THE TRINITY PAGEANT
By Donna Butt and Rick Boland
START TIME: 2:00PM
LOCATION: OUTSIDE/WALKING

The anchor event of our festival, the pageant takes you on a journey through the town of Trinity. The whole summer company will entertain you and enthral you every step of the way. You will meet an array of colourful characters as our past unfolds in story and song. You will long remember Dustabella Durdle’s first winter here, Peter Easton and his band of pirates, the Minister consoling his parishioners at St. Paul’s Church, the raucous mischief of the old travelling court, the heart wrenching stories of hardship and privation, and above all the strength, courage and humour of our people. And you will surely sing the Ode to Newfoundland as you bid farewell to a great and grand recreation of our cherished past. For 29 years, the Trinity Pageant has been hailed by all who see it as a moving and joyous tribute to our beloved Newfoundland.

SHENANIGANS: A VARIETY SHOW
START TIME: 
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE
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A variety show packed full of traditional music, recitations, comedic skits and fabulous live music. Enjoy a drink while we sing and make you laugh. Sure to be a joyful experience.

DINNER THEATRE: SHENANIGANS
​START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE
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A feast of mischief, music, and merriment with a meal besides. You will be entertained by many of the magnificent musicians, singers, and actors in our company as they sing and play their way through the traditional songs of our culture. Music, recitations, and comedy. All ages welcome.

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NO MAN’S LAND 
BY KEVIN MAJOR
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE

​ July 1, 1916 is remembered as the day the best and brightest of a generation of Newfoundland men were virtually wiped out. From every bay, cove, and town, from fishing stage to merchant’s home, they marched off to the Great War, proud members of their own Newfoundland Regiment, never suspecting what one terrible morning of treachery would bring. Our soldiers were part of the immeasurable toil of war, yet as they travelled top distant lands, they were never without the spirit and humour they brought from their homeland. You will see why this July morning will never be forgotten.

SALT WATER MOON
BY DAVID FRENCH
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE

This delightful play takes us back to a lovely summer evening in 1926 when the moon is full and young Jacob Mercer has come home from Canada to win back his sweetheart. Mary Snow is about to marry the merchant’s son but Jacob will have none of that. This funny and moving play will warm your heart and put a twinkle in your eye.

    WOKE ISLAND      Premiere Production
BY STEVE COCHRANE 
COMMISSIONED BY RISING TIDE   
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE  - RISING TIDE                   
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Rodney Bennet lived with their father in Toronto, until their father went and died in a freak smoothie-making accident, and now Rodney is being sent to Newfoundland to live with their estranged mother, Rodette, on Wake island. To call Rodette old-fashioned is to call Lady Macbeth a bit of a handful. Rodette is a goddamned cave woman, and she has no idea what Rodney is talking about (like ever!) or what in the hell to do with the confusing youngster. Rodney doesn’t want to check Rodette’s lobster pots. Rodney can’t swing a scythe to save their life and they wouldn’t know a cord of wood from the chords in a hymnbook. No, all Rodney minds is RuPaul’s Drag race, a show they intends to appear in one day. Now, Rodette is not an evil woman. She is not remotely a mean woman, she’s just frozen in time, and over the course of the play the two form a strong bond. Once Rodney begins to despair over their dead father and their “dead” future since being trapped in the middle of nowhere, Rodette does the one thing she can think of to cheer the youngster up: Stage Wake Island’s first ever drag show. Pitting this new ‘woke’ world we live in against the backdrop of Newfoundland. Woke Island is a story about second chances and forgiveness in a world that has too often forgotten the power of both.

THIS MARVELLOUS TERRIBLE PLACE
ADAPTED BY PETRINA BROMLEY FROM THE BOOK
BY YVA MOMATIUK and JOHN EASTCOTT
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: SECONDARY SPACE - PARISH HALL

Commissioned by Rising Tide Theatre Petrina Bromley has skillfully adapted this magnificent book of photographs and monologues gathered from around outport Newfoundland & Labrador. Her adaptation blends beautiful, stirring photos with traditional Newfoundland songs and stories that capture an outport way of life disappearing before our eyes. Trinity has the perfect group to present this feast of sights and sounds. Petrina is currently performing in the Broadway hit 'Come From Away'.

WEST MOON
BY AL PITTMAN 
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE

This story captures all the power, laughter, joy, and stubborn resilience of those who populated the outports of yesteryear, back before they were drove from their homes by the fishing grounds to so-called growth centres. On All Souls night every year the dead of St. Kevin’s come alive and talk to each other. They bring us back to the golden age of the Newfoundland outport as every unique and every dynamic relationship is relived in their banter, their humour, and their fond remembrances. Al was one of our greatest writers of poetry, plays, songs, and short stories.

TERESE’S CREED
By Michael Cook
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: MAIN SPACE - RISING TIDE

Terese’s Creed is a tribute to the women of Newfoundland and Labrador who, through hard work, humour and indomitable spirit, survived the good times and the bad in small outports in the early 1960’s. Find Terese, played by our Artistic Director, at her old wringer washer and eavesdrop as she talks to herself about her fisherman husband, her kids and a time passed but much missed. She’ll make you laugh and she’ll make you cry-she might even make you wring out the laundry.

OUT OF IT
BY STEP TAYLOR
COMMISSIONED BY RISING TIDE
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: SECONDARY SPACE - PARISH HALL

Out of It is set in a small community in Trinity Bight. A young man leaves home when his father is killed in a tragic roofing accident in front of his son. He returns home 8 years later a changed person in trouble with drugs and the drug trade and riddled with guilt, fear and a desire for redemption. A story of finding your way back home and starting over.

SEIS GRADOS EN MAYO 
Premiere Production
BY SANTIAGO GUZMAN
DEVELOPED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM RISING TIDE
START TIME: TO BE ANNOUNCED
LOCATION: SECONDARY SPACE - PARISH HALL

In this play Mexico meets St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador through Carlos and Philip and their respective mothers. Philip wants to surprise his partner Carlos by bringing Carlos' mother,Maria from Mexico to his graduation in St. John's, only to discover that Carlos has not yet come out to his family and friends. When she arrives, the couple attempts to hide their relationship by pretending they are roommates. This plan is put to the test when Philip’s mother decides to drop by the apartment for an unexpected visit with the goal of persuading her son not to marry Carlos. This play is performed in both the English and the Spanish language, a beautiful story told with humour, drama, and love.