{"id":22832,"date":"2018-08-30T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=22832"},"modified":"2018-08-30T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T10:00:01","slug":"femfest-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/femfest-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions presents FemFest 2018: Staging Resistance! (Winnipeg)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22582\" src=\"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FemFest-2018-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"773\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sarasvati.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions<\/a> presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.femfest.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FemFest 2018: Staging Resistance<\/strong><\/a>! The 16th annual festival features life-changing theatre for everyone and will feature performers from Toronto to Morocco plus a new art walking tour.<\/p>\n<p>Experience the powerful blend of Indian dance and theatre, hear from DIY theatre-maker Norah Paton, and take in an award-winning performer Donna-Michelle St. Bernard speaking truth to power using spoken word, storytelling and hip-hop. At FemFest 2018: Staging Resistance, the stories of brave and diverse performers take centre stage. Whether you see one production or the entire festival, you are sure to leave with a new understanding of what it means to embrace individuality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our amazing line-up includes:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Game<\/em> with Manohar PerformingArts, written by Shymala Dakshinamurti and Sowmya Dakshinamurti<br \/>\n<em>Burnt<\/em> by Norah Paton<br \/>\n<em>Sound of the Beast<\/em> by Donna-Michelle St Bernard<br \/>\n<em>White Man&rsquo;s Indian<\/em> by Darla Contois<br \/>\n<em>La Civilisation, ma m\u00e8re<\/em> based on the novel by Driss Chra\u00efbi, adapted by Emilie Malosse with L&rsquo;aparte Theatre and Compagnie du jour.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re also offering workshops and readings through the festival. For tickets and information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.femfest.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.femfest.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions:<\/strong> Founded in Winnipeg in 2000, we seek to inspire artists and audiences through the use of theatre and to provide a place where artists can develop, showcase their skills and celebrate their creativity. FemFest has been up and kicking since 2003 and to date has showcased hundreds of artists!\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><small>-submitted by Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions<br \/>\nRead\u00a0<a title=\"ArtBridges | Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions profile\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/community\/profile\/449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions\u2019 profile<\/a>\u00a0in ArtBridges\u2019\u00a0<a title=\"ArtBridges | Community-Engaged Arts Directory &amp; Map\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/community\/community_map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community-Engaged Arts Directory and Map<\/a>.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Sarasv\u00e0ti Productions presents FemFest 2018: Staging Resistance! The 16th annual festival features life-changing theatre for everyone and will feature performers from Toronto to Morocco plus a new art walking tour. Experience the powerful blend of Indian dance and theatre, hear from DIY theatre-maker Norah Paton, and take in an award-winning<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-more sd-all-trans\" href=\"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/femfest-2018\/#more-22832\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[2149,145,115,1930,809],"class_list":["post-22832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-femfest","tag-festival","tag-manitoba","tag-sarasvati-productions","tag-winnipeg"],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_last":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["0"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}