Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre Boasts a Busy Schedule
After more than three decades of touring award-winning productions around the globe, Mermaid Theatre of
Nova Scotia has found a wonderful berth for its hometown performances. Renovation work is well underway at the Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre in downtown Windsor, NS. The complex includes a 400-seat auditorium, a 60-seat intimate “second stage” venue called The Mermaid Loft, and a reception room.
While electrical work and lobby renovations have not yet been completed, the facilities are already much in demand. In addition to full-scale presentations in the main hall (including preview and homecoming performances of Mermaid shows), the Loft has enjoyed a busy summer with a variety of workshops,
coffeehouse-style concerts, informal readings and Mermaid Youtheatre presentations. Restorations have been facilitated with assistance from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development, the Department of Cultural Heritage, and private and corporate donors who are participating in an ongoing “seat sale”. Mermaid Theatre has itself invested $250,000 in the project, and is currently seeking an additional $150,000 to finance lobby and auditorium furnishings as well as to complete the installation of lighting and sound equipment.
 
MAJOR SUPPORTERS REVIEW RENOVATIONS  
Alex Jurgens, Vice-President and General Manager of Sepracor
Canada, and Jim White, trustee for the Mueller Charitable
Foundation, get an update on renovations to the Mermaid
Imperial Performing Arts Centre from Jim Morrow. Generous
donations from both organizations have facilitated the installation
of technical equipment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mermaid Launches Loft Initiative
 
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia will formally launch its
long-planned Theatre Loft project in the early Spring of 2008,
thanks to support from two Canada Council for the Arts programs – the Supplementary Operating Funds Initiative and the Artist in Residence Program. Housed in the Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre on Gerrish Street in Windsor, NS, the Loft is a 60-seat professional development space dedicated to the pursuit of puppet excellence. The intimate venue is also available to the community and to visiting artists for small Scale theatre and music events.

The Mermaid Loft’s inaugural project will feature Brian Fidler,
an outstanding Yukon theatre artist with an unusual approach
to puppetry. He’ll work with Mermaid’s Artistic Director, Jim
Morrow, to hone his innovative one-person stage piece, CAM
AND LEGS, for national and international touring.

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