2015 "By his own admission, Alex Gabov's work as a conservator is, for the most part, boring. In fact, if he does his job well, he said, no one even knows he was there in the first place.So imagine his surprise when he was asked by a local theatre troupe if he would agree to have a character based on him and his work in the site-specific play they were writing about the lower burial ground at St. Paul's Anglican Church on the corner of Queen and Montreal streets...." READ MORE |
Innovative new play to take place in cemetery
Mark Aiden Bergin
Kingston Region
July 2015
"A project that began in a Queen's University history class has made its way to innovative stage settings. The Cellar Door Project's next production is Tall Ghosts and Bad Weather, which takes place in the cemetery of St. Paul's Anglican Church on Queen Street...." READ MORE
Mark Aiden Bergin
Kingston Region
July 2015
"A project that began in a Queen's University history class has made its way to innovative stage settings. The Cellar Door Project's next production is Tall Ghosts and Bad Weather, which takes place in the cemetery of St. Paul's Anglican Church on Queen Street...." READ MORE
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Cellar Door Project: Re-animating the past
Andrew Stokes Queen's Alumni Review May 2015 "On a cool night in early March, five people huddle together, waiting for a jailbreak. They’re just a few blocks away from the soaring stone walls of Kingston Penitentiary, and though the snow’s begun to melt from the sidewalks, their breath hangs in the air as they wait. Seconds tick by until, suddenly, they hear blasts of gunfire and the shouting of guards as three escaped inmates come barrelling down the street." READ MORE |
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Stones in the Woods sheds light on part of the community's history
Kashmala Omar
Queen's Journal
September 2014
"Set in a quiet, woody area of City Park, Stones in the Woods isn’t only a historically informative play, but an intimate, well-acted one. The one-act play is presented by The Cellar Door Project, a non-profit organization that uses theatrical presentation as a means to refreshingly convey stories of Canadian history − many of which are unknown to viewers." READ MORE
Kashmala Omar
Queen's Journal
September 2014
"Set in a quiet, woody area of City Park, Stones in the Woods isn’t only a historically informative play, but an intimate, well-acted one. The one-act play is presented by The Cellar Door Project, a non-profit organization that uses theatrical presentation as a means to refreshingly convey stories of Canadian history − many of which are unknown to viewers." READ MORE
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Jailhouse characters come to life
Peter Hendra The Kingston Whig Standard May 2014 "A new theatre company is hoping to make the city's history come to life. This past week, the Cellar Door Project debuted its first production, The Lockup, downstairs in the old jail cells of City Hall. The half-hour, site-specific, one-act drama focuses on four actual people who spent time in the holding cells, just not at the same time. Each of the characters was incarcerated sometime between 1880 and 1910." READ MORE |