Voice Of The River
Community Play Project
 Music, Theatre, Circus and Puppetry along the banks of the Grand
 

Eighteen story circles in communities along the Grand River -  puppetry workshops with Shadowland Theatre- movement workshops with the Hamilton Aerial Group - musical workshops with musician Cathy Nosaty.  

Three performances - A Grand Winter, A Grand Spring, A Grand Summer with plans for one more, A Grand Autumn.

The Voice of A River will be a large-scale inter-disciplinary production. It is an inclusive activity, a unique happening, a transformational theatre production over 18 nights in August of 2025 along the 310-kilometre length of the River.

The Project is being developed based on the structure of the Two Row Wampum - a treaty agreement recognized between the Haudenosaunee and Dutch Settlers in 1613. First Nations stories flow alongside the stories of settlers.

In August of 2025, over the course of eighteen nights, the production will travel the length of the river, stopping in each community where artists and local participants will present their work before the show moves on to the next community. The final day of the caravan is a full day event filled with the stories, music, ceremony, and dance, collected from the full length of the river.