April Newsletter

We are looking forward to the start of the Spring session of Stage Right acting classes next weekend, Sat. April 18. If you have not yet registered for class, we have space available for  JR, INT and TEEN students. For information and to register:

http://www.bottletreeinc.com/acting_classes.html

AND if you are looking for a terrific summer camp  - we have TWO in July.  The camps are two weeks each, and are performance-based. We will be working on a play with music - one camp will be performing Cinderella and the other will perform Puss in Boots. Both are written by Charles Robertson with music by Michael K Myers. All experience levels welcome as we work toward public performances of these two fun shows! Play and learn with us.

http://www.bottletreeinc.com/summer_acting_camp.html

 


ADULTS - we are working on putting a workshop together for 18 years and up! It will be a three day workshop, evenings - so a manageable time and dollar commitment. Stay tuned and tune up your skills!

NEXT UP:
April 18 - June 27, Stage Right Acting Classes Our tried-and-true conservatory-style classes start the Spring term and run Saturdays! Register now. Class recitals at The Baby Grand.

May 7-10, Into the Woods JR @ The Baby Grand

Our Musical Theatre students show you what they've got (a lot!) in this made-for-young-people version of Sondheim's Into the Woods. Tickets will be available soon through the Grand Theatre Box Office.

May 29, Green River Revival @ The Grand Theatre in the Regina Rosen Auditorium

The hits of CCR on the main stage at the Grand! You won't believe the quality of vocals and performance as they work their way through the show! Tickets already selling well - get yours now!
http://kingstongrand.ca/event/green-river-revival-best-ccr

 
June 19-27, Ghost of the Tree @ Ottawa Dance Directive, the Ottawa Fringe Festival

In association with Downe's Productions, Charles' award-winning play hits the O.F.F. in its latest incarnation. Starring Hannah Smith (the girl), Sasha French (the ghost), and Darrell Bryan (the musician). Please check the  Fringe Festival Schedule for ticket and performance information. http://ottawafringe.com/2014/05/festival-directors-message/

June 23-27, Zoo Story by Edward Albee @ The Baby Grand

Peter sits, reading on a park bench. A stranger wants to talk about what happened at the Zoo. The play reveals the effects of modernisation and isolation through dark humour and suspense. Tickets available soon through the Grand Theatre Box Office

July 6-17 (Cinderella) and July 20-31 (Puss in Boots) Musical Theatre Camp

Children and youth aged 8 - 16 will love these camps that are based around "puttin on a show"! Register now - all levels welcome to play and learn with us this summer at our studio in St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Public perfomances of each show on the final Friday afternoon.

We will be announcing our productions and classes schedule for 2015-2016 soon!

Warm regards,
Anne Marie

Green River Revival at the Grand Theatre

Green River Revival

(the best of CCR)

Friday May 29th at 7:30 pm in the Grand Theatre

Book Now!

If you are searching for North America's most authentic sounding CCR tribute, look no further than Canada's own GREEN RIVER REVIVAL. Their version of "Down on the Corner" sounds so much like John Fogerty you'll swear it is the real CCR! The members of this band have played in CCR tributes across Canada, Scandinavia and the U.S. for the past decade and now they have joined together to bring you the ultimate CREEDENCE REVIVAL.The show presents the music of CCR with a storyline that incorporates all the CREEDENCE hits and includes several costume changes. Chain gang prison uniforms right out of the song MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, those plaid flannel shirts made famous by Creedence in the 60's and you gotta see the boys dressed in army fatigues depicting the era of John Fogerty's Vietnam protest songs!!

For an exciting show full of nostalgia, sing-a-longs and a down right good old time, you've got it all with the GREEN RIVER REVIVAL!!

Friday May 29th at 7:30 pm

Tickets 33.70 plus HST and handling fee.

CALL 613-530-2050

The Grand Theatre

218 Princess Street

Kingston, ON
grandtheatre2@cityofkingston.ca

Come to the Cabaret - A Musical Theatre Buffet!

For many music lovers, a night out on the town means straining to hear the music over the din of fellow customers-or deciding to avoid the bar scene for fear that the music will be painfully loud. Attending a theatre concert can seem too formal; not as enjoyable as being able to sit at a table and enjoy a glass of wine and some excellent music. 

Celebrate, music lovers! We offer you the best of Broadway music, old and new, in a relaxed environment. Book a table with friends, sit in a comfortable chair, and share the evening and a glass of your beverage of preference with us at the Baby Grand.

Cabaret is an old idea, think of the Moulin Rouge-Eith Piaf singing, artists and intellectuals gathering, drinking in the smoke-filled atmosphere along with a glass of Absinthe. We put a new spin on it by bringing familiar hits from Broadway musicals and mixing in key songs from rising shows that will become musical theatre canon. 

We offer you everything but the smoke over four nights at the Baby Grand. Come out for a buffet of great songs from your old favourites and discover some new favourites along the way.

Divas, Duets, and Quartets

@ The Baby Grand

March 25, 26, 27, 28 at 7:30pm

tickets $25.00 (+hst and box office fees)

Music Director: Darrell Bryan

Starring: Alex Whitehead

Andrew Stewart

Hannah Smith

Isabella Cusano

Shawn Barber

http://kingstongrand.ca/event/divas-duets-and-quartets-musical-cabaret

Divas, Duets and Quartets

 

Come drink some wine - come hear the band! Darrell Bryan directs Shawn Barber, Hannah Smith, Isabella Cusano, Alexander Whitehead and Andrew Stewart in a spectacular evening of cabaret. Featuring your favourite show tunes from Broadway hits like Jesus Christ Superstar, Once, Les Miserables, Big Fish, Spamalot, La Cage Aux Folles, Cabaret, Jekyll and Hyde, Edges, and many more!

Grab yourself a drink, grab yourself a table and enjoy these marvellous songs and a great night of entertainment. There is something for everyone-terrific songs, a little humour, beautiful harmonies and some of the most outstanding vocalists in the city.

 

Right this way - your table's waiting!

 

Reserved cabaret table seating in the Baby Grand - upstairs at the Grand Theatre, cash bar will be available. March 25th-28th Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 pm

 

Tickets are $25.00 plus HST and handling fee and can be purchased online at divas, duets and quartets musical cabaret  

  

FOR TICKETS 

CALL      613.530.2050 

CLICK    Grand Theatre Website 

VISIT      218 Princess St, Kingston 

EMAIL    grandtheatre2@cityofkingston.ca

Year in Review 2014

Year in Review

2014 was a year of big changes for Bottle Tree Productions. We became a company in residence at The Grand Theatre at 218 Princess Street. We produced two music shows on the main stage at the Grand; We Walk the Line and The Bobby Show. We also produced Cyrano-a fun-slimmed down version of Cyrano de Beregerac in the Baby Grand Studio. Our two Musical Theatre classes were five sold out shows of Disney Jr.'s Beauty and the Beast at the Baby Grand  and a sold out free show as Peter Pan flew into St Andrews Presbyterian Church in July. Most of our end of class shows will be performed at the Baby Grand Theatre. Lots of new and exciting things. To top it off we did a full scale musical theatre version of A Christmas Carol on the main stage of the Grand Theatre December 18-20.

In other news, we sold 140 of our plays in 2014.Those plays are Ghost of the Tree and Pretty Pieces. Our website which promotes our classes and shows but also offers mentoring advice to parents and young actors was ranked in the top 1 percent of websites in the world.

Our classes continue to be taught at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and we have acquired two more rooms for those classes. Our Acting Classes start on Saturday January 10th and our Musical Theatre Classes start the following week. For more information please go to Bottle Tree Acting Classes

Eight years ago Bottle Tree Productions was a company of only three people but we are happy to report that in the last year we paid 26 people for doing music and theatre. We also paid for the rights and books for three musicals so that our productions are completely legal and we paid for a play as well, meaning money from those shows went back to the creative artists like Alan Menken and Stephen Sondheim. Join us on our journey to share the performing arts with Kingston and the surrounding area. Check out our website at Bottle Tree Productions

Hope to see you in 2015!