Rainy River, ON, Canada
May 7, 2019 @ 10:00 am PDT - 12:00 pm PDT
Rainy River, ON High School
Donate to the Actors’ Fund of Canada: afchelps.ca/collingwood/
SUMMER SOLSTICE SERIES – Part 1
Wednesday June 16 – 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern
Join our Artistic Director, Daniel Vnukowski, on Wednesday, June 16 at 7pm for a fundraiser to support the Actors’ Fund of Canada, featuring one of Canada’s foremost stage actors – R.H. Thomson. His impressive career spans over 50 years, to which he has received numerous awards and nominations, including Gemini & Genie awards, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and most recently the Canadian Screen Award, for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.
In this 1-hour virtual event, we’ll be celebrating the poetry of Robert Burns with Daniel Vnukowski on the piano. Musical excerpts by Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Malcolm Arnold and Led Zeppelin.
Join me Wednesday, June 16 at 7pm EDT Eastern. I'll be performing during a free event to raise funds for the Actors' Fund of Canada together with R.H. Thomson, the Canadian actor who played Jasper Dale on Road to Avonlea and Matthew Cuthbert in Anne with an E (2019 Canadian Screen Award).
We'll be celebrating the life of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, portraying him in a modern light and covering such topics as Independence, Rights of Women, The Romantic Man, The People's Poet...
Join us at 7pm collingwoodfestival.com/event/afc-fundraiser/
