Performance — Laura Stinson

Ghosts

This music video made by North Barn Theatre in collaboration with Callum Gaudet for his song Ghosts. It was filmed by Charlie Benoit and edited by Jeff Miller at Two Islands in Parrsboro, NS in March of 2023. It is a celebration of landscapes and the mythical critters that both haunt and are a part of them.

A Gorgon’s Tale

Told through the tentacles of a misunderstood Gorgon, this imaginative journey sheds light on the anti- hero and brings hope to a seemingly shadowy future. Performed for audiences around Nova Scotia in August and September 2022. A North Barn Theatre production.

Troubling Joy: a bicycle puppet circus

This original theatre performance was toured by bicycle and performed for rural and urban audiences around Nova Scotia in August and September, 2021. Troubling Joy is a circus with a cast of more-than-human puppets who, in recognizing their discontent with the social structures that dictate how they live, discover the pleasure of change. Created by North Barn Theatre.

Late Night Radio

Late Night Radio is a drive in puppet theatre experience created by The North Barn Theatre Collective in Spring 2020. This short film captures moments of a dress rehearsal for the show in New Glasgow, PEI.

The Flock

The March of the Crows is a celebration of the multitude of crows who live in the small city of Charlottetown, PEI. In the summer of 2020 The River Clyde Pageant created The Flock to mark the tenth anniversary of this event with a giant crow puppet, live music and stilted crows.

The Forecast Called for Rain

This puppet short was created by The North Barn Theatre Collective in the Spring of 2020. It features an interrupted afternoon and an invitation to come outside.

Gathering

This crankie was created by The North Barn Theatre Collective in April 2020 in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia. Gathering was prohibited yet we felt the need to come together and hold each other. It was performed outdoors as an offering for individual households.