Photo: James Tworow

Catherine Kidd at Kings Theatre, Oct. 2, 8p.m

(Photo: James Tworow)

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Our city’s newest superstar… a knockout… This Kidd is pure gold. –Montreal Gazette

Clearly one of Canada’s most talented wordsmiths. –Broken Pencil (Toronto)

[Kidd’s show] should win you over with its reflections on life, love, and the lessons animals teach us… slight but dominating this ‘goddess of beats’ transfixes with her adult blend of Dr. Seuss and Aesop’s Fables. –The Scotsman (Edinburgh)

Catherine Kidd’s performance style makes me think of Dr. Seuss meets Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom meets David Suzuki meets Vaudeville meets Patti Smith. Yeah, it is that good. It’s a musical theatre crash course in punk rock zoology. –T.L. Cowan (Calgary International Spoken Word Festival)

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As a formative and respected voice in Montreal’s thriving arts scene, Catherine Kidd has forged a reputation over the past decade for raising the bar in the field of performance literature. She has toured her work extensively to festivals throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, UK, US and Canada. Her published writing includes two critically-acclaimed collections of poetry (Sea Peach book/cd, Bipolar Bear book/dvd) and more recently the novel Missing the Ark (all three available through conundrum press).

Although October 2nd will represent Catherine’s first full-length performance since relocating to Port George, NS, some King’s Theatre patrons will recall her brief appearance at last February’s Valentine’s Day fundraiser.

This unique performance will showcase seven individual pieces spanning the last seven years of Catherine’s career as a touring artist. The tales are interlinked by her signature use of zoological themes to illuminate truths about the human condition, yet each story is also a world unto itself – with its own original soundscape by long-time collaborator DJ Jack ‘Beets’ and often with video backdrop to set the scene.

Through her arresting verbal imagery, charismatic stage presence, storyteller’s knack for weaving a fine yarn, and  poet’s attention to rhythm and rhyme, Kidd fills in the features of an imaginative universe where anything is possible: a counting sheep escorts the listener into other people’s dreams, a philosophizing captive polar bear paces backwards in hope of returning home to the ice caps. In this landscape, an encounter with a South African lioness dying by the roadside has resonance for the overall health of the human community, and a Slovenian salamander known as a ‘human fish’ becomes both messenger of peace and emblem of transformation.

Kidd’s message is ultimately uplifting. With her off-beat humour and the compelling drive of her narrative style, she has enchanted audiences around the globe, making her one of the nation’s most inspiring and surprising voices for page and stage. This show is not to be missed.

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CATHERINE KIDD
In a ONE NIGHT ONLY solo performance
Friday October 2, 8pm
King’s Theatre (Annapolis Royal)
Tickets: $15 (Students: $5)
902.532.7704

To listen to Catherine Kidd sample recordings, please visit www.myspace.com/catherinekidd
Or, for further content and info visit www.catkidd.com or www.youtube.com/catkidddotcom

To schedule an interview with Ms. Kidd or inquire about group rates, please contact:
Geoffrey Agombar, homeagainhomeagain@gmail.com or 902.825.6361

To download press photos please visit homeagainhomeagain.wordpress.com/press-materials