Projects
A Flicker in the Field
The eighth edition of The River Clyde Pageant in New Glasgow, PEI. Created and performed in summer 2024. Creative & Production Team: Directed by: Megan Stewart and Jane Wells Scenographer: Ian McFarlaneMusic Director & Composer: Garry WilliamsChoir Director: Andrea EllisMusic Support: Marti HopsonPageant Writers: Jane Wells, Chanel Briggs, Tanya DavisMask & Puppet Designer, Puppet Director: Laura StinsonChoreographer:…
Read MoreOcean Kin
A shadow show by Jeighk Koyote Ocean Kin, created by Jeighk Koyote, is a 45-minute long poetic shadow show contemplating our relationship to body and self inspired by the ecology of the sea otter. Three performers animate plexi-glass puppets, 3D sculptural props and projected illustrations behind a screen using flashlights and an overhead projector that is both…
Read MoreWindfall in the Hollow
The seventh edition of The River Clyde Pageant in New Glasgow, PEI – July 27-30 & August 3-6, 2023 Creative & Production Team Directed by: Megan Stewart and Jane Wells Scenographer: Ian McFarlane Musical Director: Garry WilliamsChoir Director: Andrea Ellis Puppet Designer: Laura StinsonChoreographer: Reequal SmithStilt Director: Laura AstwoodCostume Designer: Kelly CaseleyLantern Designer: Kristian BrevikLead Puppeteer:…
Read MoreGathering Tides
Gathering Tides was the sixth edition of The River Clyde Pageant, presented in New Glasgow, PEI in July and August 2022.
Read MoreCircus of the Failurz
Circus of the Failurz was a weekend performance workshop co-created and led by Brian Riley and Megan Stewart for the first edition of Radiant Rural Halls on PEI.
Read MoreSongs for a Lost Pod
Music and lyrics by: Leah Abramson in collaboration with Antoine Bédard, J.J. Ipsen, Andrew Lee, Aidan O’Rourke, Sandro Perri, Arliss Renwick, Marten Timan Written by: Leah Abramson Director & Dramaturg: Megan Stewart, with additional dramaturgy from Barbara Adler Visuals: Mind of a Snail Narration: Barbara Adler Produced by: Leah Abramson, Megan Stewart, Joanna Dundas Band:…
Read MoreThe Soley Cove Legacy Project
In the summer of 2020, I started having conversations with my friends Tom Young and Clare Waque about an outdoor, travelling performance that would move through the fields and intertidal spaces of Soley Cove, on the Bay of Fundy, near E’knomi (Economy), in the District of Sipekne’katik, Nova Scotia, in Mi’kma’ki Territory. We were dreaming…
Read MoreTurn of the Tide
The fifth edition of The River Clyde Pageant, in New Glasgow, PEI, July and August 2021. Directed by: Megan Stewart and Jane Wells with Ian McFarlane, Sébastien Labelle, Elizabeth Mair-Grant Musical Director: Marti Hopson Choir Director: Andrea Ellis Puppet, Mask & Site Designer: Ian McFarlaneLead Puppeteer: Evan Medd Choreographer: Reequal SmithStilt Director: Laura Astwood Stage Manager:…
Read MoreThe Flock
In the hours before sunset, the flock searches for their final roost. Towering, mischievous and raucous, their flight through the streets can’t be missed. Created by Megan Stewart, Ian McFarlane & Laura Stinson in association with The River Clyde Pageant.
Read MoreUndercurrents
Undercurrents was the first touring performance from The River Clyde Pageant, created for the 2019 Lumière Festival in Sydney, Cape Breton.
Read MoreIn the Wake of the Tale
The fourth year of The River Clyde Pageant, in New Glasgow, PEI. Co-directed by Megan Stewart, Ker Wells, Jane Wells, Ian McFarlane & Annie Therrien-Boulos Artistic & Production Support from: Emily Wells, Joanna Caplan, Marti Hopson, Andrea Ellis, Evan Medd, Dominique Hat, Kyla Gardiner, George Rahi, Robyn Jacob, Arnold Smith, Sebastien Labelle, Sue Leblanc, Laura…
Read MoreCatch a River by the Tale
Catch a River by the Tale was the third iteration of The River Clyde Pageant in New Glasgow, PEI. The 2018 Pageant was directed by Ker Wells and I, in collaboration with over 140 incredible people – 60 performers, over 70 volunteers, and an 18-person creative team. This year’s Pageant maintained the production process that has…
Read MoreWake the River Clyde
Wake the River Clyde was the second edition of The River Clyde Pageant, created and performed in New Glasgow, PEI in July and August 2017. I produced and co-directed Wake the River Clyde with Ker Wells. Over the course of two months, the 2017 Pageant came to life thanks to a team of over 125 artists, community members and…
Read MoreGarments for Multiple People / The Mission
Nine travellers enrobed together, navigating the stages and spaces of an unfamiliar territory. A roving performance in costume. Five garments for multiple people to wear at a time – hats, capes, and a very large dress. Created for AfterImage 2017 at Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Art in the Open 2017. For AfterImage, garments were…
Read MoreElsewear
Project created in residence at Elsewhere Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, August 2016 Elsewear takes Elsewhere Museum’s collection of vintage thrift as the starting point for a series of interactions based on clothing and memory. Over 25 different outfits were taken from Elsewhere’s wardrobe to be worn by the artist throughout the duration of the residency.…
Read MoreThe River Clyde Pageant
In the golden hour before sunset, on a summer evening in New Glasgow, a group of children run down to the River Clyde to go fishing. Arriving at the riverbank, they find no fish, but instead, a Singing Oysterman. The Oysterman teaches them a secret fish song, which draws out a colourful cast of wildlife…
Read MoreSignals from the Mountain
An interactive installation that digs into the failure and uncertainty of a small group of people who were absent from the 2014 Burnaby Mountain protests against Kinder Morgan. Set within the Pandora Park Field House, the installation presents a selection of fragmented, fictionalized stories of boreholes and incorrect coordinates told through songs, objects and ephemera. Borehole (Corbin…
Read MoreThe Builders
Step into an environment constructed by seven unlikely architects – theatre artists, dancers, and a musician. The space buzzes with energy as the builders work tirelessly to create the realms of their dreams. In a chaotic merging of theatre and installation, The Builders investigates transformation, territory and the practice of making ourselves at home in…
Read MoreBuilders Research
In June 2014 I spent nine days on a solo road trip through Wisconsin, searching for art environments. I visited folk art environments scattered throughout the state, and paid visits to the Kohler Foundation and the John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, two organizations dedicated to the preservation, maintenance and display of art environments around the…
Read MoreEars Pricked, Eyes Peeled
The telephone rings, answer it! Listen carefully: the voice on the other line has something to say. Pay attention to your surroundings. Is anything out of the ordinary? Who builds the worlds that open up around you? Theatre for the ears, eyes and imagination. Ears Pricked Eyes Peeled is two-part installation and performance. It was first…
Read MoreUntitled #3
Untitled #3 was installation and performance created as part of studio research within the MFA program at Simon Fraser University. Photography by Ash Tanasiychuk. House design used with permission from Mike Wilson.
Read MoreMarch of the Crows
A public procession and performance for Art in the Open, August 2011.Created during a week-long studio residency in collaboration with Jamie Shannon & Harmony Wagner, the March of the Crows encouraged humans to transform themselves into crows by donning feathery costumes and black beaked masks, and fly through the streets of Charlottetown in a marvelously macabre…
Read MoreThe Island Fringe Festival
The Island Fringe Festival, PEI’s first official Fringe, is a site-specific festival dedicated to showcasing alternative & independent performance by local, national, & international artists in unconventional venues in Charlottetown. The festival was founded by Sarah Segal-Lazar and Megan Stewart in 2012. I worked as Festival Coordinator from 2012 until 2015, and served on the…
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